As many of you know, I have a hearing loss.  Well, over the last few weeks I’ve been having problems with the hearing in my left ear.  The sound would fade away until it was practically gone, but would often be back to normal after a day or so.  Except for this last time.  As of right now the hearing in my left ear has been gone for five days.  I ( Read more... )

I just realized I might have come off as offensive in my last post with my "being thin" excuse.  I was trying to say that even being thin I would have found an excuse.  So I hope I didn't offend anyone ( Read more... )

Last night I went swimming for the first time in almost a year.  I kind of have a pattern where I get into a flurry of exercising before turning back into couch potato.  Being thin it's so easy to slack off and find an excuse not to do it.  My current plan is to try and swim at least once a week since it's such a good workout and can be done all ( Read more... )

I finally heard back from the folks at Aussiecon after sending in my membership almost a month ago.  I sent in my nominations this morning.

Best NovelA. The Price of Spring, Daniel Abraham, Tor ( Read more... )

 
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I know, I know, yet another book meme.  I saw this one on Grasping for the Wind and Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews.  It was quite an interesting challenge.  I also cheated and used other books I've read this year, but printed prior to 2009.

Using only books you have read this year (2009), cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat a book title ( Read more... )

1) What author do you own the most books by?

Probably CJ Cherryh or Anne McCaffrey.

2) What book do you own the most copies of?

I only have multiple copies for two: the ASOIAF series and The Shadow of the Wind.

3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?

Nope.  It's an old rule that's pretty much obsolete.

4) What ( Read more... )

A while back I got into a small disagreement with a few friends in TTTNE over declawing cats. A couple people made some offhand remarks about declawing being cruel. Then I mentioned that my family had always gotten the front paws of our cats declawed. It kind of went downhill from there. It wasn't a major fight like in General Chatter, it was ( Read more... )

Iowa Supreme Court rules gay ban unconstitutional.

I gotta say that there are days that I'm proud to be an Iowan.  One was when Obama won the caucus, another was today.  Great news!

I know I don't update very often so I think it's past time to mention my latest project. Last year I wrote a short story as part of a friendly competition. It was fun and the story turned out interesting so I made a New Year's resolution that I would start writing this year. Hardly surprising since so many of us have writing aspirations. Well, ( Read more... )