Temps up in the 80s today. WTF? Where's our Winter Wonderland?

It'll be back. We usually have an ice storm or so in February. Meanwhile more BOOX:

The Millioneth Chance: The Story of the R101, by James Leasor (1957) - truly a strange & terrible saga, involving the massive expenditure of British tax money on a dead end project that was furthermore ( Read more... )

In my previous post I mentioned John Michael Greer's Monsters, which I was in the process of reading. I had a strange experience while doing so - maybe there was a trigger in the first chapter, but somehow I found myself quite angry with the author for some reason. Finding this to be an annoying development, I set it aside for a while and started ( Read more... )

Off to vote today, a visit to the bank, and then off to the local library where I wallowed in read the various journals available there, from Esquire to The Economist to Aviation Today. Then, as I paused on my way out to examine the carts of books for sale, I purchased two or three volumes (number depending on whether on how one counts a two volume ( Read more... )

So I'm sitting here, and suddenly I realize that I have four stacks of books parked about one foot to my left - out of curiosity I picked up the top half dozen from one stack and was startled by what I found. Clearly something must and will be done, if only to clear them away and park them on the appropriate shelves, leaving room for more. My only ( Read more... )

Starting to get onto doing things around here. The mailbox needed some attention - the piece of 6x1 wood it was nailed to had rotted out, and the box was getting rusty, so I went out and bashed the old wood off and replaced it with another piece I found in the garage (cutting it to length with a hand saw), and after nailing it in place, and nailing ( Read more... )

How long as it been? I've intended to post something or other for some time but kept getting distracted, mainly by Medical Adventures of various sorts. Since I am at present (knock wood) not wallowing in physical decay to any great degree, this seems to be as good a time as any to resume my pointless and brief book reviews - especially as I now ( Read more... )

I had a dream. I dreamed that I was driving my late father's old Ford Taurus in my usual cautious law-abiding manner. Suddenly a police car came up and gave me the LIGHTS, so I pulled over, not having any idea what was wrong. A large, very angry black cop rushed up to the driver's side of the car and began shouting something that I didn't ( Read more... )

Not bothering to check in with my last entry, I'd assume it's been a while. Things are starting to look up somewhat - I'm cutting back on using the walker whenever possible (changed the tennis balls today) - it appears, or rather feels as if I'm starting to regain the feeling in my feet, though that may be wishful thinking. Back to the health club ( Read more... )

Two score and 17 years ago, etc etc. About a week ago I finally underwent a surgical procedure (a lumbar laminectomy) that will hopefully make it eventually possible for me to walk without the assistance of a walker or cane; in the meantime I'm stuck at home, forbidden to drive anywhere for the two weeks after being made to feel the steel. Luckily ( Read more... )

I'm not boasting about all these people, I simply took the trouble of being born related to them. So ( Read more... )