Sword & Citadel: The Second Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' by Gene Wolfe
Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' by Gene Wolfe

Thank You, Jeeves  by P.G. Wodehouse
Jeeves and the Mating Season by P.G. Wodehouse
Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the ( Read more... )

Song of Wandering Aengus by W. B. Yeats

And then someone actually went and made it into a song.

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Last night I finished reading Gene Wolfe's best book (cleverly disguised as two or four books, depending on how you look at it), The Book of the New Sun. It was my third re-read, and it got even better this time.

My three favorite novels in the world are Dune by Frank Herbert, The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, and The Book of the New Sun by ( Read more... )

I got top-whorl drop spindle last week and have been teaching myself to spin. So far I have made one skein of unbelievably ugly yarn and one skein of shockingly ugly yarn. Right now, the spindle is filled with what seems to be merely very ugly yarn. I'm definitely improving ( Read more... )

From the Stumptuous blog today, I got this wonderful slide show of high school aged women who are competitive weightlifters. Lots of great photos of 15-17 year old women putting giant pieces of metal over their heads. There's also a voice-over interview of the women talking about what it's like for them to lift weights and how they got into it.

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This might be my favorite Throbbing Gristle song. Not these versions maybe, but this song. I could listen to it over and over and over. And I have. It takes me back to the memory of something I never quite had.

This is, as best as I can remember, and as much as I can manage in chronological order, the list of books I read in 2007. I might be missing some. I think I might have read some Terry Prachett early on in the year that I didn't make a note of, and who knows what else.

1. Old Man's War. John Scalzi
2. Class, A Guide Through the American Status System ( Read more... )

Japan is the world's leader in cuteness. Their cats may give them a natural advantage.

Watch this one first. It's BunnyCam level cute. You may feel a moment of distress when you first see the kitten in the pot, but please be assured that nothing bad happens to the kittens.

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I would be much obliged if any of you who know Japanese could give me ( Read more... )

They watched me go out and didn't say goodnight. I walked down the long corridor to the Hill Street entrance and got into my car and drove home ( Read more... )