So pissed off right now --

I pre-ordered The Wise Man's Fear off of Amazon in early February, and was told that, because I'd pre-ordered it, it would be delivered on March 1st. Perfect! I'd have it in time for my long plane ride home ( Read more... )

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“Eighty-five million people live in Egypt, and less than 1,000 people died in this revolution - most of them killed by the police,” said Mr. Ghonim, the Google executive. “It shows how civilized the Egyptian people are.” He added, “Now our nightmare is over. Now it is time to dream.”

Today I was at Colt State Park with my dog. It's a very busy place in the early mornings and late afternoons, when dog owners bring their pets for walks and exercise; I came at about 4:15, with the sun just starting to sink and the bright blue sky fading into that palest, iciest blue of New England winter. Standing by the shore today looking ( Read more... )

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So I was in a local library today (you can use your card at any library in the state) dropping off some pamphlets for my place of work. I stopped by the FREE BOOKS table on the way out, because you never know, right ( Read more... )

Dason is dead. I didn't know him well, but I knew him well enough that it hurts me that he's dead. I went to school with him. He was a friend with a good friend of mine. I worked the night shift with him for the past six months. I would have liked to know him better. And he's dead. By his own hand ( Read more... )

So I'm really getting into birding ( Read more... )

My mother is a jackass.

She refused to come to my own goddamned birthday party because she'd have to be in the same room as my grandmother - her own goddamned mother.

I'm just ... I'm not even "hot" angry about this, I'm so gob-smacked.

So I learned something fairly disturbing tonight: my mother is being stalked. I came home from work at 1:30 a.m. (don't ask me why I'm still up, just don't) and was surprised to find my mother awake also. She told me that she had been staying up reading excerpts from The Gift of Fear because tomorrow she's going to go down to the police station ( Read more... )