SCANDEL TAKES A HOLIDAY, by Lindsey Davis was another Marcus Didius Falco mystery novel set in 76 A.D. Our hero and first person narrator is a private informer, former Army scout (who developed an enhance nervousness about having incompetennt supervisors during the Boadica revolt) solving discret cases, and getting far more tangled in imperial ( Read more... )

Chasing Vermeer / by Blue Balliett ; illustrated by Brett Helquist ( Read more... )

Silver Lining Opportunity ( Read more... )

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I don't own a TV (have ambundant computer monitors...) and may well be missing large chunks of American cultural memes. If I felt I had surplus hours in the day I might be more regretful, but already have more stuff that I'm curious about than energy to follow up as it is ( Read more... )

I've been in Jobquest mode for a long time. Last position was eliminated in a company restructuring (my ex-boss pushed and management -- which was willing to be pushed in this regard -- was substantially more generous on "good-bye!" package than legally required. So I rested, relaxed, and then during extended winter rains slumped. After some ( Read more... )

For the past couple years I've had the pleasure of gaming most Thursdays with Brad Smith, a young at heart gamer in his late 50's. His characters were a pleasure, his GMing was fun and most of all Brad's character was a delight even when we just played card or board games. I was glad to have him as a regular visitor to my home most of the last ( Read more... )

Rained Out ( Read more... )

Can you help me with my homework ( Read more... )

I met Mike Gunderloy when we were cranking out mimeographed science fiction fanzines in the late 1970's. He's now making a living writing (author of a dozen book, contributor and co-author of 20 more) and programming on a farm in rural Washington state. His home site, with cute pictures of the kids is: www.larkfarm.com ( Read more... )