So D's on the phone with her mom back home, and I stop in the bedroom getting ready for a shower. Her mom sends very sweet greetings, as usual. D tells her that I'm off to the shower and her mom has her say "Have a good shower" to me. D then mentions that this is a common expression in Bulgaria. And when you come out people then say "Happy ( Read more... )

Quoted from a message board I peruse ( Read more... )

A couple of my friends and family members were looking for a list of last-minute wants, so here it is ( Read more... )

( Yes, Virginia, there is a Cthulhu )

( Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus )

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...but America as a whole fails the test ( Read more... )

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Fake in that it's not original, semi- in that it's from the book I just finished and thus has something to do with my actual life.

Opposite him and to his right lay the men-of-war: two ships of the line, both seventy-fours; a pretty twenty-eight gun frigate, the Niobe, whose people were painting a vermilion band under the chequered line of her ( Read more... )

I got to see these guys at Manray in Cambridge Friday night. I've heard them at the club for years and finally got around to getting Spectators a little over a year ago and Casting Shadows for my birthday last fall. If you're not familiar with them, they do very pretty, moody, gothy synthpop. Very danceable but not aggressive ( Read more... )