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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Today’s Word

And here’s a word that I dislike. proselytize verb 1. To induce someone to convert to one’s own religious faith. 2. To induce someone to join one’s own political party or to espouse one’s doctrine. What is most irksome, is when people who do proselytize, don’t see that as what they’re doing. And if I haven’t mentioned it, I [...]
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Rotated

Okay, I applied Michael’s php file to the front page, so now you can view a variety of flower pr0n. At least until I change the front page again.
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Geek Ahoy!

There’s nothing like letting the big boss know what a tremendous geek you are. The big boss came down with some questions about screen captures, and it was easier to just have her log into her e-mail from my computer, because my computer has screen capture software and photo-editing software that I’m comfortable using. We get the [...]
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Sunday, February 26, 2006

Dreams Underfoot

Dreams Underfoot (1993) Charles de Lint I believe that Dreams Underfoot is the first Charles de Lint book I bought. I may have read one of his stories somewhere (Now that I look, I may have first read “The Moon Is Drowning as I Sleep” in Snow White, Blood Red, and from there been sucked in.), [...]
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Friday, February 24, 2006

Random Notes

First off, I am delighted that I finally got the new Corel Photo Paint. It only took six months, but I was finally able to uninstall my personal copy. I did a bit of playing around to familarize myself with the new software–no major changes, but things seem a lot easier. Hence, the new image [...]
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Forward Momentum

Michael and I have been amused by a couple that has been coming to the rec center for the past couple weeks. And I use the term couple, however, for reasons that will soon become apparent, I don’t believe that they are actually a couple. They arrive at about seven carrying their gym bags, walk to [...]
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Word of the Day

How inappropriate: impervious \im-PER-vee-us\ adjective 1 *a : not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable b : not capable of being damaged or harmed 2 : not capable of being affected or disturbed
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Curses

Think of all the bad words you know, and then riff on different variations. Grrr. I have managed to destroyed my watch, and I have no clue how. I went to check the time before I took my lunch walk and the face is smashed. Mind you, this watch has bene in my posession for a less [...]
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Monday, February 20, 2006

Captain Alatriste

Captain Alatriste (1996) Arturo Perez-Reverte translated by Margaret Sayers Peden My mistake came in reading this after reading Steven Brust. Following one swashbuckling adventure with another is bound to lead to comparisons, and as there are few whose writing I love more than Steven Brust, anything else is going to come across as weak by comparison. Read More [...]
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Sunday, February 19, 2006

Warlord

Anyone else read Steven Brust? If so, I’ve been annoyed by something I can’t figure out. To wit: who the hell is the Warlord during the Vlad books? At the end of Sethra Lavode, Sethra Lavode resigns as Warlord and is replaced by Sethra the Younger. The next book in the timeline is Jhereg, and that plot revolves [...]
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Sethra Lavode

Sethra Lavode (2004) Steven Brust Sethra Lavode concludes The Viscount of Adrilankha trilogy. Read More about Sethra Lavode
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Saturday, February 18, 2006

The Lord of Castle Black

The Lord of Castle Black (2003) Steven Brust The second volume in the Viscount of Adrilankha series takes up where the first left off, even going back a bit to cover events that occurred towards the end of Paths of the Dead. Read More about The Lord of Castle Black
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Friday, February 17, 2006

The Paths of the Dead

The Paths of the Dead (2002) Steven Brust For me, Steven Brust books are like potato chips; I can’t read just one. And so, having recently finished all the Vlad Taltos book, The Phoenix Guards, and Five Hundred Years After, there was nothing to do but read The Viscount of Adrilankha. Read More about The Paths of the [...]
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Thursday, February 16, 2006

Smash! Clang!

If you read fantasy or history, you may be interested in this article on What Did Historical Swords Weigh? From ordinary hands-on experience we know full well that swords were not excessively heavy nor did they weigh 10 or 15 pounds and more. There is only so many ways we can repeat how these weapons were [...]
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Geek Alert!

Star Trek Quiz ahoy! (more…)
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Five Hundred Years After

Five Hundred Years After (1994) Steven Brust If you have read the Vlad Taltos books, then you already know the outcome of Five Hundred Years After: Adron’s disaster, which lead to the Interregnum. But what we don’t know, is the story that leads up to Adron’s disaster. Why did Adron act in the manner he did? [...]
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Monday, February 13, 2006

Fingers Crossed

9:00 am Tuesday morning. That’s Michael’s interview. Keep your fingers crossed. ADDENDUM the First: Michael says he thinks the interview went well, and he liked the two women who interviewed him.
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Sunday, February 12, 2006

The Phoenix Guards

The Phoenix Guards (1991) Steven Brust As is typically the case, once I finished reading the Vlad Taltos books, I felt myself consumed by an overwhelming desire to go back and re-read the other Dragaeran books. That is to say, mention of characters and events in the Vlad Taltos books whetted my appetite for re-reading about [...]
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Saturday, February 11, 2006

You’re Searching for What?

I love going through my referrer logs. “pictures of salem massachusetts 1788 to 1791″ Because photography was a popular hobby back then “are british people abel to get skin cancer from sunbeds” No, the Queen protects the British from skin cancer “burned down dairy queen in kentucky” Is burning down Dairy Queen a popular sport in Kentucky? “a real dinosaur is [...]
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Issola

Issola (2001) Steven Brust Issola, for reasons about which I am not quite clear, is one of my favorite Vlad books. I think it’s because I like Lady Teldra so much, but it could also be the fact that Vlad is back to spending time with with Morrolan and Aliera and Sethra Lavode. Read More about Issola
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