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Sunday
Today I dropped El off at the airport early in the morning ( 
3 weeks until I get to see her again) and then came back to catch up on sleep.
Jenny and I had brunch and crosswords and then this afternoon we saw Far From Heaven, which was well acted and well visualized but […]
Stair Dismount
Stair Dismount
Why is this game so addictive? It’s for windows only, but if you have access to a windows machine, I’d suggest borrowing it for a minute or two (really several tens of minutes is how long you’ll be playing this game). If you have ever fallen down the stairs or know someone […]
More Storytelling
Went down to Uncommon Ground for the last storytelling open mic of the year. Got to squeak in and tell second to last before the featured teller, Loren Niemi.
I told the Moose Collection story, aka the Shannen Doherty story which didn’t go over as well as the Betrothal story, but hey, what can really […]
Book: Prey
I read Michael Crichton’s latest, Prey, yesterday.
My overall impression is that it’s not as bad as Timeline (shudder, Timeline
Movie: Equilibrium
Adam and I have been planning on seeing Equilibrium ever since I saw it mentioned on Slashdot and saw the trailer. Which was sweet.
Ah trailers, why can’t someone make a movie that’s as exciting as the trailer? Or maybe in the future we could just watch a crapload of trailers stuck together, […]
Baby (Again)
So, my sister had her second child yesterday! My brother and I drove up to see our new nephew, Kieran. He’s a bit early, but that’s OK. Things actually worked out better this way so he it looks like he has inherited the luck in the timing of our family.
He’s such an […]
Finished (Again)
My novel is finally all posted up on the Leroy site. You can read the breakdown there.
Battleground GOD
Battleground God
So I saw this on my cousin’s blog and I took the trial. I thought I was kicking major butt as an ex student of Jesuits but then towards the end I took 1 direct hit and had to bite 2 bullets. But I got the second highest award (so did 43% […]