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A Dining Room Set, Finally!
On Ask Metafilter, it's an unwritten rule that if you ask a question that relates to a cat, you MUST post a picture of that cat. So last night I dutifully posted a link to a picture of Roxy on my Flickr page. Holy Shit! Now I know how to get hits. I got something like 256 people going to check out my cat ( Read more... ) -
Ann Rants about Romance Novels Part 2
I'm still on my romance novel kick. And still picky as all hell. When I was up in Detroit I went to a used bookstore in my parents neighborhood that I know specializes in romance novels and picked up a bunch of things ( Read more... ) -
The Social Network
I have, like, 5 posts I need to write up. But I just wanted to get this out of the way ( Read more... ) -
Bad Luck with Audiobooks
You might remember that there were a few...incidents when I listened to Mary Roach's book Bonk on audiobook. My luck continues to hold.
I'm at my parents' this week, and I've been spending most of my time refinishing a dining room table so that I will finally have one of my own. While I work on the table I've been listening to Richard Dawkins' 'The ( Read more... ) -
Great Expectations?
I'm still on my romance reading kick, and ran across one that was a little different, and it made me think a bit. "Forbidden Magic" by Jo Beverly was interesting because it had a Manic Pixie Dream Guy. Usually it's the heroine in a Regency Romance who's like a Disney Princess on speed. She'll be the one who is overly familiar with servants, who ( Read more... ) -
Meme Answers
Below the cut are answers to that 5 question meme. ( Read more... ) -
Allez Cuisine!
I've been watching too much Iron Chef America. The past few days, whenever I look at my clock during my lunch break I think "Fifteen minutes have elapsed" or "one minute remains..."
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The Idiot Ball, or Why I now Hate this Book
So I have totally been in the mood for fluffy, funny historical romance novels lately. Just...something happy you know? But most of what I've been reading is crap ( Read more... ) -
Thwarted again!
Man, I asked my dad if he'd like me to make something nice for him for Father's Day / his birthday, a cake or pie or something now that I've been doing all this cooking from scratch. He was all for it, but Mom said she'd already bought a box mix and can of frosting ( Read more... )
