The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (1998) Alexander McCall Smith
My mom got me the first three books in this series for Christmas, but I hadn’t gotten around to reading the first book until now.
This is a rather unusual book for a mystery. It’s almost a collection of short stories tied together by an overall arc. [...]
Okay, I must to admit that I am inordinately pleased with the new image for my main page.
ADDENDUM the First:
Okay, I won’t keep this header image for long, but I loved the color of these mums and wanted to enjoy them for a bit.
ADDENDUM the Second:
Okay. I couldn’t live it it. Header image has changed, [...]
The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (1999) Neil Gaiman & Yoshitaka Amano
The Dream Hunters is my favorite Sandman story. It’s not a comic proper, but is instead an illustrated story.
And the illustrations are gorgeous. I tend to do little more than glance at illustrations, but the art here is impossible to ignore.
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Dear “Satan”,
If that’s all you’ve got on me then you’ve not been paying very close attention.
With a work ethic like that it’s astounding you’ve remained Prince of the Damned for all these millenia. I don’t think I’d care for such a lax work environment, so I’ll have to decline your invitation.
Fables Vol 5 The Mean Seasons (2005) Bill Willingham
Fabletown has mostly recovered from the invasion of the wooden soldiers sent by the adversary, and so the mayoral election can now be held. Prince Charming has been making promises that things are going to be different if he wins–promises to the fables who live on The [...]
Y: The Last Man (2003) Brian K. Vaughan
I just couldn’t get into this. The story looked interesting, but it just didn’t do anything for me.
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Some of the things that drive me crazy about living in a college town.
1. People who come from elsewhere and just don’t have a clue.
Holy Cow!
Blast was absolutely fantastic.
I’m talking bouncing-out-of-the-CAC-with-excitement fantastic.
I, of course, liked the drums the best. The brass was quite excellent, but I just love percussion.
However, I did noticed that when they did Appalachian Spring they forgot to make the form into the shape of the state. And as much as I love Simple Gifts/Allalachain Spring, [...]
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2004) Susanna Clarke
I got Michael this book for Christmas last year, but put off reading it myself because the book is huge: 800 pages huge. It’s not the kind of book I could curl up with; instead I had to set the book on the table, or prop it up [...]
Yesterday at work we were talking about Halloween and dressing up in costumes.
Me: “I wanna be Batman. Not for Halloween, for real.”
But only because then I get to drive the Tumbler. And blow stuff up. No, really.
Besides, this is an improvement. My childhood wish was to be R2-D2.
Let me tell you, hearing this story this morning when I was more than half asleep created an exceedingly eerie dream.
Time wasting! Time wasting!
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You Passed 8th Grade Math
Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!
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Supreme Power Vol 2 Powers and Principalities (2004) J. Michael Straczynski
In Powers and Principalities we continue the story of Mark Milton, as well as Nighthawk, Stanley Stewart, and Joe Ledger, and are introduced to Princess Zarda and the amphibian woman. (Or, as Michael and I were referring to them: the terrestrial naked lady and the [...]
Lots of SNOW! YAY!
Here’s the view from my porch at 6:30 this morning.
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It’s snowing! It’s snowing!
I can look out the window and see huge fluffy flakes illuminated by the streetlights, falling at a regular and steady rate!
It will all, of course, come to naught. The ground is too warm for the snow to stick. But still… It’s snowing!
I LOVE snow!
Supreme Power Vol 1 Contact (2004) J. Michael Straczynski
I picked this up because I really liked J. Michael Straczynski’s Rising Stars. It looked interesting, so I decided to see if I liked this series as well.
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We really shoulda cleaned out the gutters this past weekend. Or the weekend before.
But from here on out it’s probably just going to be cold, and we’re really going to regret not having gone up on the roof earlier. When it was warm.
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