So I promised that I’m going to start writing more, somehow managing to completely forget the fact that I have a HUGE GARGANTUAN MONSTER end-of-the-semester project looming over me.

One that requires that I learn how to use SPSS in two weeks. (And I’ve got one week left.)

Perhaps I was a bit premature in promising more writing. Unless of course you want me to write about data analysis. (and how much is it TOTALLY SUCKING!!)

(!!!!!!)

Hmmmm… Perhaps not.

Today’s slightly disturbing incident: Going into the bathroom and seeing a latex glove in the trash.

Ex Machina Vol 3: Fact v Fiction (2006) Brian K. Vaughan

Now that I’m all caught up on Ex Machina, I suppose I have a six month wait or so before the next collection comes out. Luckily, I have one or two other things around here to read.

Fact v Fiction delves a little more into Mitchell Hundred’s past, although it’s his past prior to becoming the Great Machine, rather than after the accident that gave him his ability to talk to machines.

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Ex Machina Vol 2: Tag (2005) Brian K. Vaughan

Tag continues the story of Mitchell Hundred, also known as The Great Machine, and current mayor of NYC.

Like the first volume, the story jumps back and forth in time. This time the past focuses upon his campaign for mayor of NYC, and how he became involved with the NSA. We still know little about the time between when he had his power thrust upon him and when he began to use those powers.

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I’ve finally updated to Movable Type 3.2, which very little, except that they’ve majorly modified the templates and stylesheets, so if I want to update my site, then I have to rebuild by formatting from the ground up.

Again.

I’ve finished with the books portion, which means that at some point I’ll have to redo here as well.

I’m not looking forward to it.

So if you come by, and things are very strange, give it a few minutes, and it should get better.

Should.

If it doesn’t, listen carefully. You should be able to hear cursing and screaming.

That’ll be me.

ADDENDUM the FIRST:
Commenting? HA! Apparently we’ll have no commenting here.

(grumble grumble)

ADDENDUM the SECOND
Good enough.

That’s as much as I want to look at this today.

Meant to post this the other day. Forgot.

I cannot come to your party because…

Reminds me a mini poster I still have filed somewhere. 101 easy ways to say no.

So I’m doing the Walk 100 Miles in 100 Days thing again this year, and we’re up to week three.

Because I work on a computer all day long, I keep track of my miles in a spreadsheet.

Because I’m a geek, I made a chart of those miles.

I was hoping that I’d see trends, days I’m likely to slack off, things like that. However, so far, it looks like I’m pretty random.

Shocker, that.
(more…)

Sorry about the lack of witticism, but I really HATE gorram daylight savings time.

Every morning this week the alarm has gone off, and I’ve barely been able to drag myself out of bed. You’d think it wouldn’t gotten better by the middle of the week. You’d have thought wrong.

However, Monday, Michael and I did have this fun exchange.

Me: I HATE daylight savings time. Have I mentioned that before?
Michael: Once or twice.
Me: I’m just all zonked out and stupid. I hate it.
Michael: It could be worse. You could be cranky.
Me: Like one is better than the other?
Michael: Well. Yes.

Today is a good day to go through my referer logs.

The Top 10 Search Terms:
vlad taltos
html clock
female fantasy authors
random quiz
centipedes
plush germs
taltos
grass jelly
pr0n
merovingian line

Okay, the centipedes bother me, because I HATE centipedes. (shudder)
Also, I’m certain that people looking for actual pr0n were quite disappointed by the flower pr0n.

Now for the odder things:

male chest
Please go here: See the category “Covers Gone Wild”

reading/short passages about secrets on shoes
That’s me. International woman of mystery and secrets on shoes.

fairy tale told the opposite way
Told the opposite way of what? Start with the moral and end with “Once upon a time”?

pictures of euthanasia requests
Okay, that’s screwed up.

funny folk tales that no one has heard of before
If no one has heard them before, then they’re not folktales.

fairy tales translated to italian
Why are you searching in English?

what do a photosynthesis really do
A photosynthesis is the little man that lives in plants and changes them into vegetables.

phoenix guards if i
…completed my search terms I’d get better results

www. holle kitty partying.
Is this a typo or a perversion?

folktales that involve real folktales not just make believe
Maybe you’re not understanding what a folktale is.

spinach police uniforms
That must be one of those new, city trends.

Either I’m losing my mind, or I’m listening to an instrumental Ozzy Ozbourne cover on XM’s Beyond Jazz channel.

Maybe it’s just a sign that I should go take a long hot shower and try to relax some more.

The Grand Tour (2004) by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

If you’ve already read Sorcery and Cecelia, then you’ll need little or no encouragement to pick up The Grand Tour. Cousins Kate and Cecelia are taking the grand tour of Europe on their honeymoons. Within almost no time, they are caught up in intrigue involving ancient magical artifacts, and a secret group that was active during Napoleon’s reign as Emperor of France.

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This is far more interesting than I had initially expected it to be: Movie Timeline. What is movies were true? What would the timeline of the past and future look like?

This is amusing. In a very, very strange way.

Also took me a minute to get, the first time I looked at it.

But it’s also strange. So don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Andy send me a link to Nemester.

You can’t sign up yet, but when you can, all things considered, I probably should. Just to keep track, you know.