Quote of the Day: "People need trouble -- a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy." - William Faulkner
Reading: Faces of Fear -John Saul

So this is officially my out on “vacation” notice. I’m ( Read more... )

Quote of the Day: "If you can't make it good, make it look good." - Bill Gates
Reading: Faces of Fear -John Saul

First let me start with something that I read that was super funny. As I was doing a web search to confirm if owning pet monkeys in the State of New York is legal or not, I happened to come across this subject line of: do unicorns exist?
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Quote of the Day: "A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on." - William Burroughs
Reading: The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) -Philip Pullman

I still remember a couple of years back. Aidan was about 2 and the very first people we invited over looked over our house in awe. In awe because according to them it looked so “ ( Read more... )

Quote of the Day: "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce
Reading: The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) -Philip Pullman

So because I can, and you always have the option of not continuing on here are my most recent book reviews. Because that’s how dorks roll. :P

The Black Unicorn, Terry Brooks

The Black Unicorn is ( Read more... )

Quote of the Day: "Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more." - Mark Twain
Reading: The Golden Compass- Philip Pullman

So here’s another  Amanda-ism  for all of you.

I don’t know if you recall, but I had a UTI a couple of days ago. I did this whole, ( Read more... )

Quote of the Day: "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants." - Isaac Newton
Reading: The Golden Compass- Philip Pullman

Recently Fabio and I were joking that we’ve got to go to church and baptize a lot of babies when we get back to NY… well I’ve got to baptize a lot of babies. Fabio and I are Lianna ( Read more... )

Quote of the Day: "The key is not the 'will to win'... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important." - Bobby Knight
Reading: The Black Unicorn -Terry Brooks

Aidan, Aidan, Aidan; that kid is going to drive me nuts. Don’t get me wrong I understand that that’s his job; it just doesn’t make it any easier.

Here are some ( Read more... )

Quote of the Day: "Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment." - Robert Benchley
Reading: Magic Kingdom for Sale - SOLD! -Terry Brooks

I have only 60 pages left and I will be done with the “Magic Kingdom” book. I have to say that I like it so far. It’s going good. Really good ( Read more... )

Quote of the Day: "Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship." - Ben Franklin
Reading: Magic Kingdom for Sale - SOLD! -Terry Brooks

*Note that this was typed earlier today: Livejournal has been loading funny.*

So we got the “numbers” and have decided to road trip it back to NY. It’s more economically correct that way. ( Read more... )

Just yesterday Fabio was like what’s that you’re reading? I then gave him a brief synopsis of the book I’m reading.

This dude bought a magic kingdom out of a Christmas catalog for one million bucks. He’s been attacked, seen a dragon, a knight, a wizard who can’t really use his magic all that well, a talking dog, and some other “suspect” looking ( Read more... )