This past summer, downtown at an arts festival, we (the Prineii) saw a martial arts demonstration given by the Jade Tiger Dojo. The kids got to write Japanese calligraphy, eat rice wrapped in nori, and throw rubber ninja stars at a cutout ninja figure ( Read more... )

Remember BitterCon? That's the con you go to when everybody else is off having fun at World Fantasy or something, and you have to stay home and work and nurse your grudges and cultivate your jealousy until it acquires a critical mass and ( Read more... )

Outside it's pouring down rain and a bone-chilling 40 degrees, but oh, I am a happy SarahP ( Read more... )

Reason I love living in Iowa City #98

On Tuesday night I walked downtown to Prairie Lights books and saw Kelly Link read a cool ghost story. Had a nice chat with Kelly, and with Gavin, and treats afterward with velourmane and some of her students, including draegonhawke.

Last night I walked over to campus to see Michael Chabon read from his forthcoming book The ( Read more... )

The other three Prineii are addicted to Sims ( Read more... )

Here's what I did today!

I did not go to work. No, I stayed home all day and watched movies on my laptop which, apart from that Bringing Up Baby lapse last week, I hardly ever do. Must be the changing seasons.

(I must mention that it snowed here today, just a little bit, and we're due for snow again tomorrow).

First I watched Casanova with ( Read more... )

Reasons why I love living in a university town ( Read more... )

Among the Prineii, if anybody does a bad thing, they're called a bad baby. Our cats are often bad babies; the kids are bad babies now and then, too ( Read more... )

Here's the first line of the lead story on SportsIllustrated.com:

How often does the nightlife in Eastern Iowa garner national attention?Yeah, not often. Tonight, in its first night game since 1992, Iowa is playing Ohio State, the #1 football team in the country. The police department is on high alert, local businesses are girding their loins, ( Read more... )

You can find out how your senators voted on the detainee bill here ( Read more... )