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Outlander Overview
At the risk of someone finding this in a random search on the title, let me begin by reflecting on what I've read thus far:
Diana Gabaldon, science professor turned wildly successful fiction writer, has been penning what has come to be known as the Outlander series. She states that she got the idea after watching an episode of Dr. Who, the BBC ( Read more... ) -
E for Effort
Okay, got 2 updated, trying for a third - blog site, that is... Linking one to another does obviate the need for a 3rd, so this is actually a 4th I'm trying to update, then, I guess... Need thoughts to write, though... Very difficult to blog without a functioning brain... Ah well... Got thru life thus far just winging it; why worry now? heheheh ( Read more... ) -
More Clunker Cash? Cool!
As the wildly successful Cash for Clunkers program is coming to a close, new rumors are flying that the next rebate program will be for aging, energy-voracious home appliances. I'm down with that. Everything in this joint is my age or half my age, which is still far too close to your age, dear Reader, to be termed anything but an antique clunker ( ( Read more... ) -
Hot and Not
August is a smoking hot month, by tradition, by practice, by itself. Okay, perhaps not by itself, but it surely marks the onset of the dog breath days of summer's end, when schools reopen, beaches get flooded with tourists on one- and two- and three-week vacations and the malls are just not adequately air-conditioned for all the warm weather and ( Read more... ) -
How Long?!?
Twenty-six weeks: that's half a year! Have I really been so neglectful for so long? Guess that's shortly after I migrated to Facebook and was sucked into the gaming there. Ah well ( Read more... ) -
Happy to be Home
There's home and then there's home. Hawaii's where I was born and grew. It will always serve as a touchstone for me. Someday I hope to complete my cycle of life there. It's a good place to be old, not least because the weather is kind to aching joints. Because so many seniors continue to survive and thrive there, the local government and society ( Read more... ) -
Fussing Around
It's been a bit of awhile since I've been here or anywhere to blog, to be truthful. Today when I logged into LiveJournal, I noticed that I am currently using 32+ KB of an allowance of 00.0 KB - what does that mean, exactly? Is LiveJournal no longer offering free blogs? How far down the pecking order has this impoverished (and too often silent) soul ( Read more... ) -
hello
anybody still come around here? enjoying all the politicking this season - to my infinite surprise. just wanted to put something up here... k. going back to the other side now... -
Another Month Passing
Another month is passing, but now that Trent is on Facebook, I feel even less need to visit this once fine place than ever. Ah well ( Read more... )