I was really hoping for Big Brown to win the Triple Crown, but I think the jockey definitely did the right thing by easing off when he started to think there was something wrong. I'd rather Big Brown get dead last than be ridden to death.

Currently Reading: Catastrophe: An Investigation Into the Origins of the Modern World by David Keys

I went kayaking for the first time this morning and it was so much fun! We went to the Brevard Zoo, as they're one of only two in the world that offer on-site kayaking. The course took us through the African and Asian areas and lasted about thirty minutes. I was ten feet away from a two-month-old giraffe! My zoo has seven giraffes, including the ( Read more... )

Results are back and they are good!

Maybe I can get a decent night of sleep tonight? It's been awhile.

Yay, I am so happy!

Currently Reading: Enemy at the Gates by William Craig

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Just finished The Afghan Campaign. It is fantastic. Go read it. Right now.

Currently Reading: Enemy at the Gates by William Craig

We found Chester. He's alive, though he's got a nasty bite and he's limping badly. Mom is taking him to the vet now.

Currently Reading: The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield

Surgery went well. Am still numb. Am going back to bed.

Eleven hours to surgery and I am as ready as I'll ever be.

I've just gotten back from the library, where I've picked up my reading material for the week: The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield and Enemy at the Gates by William Craig. I wanted to get a few movies as well but the library was closing and, other than a few documentaries that I've ( Read more... )

This one is for you, isisfrog!

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HILARIOUS.

Currently (Re)Reading: Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield

Since I first read Gates of Fire, I've been trying to figure out which actors and actresses most closely represent my mental image of the various characters. I think I've figured out Dienekes.

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