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Roadtrip Aborted
Last weekend, I drove up to Seattle to both satisfy my Kim-Withdrawal-Symptoms and Must Get Out of Town-itis. Kim has been going through some horrible apartment allergies issues, so we decided to combine all symptoms into a road trip. Since Vancouver BC was out for obvious reasons, we decided to head west towards Spokane. We got as far as ( Read more... ) -
Connie Willis Anticipation
I just received an email that the latest Connie Willis book Blackout is on its way to me. It has been a full eight years... eight years!!! since her last full length novel. (And, I have to admit, Passage, published in 2002, wasn't my favorite of her works.) I pretty much worship the ground Connie walks on. She is warm and funny and smart and sweet ( Read more... ) -
Books Read 2009
- Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
- Forever Princess by Meg Cabot
- Blood and Iron by Elizabeth Bear
- Extras by Scott Westerfeld
- Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand by Carrie Vaughn
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In Response to Pat Buchanan
By Adam Serwer:
Black Americans have shed blood in every American war since the Revolution. This country, even the very Capitol building in which today's legislators now demand to see the birth certificate of the first black president, was built on the sweat and sinew of slaves. Before we were people in the eyes of the law, before we had the right ( Read more... ) -
Political Madness
Recent letter from Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, while criticizing the President for accepting the Nobel Peace Prize:
[W]hen challenged to answer the question of what the president has accomplished, Democrats are lashing out calling Republicans terrorists. That type of political rhetoric is shameful.
The Democrats ( Read more... ) -
Random Email of the Day
(addressed to our support email account)
august 13,2009 deear persons of frye electronic hearing device. hello my name is dian i was just looking into some aspects of your products since i have been wodering what pitch and or frequency some person are hearing upon. really i dont know what is going on with a great majority of persons in the reno/ ( Read more... ) -
Random Phone Call
I collect random phone calls ( Read more... ) -
Felix Update
For the past couple of months, Felix has been on sub-cutaneous fluids twice a week and a special diet for his kidney disease. After playing around with all kinds of different wet and dry special kidney diet foods (all of which he hated), we have finally found a formula that he seems to tolerate (thank you, Royal Canin!). We also put him on a ( Read more... )
