There are almost no surprises anymore. Nothing happens that couldn't have been foreseen; few things happen that I didn't foresee ( Read more... )

I hate it. I hate everything about it. I hate the mazes of barricades on the sidewalks, the bored-looking cops everywhere. I hate the crowds of grinning, gawking tourists. I hate the cameras all over the place. I hate it ( Read more... )

I've got to stop thinking of madness, instability, etc., etc., as something seductive. That crap only works in the movies, when the actress is thin and hot.

I sometimes wonder if all that astrology bullshit is really entirely bullshit. For the past few weeks, maybe more, the stars have been oddly aligned in my favor. Being neurotic, this means I am now waiting for the stars to slyly rearrange themselves in such a manner as to make the sky collapse upon my unwitting head, but, for the sake of record- ( Read more... )

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Last night, I finished HP7. I read most of the second half last night, actually - Amazon delivered it the morning it came out (bravo, Amazon, and I didn't even pay for delivery), but that weekend was a busy one and I didn't manage more than the first chapter. Last Saturday, though, I laid out on my back porch for a few hours and managed to read ( Read more... )

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It occurred to me this morning, as I was trying to cross a street, that the next time someone whines to me about how man is being replaced by machines, I will refer them to the phenomenon of the crossing guard ( Read more... )

Last night, I returned from an awesome 2-week cruise through Europe. (Yes, more details and pictures - though no really good ones - are to come ( Read more... )