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A Few Books More
44. Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Ed. James Lowder
45. Game of Thrones and Philosophy: Logic Cuts Deeper than Swords. Ed. Henry Jacoby
46. The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
47. The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
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New smartphone!
So I finally joined the 21st century and got a smartphone this weekend! I have been loving it so far. Here are things that make me happy about it:- Unlimited texting, yay!
- Texts are saved as a conversation rather than to in/outbox
- The swipe pad is a lot easier to use (now that I've gotten used to it) than having to push the numbers to make text
- Google ( Read more... )
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NaNo status
NaNo is going pretty well so far. I'm a smidge behind (3062 words), but not too far, so I should be able to catch up. It'll be my first time doing NaNo while I working full-time since 2007, so it should be interesting. But the nice thing is that my school gives Veteran's Day off and two days for Thanksgiving, so those holidays should help.
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A Fistful of Books
41. Lying Awake by Mark Salzman
A really interesting book about a Carmelite nun who realizes her ecstatic visions might be caused by epilepsy. It explored very interesting issues of faith--were the visions "just" illness or are they a gift? What should she do about the visions, and how does she know her choice is being made for the right reasons?
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Books, books, books
35. Young Avengers by Allan Heinberg & Jim Cheung
36. Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News by Dan Rather
37. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
38. No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre
39. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. Chesterton
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Tea is Made
I found this poem that really sums up how I've been feeling lately (even if it is too hot for tea).
An Idyll
By G. K. Chesterton
Tea is made; the red fogs shut round the house but the gas burns.
I wish I had at this moment round the table
A company of fine people.
Two of them are at Oxford and one in Scotland and two at other places.
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Oh say can you see?
I can see now, because I got glasses for the first time! They're mostly for distance vision (like driving). Now I can see the street signs *before* I come right on top of them, which is tremendously helpful for driving in places I'm not familiar with. I think a lot of my dislike of driving in new places may have stemmed from this difficulty in ( Read more... ) -
An exercise in...exercise
So I finally got around to exercising a little like I've been meaning to. I found a yoga video on Netflix, something like 10 Minute Yoga Solutions. (There was a yoga mat just lying around by the TV, which was what gave me the idea, along with virtually everyone I know being into yoga all of a sudden.) It was nice because it was divided into five 10 ( Read more... ) -
More books not to forget about
31. Redshirts by John Scalzi
32. Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
33. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
34. Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton -
Some more books...
I will eventually try to post about these in more detail. I just don't have the energy right now, but I need to write down what I've read lately before I forget.
25. Grass for His Pillow by Lian Hearn
26. The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
27. Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel
28. Fool by Christopher Moore
29. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
30. The ( Read more... )