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Best Gift
My Beloved Daughter In Whom I Am Well Pleased gave me what I consider a wondrous gift - an Amazon gift certificate, which I promptly wasted on such trash as:
"Dust" - E. Bear
"Grail" - E.Bear
"All The Windwracked Stars" - ibid
"Red Seas Under Red Skies" - S. Lynch
MBDIWIAWP also sent along a photo of the Peanut she is growing, which should be ripe just ( Read more... ) -
Why Not?
Well, it's been another one of those months... the fuel pump went out on our van, which cost about $225 just for the parts; luckily my ex-step-son* was able to come up and help me put it in which prob'ly saved another $400.
*My first wife had a son (David) by a previous marriage; he was 4 when we got married. She and I had a son together (Jeremy). ( Read more... ) -
Question to Self:
Why do I even read the TWoP CM forum. The lack of perception there alternately depresses me and pisses me off. I know that board is all about the snark, but Jesu Christo, people! -
Recovering Slowly
Speaking of flea markets... whew.
We're having so much fun here. We just worked a festival market in Virginia, and it took us a week to get ready and another week to recover. It sucks to be old and decrepit, especially at my age. -
Flea Marketeering
Well, the fun has begun again. Ms. Jarvis and I are trying to get ready to go off to the flea market this weekend to try to make a little supplemental income ( Read more... ) -
The Fisher King Retrospective
This is my attempt at a review / retrospective inspired by the style of Elizabeth Bear, who is aware of my intent and who has encouraged me to give it a shot...
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Awful Things
Something happened here in our community recently that may be hitting me harder than usual because of my fandom of Criminal Minds and thus my familiarity of the subject matter , so to speak ( Read more... ) -
Finally Seeing CM s6
Somehow or another I missed most of Season 6 of Criminal Minds. I might have been pissed at CBS monumental stupidity; anyone remember the New Coke fiasco?
The good news is the summer reruns are pretty much new eppys to me... I just saw Today I Do and, while I remembered bits and pieces, it was pretty much new and interesting. Well, as much as a ( Read more... )