The readers' task? Identify the word that goes in the blank.

"The Humble Petition and Address of Several Thousands of Buxome Good-Women, Languishing in Extremity of Want ( Read more... )

Ahh, Morning, my arch enemy. We meet again. You with your warm, enticing bedcovers, your insidious snooze bar, your sly suggestion that "no one would know", your knowledge that the sun won't come streaming through the window for at least another hour ( Read more... )

I will probably be called weird for this, but the weather today was delightful. Walking back from the Open Eye, it was just about the perfect temperature -- nice and cool to make the walk enjoyable, but not so cool as to be unpleasant.

Lets hear it for fall!

All the book posts lately have gotten me thinking about a question I've had about the sci-fi/fantasy genre for a long time.

( Slightly long winded discussion with examples )

Ok, I resisted this long, but I give in ( Read more... )

I find this particularly amusing, for some reason. Maybe its the quote, "One friend of Brent's refused to come down because he thought we'd all get shot." It takes an uncommon mind to see this kind of opportunity.http://www.laweekly.com/

I was reminded of this the other day and went and reread it. Just in case anyone hasn't read it, I'm post it. Warning, may cause you to fall out of your chair laughing.

http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/jerryp/dogsinelk.html

Took a very nice walk this morning. I'd forgotten how nice fall mornings can be.

I timed it just about right, leaving while it was still basically dark but as I turned around to head home the sun was streaming through the trees. Worth getting up early for and I am _not_ a morning person.

Well, I'm going to be spending most of the day at the http://carrboromusicfestival.com/index.html

Looks like its going to be a lot of fun.

A couple points:

-Computers are eevil. Eeeeviil, I tell you.
-Yes, that is my considered opinion.
-I just spent half an hour cleaning the kitchen instead of working on what I need to be working on.
-No, theres no reason why this is in list form.