I'm back to entertain you with another Ridiculous Romance Round-Up! As ever, blurbs are stolen from Amazon because that's not the part I want to snark. It's probably a good idea to assume there are spoilers behind the cut, and it's probably a good idea to assume I might make fun of tepid sex scenes. Ready? Let's begin!

( Two Against the Odds )

So I've read some books in the past week, and because I'll read pretty much anything these all happened to be romances and X-chan and I were talking about things we hate in romance novels, which inspired my curmudgeonliness here. (Also, as you'll have guessed, I really don't believe in love, so I'm just basically irredeemable.) Fortunately, my ( Read more... )

So I got a call from RMUTA HR Man today, or rather I got a message he left on his answering machine, about I-9 documentation, which surprised me as that isn't usually requested until you actually start work. This, of course, sent me into a frenzy of nerves about OMGWTFBBQ I WAAAAAANT THIS JOOOOOOOOBBBBBBB ( Read more... )

Poll You Be The Judge!

For your reference:
New Harmony. I have been before, but it was like 10 years ago, and you know how I am about socialism.

Piercing in Vincennes. This place comes recommended by Ainsley, who had her nose done and was pleased, so despite the site design, I trust her judgment.

Because I don't have enough to do, I've decided that I need a fun research project. Specifically, many moons ago I had a prof who suggested to me that Thuggee was at least to some extent a construction of the British rather than a real Indian institution. I think there probably was something to it but that the reports and extent have been mostly ( Read more... )