Update, Part the First

Life is often fun, but seldom in the ways one expects. So why do we keep setting up expectations, knowing they'll inevitably turn into something completely different anyway? [See Lois McMaster Bujold & some other people's comments about how combat {and other} plans never survive first contact.]

Fencon was like that, back in September. ( Read more... )

Update, Part the Second

Post-Fencon, I fell into a bit of a funk that lasted several days. Then I got all archaeological, excavating parts of my house that hadn't seen the light of day in several years. They had, naturally enough, all been full of books, all of which wound up on the new shelves. Which was a bit of a bummer in itself; I'd been expecting to take *years* to fill up those shelves; within just a few weeks, I'd put over 100 feet on them!

Still, I started to get a bit caught up, & even posted a bit. Then, as it drew closer to my birthday, ominous rumors stirred the wind. ( Read more... )

Update, Part the Third

In keeping with the archaeological fever, I spent a couple of weeks rereading all of Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody books. Then, for a contrast, I spent another week rereading all of Susan Wiggins Albert's China Bayles books. The website she has with her husband [with whom she writes books as Robin Paige, Edwardian mysteries I strongly recommend] is http://www.mysterypartners.com/ . I particularly enjoyed the page of pickle puns. I used it to punish Himself with.

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What is up with this whole cheating Thanksgiving thing? ( Read more... )

You know how it's always either feast or famine? ( Read more... )