Bad Business (2004) Robert B. Parker
The danger in reading a Spenser book is that I then want to go back and reread all the other Spenser books. All 28 of them.
But as I reread them just a year ago, I’ll try to restrain myself.
Spenser takes what seems to be a simple divorce case, where he [...]
1) PRESIDENT BUSH TO DELIVER FOURTH OF JULY SPEECH IN MORGANTOWN FROM WOODBURN CIRCLE
President George W. Bush will deliver his Fourth of July message mid-morning Monday on WVU’s Downtown Campus, White House officials confirmed today (June 30). A ticket is required to attend the event and can be obtained free of charge by calling the [...]
This is why I love Teresa at Making Light.
And other bee parts in the latest flower pr0n.
Not the best of my pictures I admit, but I still like it.
Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell and those who reside there.
And if there wasn’t already enough to be enraged about, “VA funding is short $1 billion this year.”
That’s right, this country is willing to “support the troops“, but only in so much as it means putting a sticker on the back of the SUV, and not, you know, actually giving them pay raises or increased [...]
A video about intestinal gas.
How f@ck!ng stupid does he think we are?
After September the 11th, I made a commitment to the American people. This nation will not wait to be attacked again. We will defend our freedom. We will take the fight to the enemy. Iraq is the latest battlefield in this war.
Just to reiterate:
Iraq was NOT involved in [...]
Illusion (1992) Paula Volsky
Illusion is a good book, however I can’t say I really like it.
The characters are good–very good. Despite starting out as a rich snob, I quite liked Eliste. Her snobbery was quite obviously a product of her upbringing, and beneath it she showed herself to be a decent human being. The same [...]
I was surprised by the Bookslut interview with Lois McMaster Bujold:
For quite a few years now I’ve been trying to figure out why speculative fiction still is one of the industry’s most gendered genres. Romance may still take the number one spot, in terms of which sex is most likely to be seen buying and [...]
I think that part of the reason I didn’t like Revenge of the Sith that much, is because they failed to suspend my disbelief right from the first scenes.
Good to know I was justified in my irritation.
Bad Astronomy and Star Wars
I must be particularly slow and dense, because I can’t comprehend how Justice Bryer could vote the way he did on two cases that went in opposite directions.
Tell me that this:
No exact formula can dictate a resolution in fact-intensive cases such as this,” he read. “… The determinative factor here, however, is that 40 years [...]
I’ve somehow managed to forget to read the Arcata Eye Police Reports for awhile.
Monday, June 6 7:49 p.m. When a BB impacted a trailer on Oasis Street, police quickly found a neighbor busily “assassinating slugs” on his porch. The mulleted mollusk murderer agreed to cease demising the slimies.
# Wednesday, May 25 10:53 a.m. A dog [...]
Yay!
ADDENDUM the First:
However, I could have done without 20 18 stinking minutes of commercials and previews. For putting up with that they should be paying ME.
ADDENDUM the Second:
Eighteen. Eighteen minutes of previews. Star Wars had twenty.
Latest flower pr0n!
Coreopsis, Purple Coneflower, Daisies, and much more!
It’s hot (current Morgantown temperature, 88 F) so everything feels sweaty and droopy. It’s one of those days when I’d rather sit inside and write about my flowers than go outside and tend them. It’ll be a little better later in the day, but still not condusive [...]
Of our feline residents, Kat is the smarter.
Unfortunately, he apparently wasn’t smart enough to tell the difference between a cast iron doorstop and a real cat. It took him about five minutes to get close, while in the meantime, any noise would cause him to levitate straight up and then back, as if he [...]
The Last Unicorn (1968) by Peter S. Beagle
Although I’ve read other books by Peter S. Beagle, I had not read The Last Unicorn before. It’s mentioned as a classic, and I kept bering disbelief that I had never read it. So I finally picked up a copy and read the book.
Read More about The Last [...]
Don’t forget to vote Saturday the 25th on the bond issue.
ADDENDUM the First:
Disappointing.
Unsurprising, but disappointing never the less. How we expect to pay our bills in the future is beyond me, but then my fellow state residents have already shown themselves more than willing to vote against their self interest, as is evidenced by [...]
Another case of mad cow in the US. Reassuring words from the government.
“This animal was blocked from entering the food supply because of the firewalls we have in place. Americans have every reason to continue to be confident in the safety of our beef,” he (Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns ) said.
However…
The animal was a “downer,” [...]
Whispers of the Dead (2004) Peter Tremayne
When I first came across the Sister Fidelma mysteries I was almost certain I was going to like them. Sister Fidelma is a nun and a lawyer in 17th century Ireland. Written by an Irish scholar, the stories are full of wonderful historical detail and are history lessons as [...]
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