Anyone who has done yardwork in the height of Iowa summer knows who exhausting it can be.  If the heat doesn't kill you, the humidity will.  Mowing is not too bad since you can strip down to shorts and no shirt, however, pruning can be a problem.  Unless you want to want to end up with scratches over half your body, it's necessary to wear a long- ( Read more... )

I got my copy of RSURS today. Yee-ha! However, some of the complaints I've heard from other people are true: the book quality (binding, paper, etc) is not very high. It also has no maps! How can it not have any maps?  Looks like I'll have to buy the US version too. At least I still get to read it almost a whole month in advance.

What I'm supposed to be reading is Acacia by David Anthony Durham.  I finished Brasyl on Sunday and I told myself I would start reading Acacia next.  Why haven't I?  I'm waiting for Red Skies Under Red Skies.  It came out two weeks ago in the United Kingdom and copies have been scarce ever since.  I had planned on buying from the Book Depository so ( Read more... )

I was in Chicago over the weekend so I had ample time to finish Brasyl.  It's a shorter book and a faster pace then I would have expected given the material the book covers.  There are three separate plotlines in three separate time periods with three different characters.  The first one-third of the book seems slow at first since it's difficult to ( Read more... )

Alabama: Hell Yes, We Have Electricity ( Read more... )

Where's Red Seas Under Red Skies?  It was supposed to be available in the UK yesterday, yet Amazon.co.uk's availability only changed from "preorder" to "shipped in 9 ot 11 days".  Seems it's been delayed and Amazon's covering their asses.

I just finished Wizard's First Rule earlier this week. Not as bad as expected considering what I've heard, but ( Read more... )

Are you tired of all those sissy, mushy "friendship" poems that always sound good but never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises that really speaks to true friendship ( Read more... )

Anyone who buys books online knows that Amazon.com is synonymous with the online book store.  With an account on Amazon you buy a book in any condition on any Amazon mirror site, including Canada and Europe.  European sites can be nice to buy from since you can often get a book before it comes out in the US, it's in a different language, or because ( Read more... )

Yesterday some workers for the city managed to cut the phone lines and disrupted service for practically everbody in the city.  Bloody idiots.  Didn't bother me too much until I had to send a fax for a milk order this morning at work.  Some of the phone lines were working but apparently not for faxes.  I had to read the whole thing over the phone ( Read more... )

It's been quite a while since I Sundays free on a regular basis.  What should I do today ( Read more... )