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Rappelling Off City Hall (in Three Days and Counting)
Jana and I went by City Hall today to stare down our opponent (the taller building, the one on the right). Twenty-eight storeys is ... tall. Really, really tall. It's one thing to know intellectually that yes, a twenty-eight storey building is going to present something of a challenge. It's another to stand there at the foot of the building, ( Read more... ) -
(On second thought, maybe I should have stuck with the bobsled thing ...)
I have barely been online for the better part of a year. I haven't read LJ in nearly as long, and manage perhaps a few hours to peek at Facebook during the week. I don't know what's happening in non-local friends' lives. My Christmas cards are still in their packaging. I am so hopelessly behind on email correspondence that I don't know where or ( Read more... ) -
A Week of Quality and Distinction
This past week was fabulous, though I remain busy enough that writing about all the excellent things has to wait until odd hours. That's okay, in a sense: I do like making my actual life and the people around me priorities over time spent on the internet.
MondayMonday's my bookstore day, and lo, what did I find on the new releases shelf upon my ( Read more... ) -
Status Update
In short, it goes like this ( Read more... ) -
Vitamin D: A Public Service Announcement
I've been preaching this gospel for two years now, and it goes something like this: Do you live in a place where there's winter? Do you have a job or lifestyle that requires you to be inside much of the time, and/or work at night? Please, please consider taking vitamin D supplements ( Read more... ) -
F-R-I-E-D. Fried!
So how fried is my desktop computer's hard drive ( Read more... ) -
Novel 2, Computers 0
My novel has claimed its second victim: this time it's my desktop computer ( Read more... ) -
Naming Another Year
The Year of Transformation truly lived up to its name ( Read more... ) -
Evidence of a muddled thought process
You know you're not thinking clearly when your thought process goes something like this ( Read more... ) -
The Wall
I am writing a book, yes? Stupid beloved stupid book. I am currently convinced of the following things:
- That this story is not going to pull together into a coherent ending. That, despite the fact that things have been connecting nicely, I’m going to drop one of the main threads and/or mess everything up, and end up with a conclusion that is in ( Read more... )