I finally finished Return to Sodom and Gomorrah by Dr. Charles Pellegrino and, wow, I had to work for that one. It was... smart. Freakishly smart. Too smart for me, which is why it took me so long to complete it. I'd recommend it if you have a lot of time to spare. It's absurdly worthwhile.

bond_323, I'll give it back to you when I see you on the 31st, ( Read more... )

OMFG WHY WHY WHY DID YOU END THERE NOT FUCKING COOL OMG.

This entry is essentially pointless... but OMG!

Currently Reading: Return to Sodom and Gomorrah by Charles Pellegrino

I'm shamelessly stealing this idea from alabastard.

I would really, really be delighted if members of my friends list would please reply to this post with a recent picture of yourself? One that you feel really represents "you." I realize that I know what most of you look like - in fact, I met most of you in person before we added each other here - but it's ( Read more... )

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I've been getting a lot of panicky emails from various members of my flist, concerned about the (admittedly horrible) brushfires in my area. I didn't realize it was on the national news. I'd just like to let everyone know that I'm alright and not in immediate danger. I live on an island and the fires would need to jump a mile-wide river to get to ( Read more... )

I'm cleaning out the medicine cabinet, which I don't think we've ever done and OMG, you guys, I just found medicine that expired in 1987!

Currently Reading: Return to Sodom and Gomorrah by Charles Pellegrino

Last night, I went to the local Planetarium to see "Hubble Vision." It wasn't at all what I was expecting, but still very interesting. Perhaps it would have been more awesome if it was less than ten years old? It was copywrited in 1997 ( Read more... )

Killing Rommel is pretty damn fantastic.

The first fifty or so pages felt a bit awkward to me, perhaps because it's been nearly three years since I've read about special forces, perhaps because I've never read specifically about tank warfare or the battles in North Africa, perhaps because I was subconsciously expecting Gates of Fire: Part 2. I don ( Read more... )

Killing Rommel finally got here this morning! YAY! I am so excited to read it! I haven't really started it yet, as I need to eat lunch and finish watching Sargeant York on television (if you've never seen it, it's a World War 2-era propaganda movie about an American hero of World War 1), but once it's over, I am going to be consumed in reading it ( Read more... )

We have two Jehovah's Witnesses who come by our house every two or three weeks, to say hello and to offer their bi-weekly magazine, if we want it. Debbie is always one of them, though occasionally the other changes. Today it was a woman named Danielle, but it's often Debbie's son. I have to admit... they're really nice. Their little magazine is ( Read more... )