I wish there were a clue fairy.

The clue fairy would flit about the land, delivering clues to people who need to get one. Clue delivery methods would include 2x4 to the back of the head, or perhaps a kick to the groin.

In my mind, the clue fairy is played by Jason Statham.

So I did an assload of baking today. This was a practice run for some baking that I'll be doing next month, when Snapdragons and I and some other folk go on a picnic before seeing a play. In pondering what I could contribute to the picnic (most of which I am leaving in her more-than-capable hands), she related an old Martha Stewart idea: to make ( Read more... )

Fire Me Up, Katie MacAlister
Zombies Calling, Faith Erin Hicks
Light My Fire, Katie MacAlister
The Sharing Knife: Beguilement, Lois McMaster Bujold
The Sharing Knife: Legacy, Lois McMaster Bujold
Cast in Shadow, Michelle Sagara
*Basara vols. 1-7, Yumi Tamura
Heart of the Sea, Nora Roberts
Ghost of a Chance, Katie MacAlister

I'm home.

So, last year, right before the trip to Israel, Bernadette, my laptop, died.

And now, as I'm getting ready for a week in SLC? Djehuty, the replacement desktop, has a hard drive that's going kaput.

Now I get to pack and yell at customer service tonight. Yay!

So after developing a nasty tension headache in the afternoon, which was not helped by working out, I medicated with some painkillers, burritos, ben & jerry's Dublin Mudslide, and the director's commentary on What's Up, Doc?I thought it had almost worked, but I woke up after an hour of sleep flavored by a nasty, scary, people are sneaking around my ( Read more... )

Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor, Stephanie Barron
John Dies at the End, David Wong
Jane and His Lordship's Legacy, Stephanie Barron
Jane and the Barque of Frailty, Stephanie Barron
You Slay Me, Katie MacAlister

I've been hovering around it lately, but this is the first week in my Official Weekly Weigh-In that I've hit it: I've lost 25 lbs since last summer--and more than that total, but I'm not exactly sure what my upper limit was ( Read more... )

The short story is currently at 9,456 words ( Read more... )

So I'm reading John Dies at the End, which Sam sent to me in dead tree form. It's quite engaging and amusing ("the heavy monkey of sleep rested its warm, hairy ass on my eyelids") and I will probably never sleep again, what with the exploding people and various other entertainments, but ( Read more... )