I've had a love for techno music since it first became popular out of the elctronica/dance/rave scene. Yes, I know I'm an older person but I was and am fascinated by it. Techno has been around since music was first synthesized, and it's very niche now, but so are certain forms of Jazz or classical. I think it's here to stay ( Read more... )

1972: My childhood Siamese cat, Sugar, on the subject of turkey roasting in the oven. She'd yell, "Hey - stupid human! THERE'S A TURKEY ROASTING IN THE OVEN. Have you no sense of SMELL? What's wrong with you? There's a %#@*! TURKEY in the oven! Over here!" for at least four hours. She'd nip at our ankles and swat her claws at us until we threw her ( Read more... )

We have a pot luck turkey dinner at church tomorrow, and I am getting up at 3 AM to put the bird in the oven. But that's not the problem. The problem is that the person who was suppsed to make dessert had to cancel, so I had to make an impromptu dessert with whatever I had on hand ( Read more... )

Today is the seventh anniversary of  Hadley Rille Books. Happy Anniverasy, HRB!

Publisher Eric T. Reynolds, has generously decided to mark the anniversary by having a week-long, ninety-nine cent sale for all HRB ebooks, including The Best of Abyss & Apex.

Carnivorous dust bunnies.

"Charlie Redmayne has been in the top job at Pottermore for a year now, casting numerous multimedia spells along the way to enchant its 40 million-strong fanbase. Leaving his role as HarperCollins’ chief digital officer in November 2011 (Redmayne was brought in to spearhead the publisher’s digital transformation), he has since led the Pottermore ( Read more... )

It's a Santa Claus world, if you will
Of ice cream and candy bars - eat your fill
And marshmallow fatness that's bound to kill
But we love it that way.

Yes, we love it that way
Every day
and we hope that the fat times are here to stay,
La la-la-la la-la la la... (from "American Waltz" by Biff Rose)

So here we are, at the official opening of the holiday ( Read more... )

Originally posted by abyssandapex at November 2012 Reading Period closed
Abyss & Apex is still overstocked, and training new staff, so WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOSED TO FICTION SUBMISSIONS until February 1, 2013.

As always, queries and other messages will get through to us.

Back in the day (1997? 1998?) I was working as an office temp while going to college. One of the places I was sent to was an autoclave and sterile equipment manufacturer. I was stationed at the fax machine, with not so much orders to keep mum as with an expectation that I'd have no idea what what going on.

I could tell that things were tense. Some ( Read more... )

My "mother of the groom" dress is bought, including accessories. The wedding shower is scheduled and I have a shower gift. The bride got her dress a little early, so there is plenty of time for alterations. My son and his suit-less brother are using the BOGO (buy one get one) at Men's Warehouse instead of renting tuxes.

Their per-marital counseling ( Read more... )