Poor hounds are greatly unimpressed after suffering a bath today. But they are all clean and soft and silky now - and Mr Nosey's post-bath extended booty shake was his most magnificent yet!

Books of March

Underline: Greatly enjoyed; highly recommend.
Strikethrough: Did not like; do not recommend.

Fiction
Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts

Concealed ( Read more... )

My health has been utterly for shit this year and every time it seems to be getting better, something else goes wrong. I am Not Pleased. That is not say that everything this year has been awful, there have been a number of good things but I remain mostly incoherent with the brain fog so writing is difficult.

I have joined Tumblr -
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Going to see Adam Lambert with Queen!!!

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... and this awesome Iron Man suit made out of paper!

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What I've just finished reading

Non-fiction
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast by Lewis Wolpert ( Read more... )

What I've just finished reading

Non-fiction
The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal by Lynne Kelly

I enjoyed this. Good, steady look at various 'supernatural' and 'paranormal' phenomena and how they can/have been explained. Particularly liked the ones on UFOs, Roswell, cold-reading, numerology and walking on hot coals.

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Article in today's Daily Telegraph:
Race on to save thousands of unwanted greyhounds from racing industry

Wish the greyhounds good luck tomorrow!

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I continue to feel like hell and decided not to go at Nephew #2's birthday party on Saturday due to a vicious headache (I would have been willing to put in a brief appearance but Mum wanted to stay longer, so she went by herself.) It's supposed to cool down somewhat tomorrow which I'm looking forward to! But however lousy I may feel on Thursday, I ( Read more... )

What I've just finished reading

Non-fiction
The Australian Book Of True Crime by Larry Writer

Really enjoyed this. Solid writing, a good range of cases including quite a few I'd never heard of (and why had I never heard of the Lesbian Vampire Killers?) although I was surprised Ivan Milat of the Backpacker Murders wasn't included.

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I have been feeling like hell for the last ten days or so and I have no idea why. I was coping reasonably well with the heatwave but as soon as the temperature dropped, it was as though my body went, 'Oh, time to collapse.' Really not helpful ( Read more... )