With the non-stop rain, I find myself increasingly nappish, but I finally finished A Game of Thrones a few days ago, and it was quite possibly the best book I've read in a while.  It looks like I will find myself committed to another series...I hate when that happens and all the books aren't out yet :P

Also saw Live Free or Blow Up LOTS OF STUFF (or ( Read more... )

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Most of my internet communication occurs in IM's during the day, and one friend and I typically talk about the various court cases rolling about. He loves that stuff and has no one to talk to it about, and I enjoy talking about it, but I'm too lazy to cull through all the cases to find the interesting ones.

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I don't know all of the words....YET.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
  - Kurt Vonnegut

Both of the dogs love to play fetch, but it is common for them to lose sight of the toy.  When that happens, I will point to the toy, and Tenshi will look straight to the toy. Gizmo will stare diligently at my finger.  When this happened this weekend, it reminded me of a Zen saying (butchered in various ways, including, no doubt, right now):

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No word yet on whether Fox has cancelled this one yet.  (those that know the story of Firefly know what I mean...)

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When I woke up today, the words to an old song was running through my head (which was odd, since it had nothing to do with the dream I woke up from, nor was I overly fond of the song). Sadly, I have failed to get it out of my head despite several attempts to replace it with something else. Sooooo, I'm going to write down the words now and hope that ( Read more... )

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. -Winston Churchill

Hmmm...and I've been feeling like I've been stumbling around a lot lately.....

So, it's been a week-and-a-half at the new job now, and I still haven't finished shifting gears.  A typical work day consists of me working furiously (like I would at my old job) for 2 or 3 hours, then send out some emails and piddle about for the rest of the day.  At first, my piddlling felt somewhat productive because I was using the time to ( Read more... )