I just had one of those really depressing reports of the kind that make me want to quit medical records altogether.

( Poor sick baby... )

Mr. Moonbeam makes the best beef stew in three galaxies.

So Google clips tells me they found this giant shrimp in Ukraine ( Read more... )

So, the woman in Florida who was supposedly attacked by a pagan group when she tried to leave? Was totally lying. And has done so before.

http://www.wildhunt.org/2008/09/you-mean-there-isnt-satanic-voodoo.html

Johnny Cash covered Personal Jesus?

First Nine Inch Nails and now Depeche Mode. If my dad knew, he'd die.

ETA: Freaking Tori Amos covered Enjoy The Silence. That is my favorite Depeche Mode song, and she is evil. I am going to scrub this knowledge out of my brain because I hate Tori Amos.

So I've been rocking along on my current work in progress and having a great time with it, and now I've gotten not exactly stuck - it's that thing where I have a bridging scene that I just flat don't want to write, but it needs to be there in order to advance the plot. I could put it off until later, but I'm trying to be linear with this story and ( Read more... )

I didn't like The Dresden Files on TV so I hadn't bothered to read the books, but my friend B., queen of paranormal fiction recommendations (I've forgiven her for How To Marry A Millionaire Vampire) got Storm Front for Mr. Moonbeam, and I stole it and I've almost finished it. I love this author. He first hooked me by using the term "collective ( Read more... )

My cat Buddy has just come home covered in gold glitter.

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I don't even know what to say about it.

So, my direct deposit last night was way too small. I've been so scattered and unfocused. So I decided I needed to turn the TV off while working. Usually I put in DVDs and time my breaks according to them, but I'll have to find another way to do that ( Read more... )

It never ceases to amuse me to hear my own words come out of my son's mouth.