The One Kingdom (2001) & The Isle of Battle (2002) by Sean Russell
I’m fond of Sean Russell because he is a good writer, and because he writes duologies. I like knowing that a series will not stretch on interminably. So a year or two ago I picked up The One Kingdom and The Isle of [...]
Today is Memorial Day.
This is the day we are to remember those who fought for our country. This is the day we remember those who fought for our freedom and for justice. This is the day we remember those who gave their lives to so that we might now have:
freedom of speech….
freedom of religion….
freedom of [...]
The latest flower pr0n.
Although my other day lilies are still budding, my lemon lilies are blooming. If only they bloomed more than once over the summer.
ADDENDUM the First: Check out Tom’s latest Flower Pr0n. The peony is especially pretty.
The Science of Consistency: On fictional universes and the fans who rationalize them.
The fictional universes depicted in movies like the Star Wars or Star Trek series tend to get very complex (for beginners: the former features Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, the latter Captain Kirk, the Enterprise, and a loyal crew made up of people [...]
Just got back from ‘Revenge of the Sith’.
I really tried to go in without any expectations, that way I wouldn’t be disappointed.
So now I don’t know what I am.
I guess I really wanted to recapture the feeling I had when I was 8 and Star Wars first came out. The feeling that I had [...]
Two Star Wars fans are in a critical condition in hospital after apparently trying to make light sabres by filling fluorescent light tubes with petrol.
A man, aged 20, and a girl of 17 are believed to have been filming a mock duel when they poured fuel into two glass tubes and lit it.
The pair were [...]
We made the top ten! Of something good!
Of course as I commented to Gina earlier, it’s hardly a surprise, since bad drivers don’t last long on windy mountain roads.
And I wasn’t at all surprised to find that New Jersery drivers are some of the wrost. Around here if a car does something incredibly rude, chances [...]
Del was in town for a memorial service for his mother and all the other hospice patients who died in the past year.
Although Kathy wasn’t about to make it this visit, Del stopped by with the kids for a short visit.
I just have one thing to say: Cute! Cute! Cute!
The electric company frightens me.
I have a confession to make.
I love catalogs.
Not just the Land’s End catalogs with sensible clothing, not just the Gardener’s Supply catalogs with all kinds of neat garden implements to make things easier, but all kinds of catalogs.
I’m especially fond of supply catalogs. I used to receive a variety at my last job, where [...]
The Novels of Tiger and Del Sword-Dancer (1986), Sword-Singer (1988), Sword-Maker (1989), Sword-Breaker (1991), Sword-Born (1998), Sword-Sworn (2002) by Jennifer Roberson
I am quite fond of the first book in this series, Sword-Dancer. I like the characters, I like the writing, and I like the story. I particularly like Tiger, who sounds quite a bit like [...]
I heard Bush on the news this morning, using terms like murder and destruction of life, when talking about stem cell research. Does he even understand what those terms mean?
It got me to thinking about the many inconsistencies in his policies of “life”. As I’ve said before, I don’t understand how anyone can keep a [...]
In the latest episode of flower pr0n: Wet and wildIrises!
Happy Armed Forces Day. Though I’m not sure that Happy is quite the right term.
1607 soldiers have died in Iraq. 12,348 have been wounded in Iraq (according to the DOD). 180 soldiers have died in Afghanistan.
Baltimore Sun Digital memorial. View names by name, state, and in chronological order.
Digital Memorial for those killed in Iraq and [...]
There is a distinct possibility that if I even publish this post, I may regret it and take it down.
Which you can take as your warning that this post is going to contain a bit more personal information than normal.
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I don’t really care about sports, but this amused me.
Yes, I know I’m due to a far more substantial post than I have been writing.
This post, however, ain’t it.
via Iron Monkey, I found Sprol, which has a bit on WV’s Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining.
And from Erin, The Trouble With EM ’n EN (and Other Shady Characters) (which I still haven’t finished reading, but found [...]
Go read Jeffrey Whitmore’s Bedtime Story.
Go on! It’s only 53 words, so it won’t take you long.
Sorry. Busy, busy, busy.
Well, that and I had a headache last night, which I feared would turn into a migraine. So still nothing of interest. Except two silly quizzes.
And the discussion about the Science Fiction Writer quiz is still going on over at Making Light.
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Moontide and Magic Rise: World Without End (1994) and Sea Without a Shore (1996) Sean Russell
Every time I read Sean Russell, I am always surprised at how good his books are. I pick them up knowing they are going to be good, but the pessimistic part of me always says, “they can’t be that good. [...]
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