Monthly Archives: May 2013
Book Review: The Wheel of Time – The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan
I’ve been hearing about The Wheel of Time for quite some time now (no pun intended). I’ve always been put off by both the size of the individual volumes and the number of books in the series. But as audiobooks they’re … Continue reading
Warning: Light Content Ahead
The last few weeks have knocked me off my stride, and I now find myself facing a backlog of stuff. I’ll try to keep up on my posting, but I’ve made a conscious decision that this and Facebook just aren’t … Continue reading
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Happy Mothers Day
Yes, I’m early. But, besides the fact that I don’t post on weekends, come Mothers Day I’ll be busy enough with my own personal celebrations. It’s either now, or late. Mothers don’t get much credit. When you think about it, what … Continue reading
This is just to say
I did not eat the plums that were in the icebox and which you may still have for breakfast Forgive me the chocolate cake looked delicious but now looks gone (with apologies to William Carlos Williams) My daughter is doing a … Continue reading
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Things you have to learn for yourself
There are a lot of things in life that one has to experience for yourself. Other people can try to describe for you what it feels like or how to do it, but ultimately until you try it, perhaps fail … Continue reading
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The Concrete Jumble
My fence has been threatening to fall down, so now that the weather has decided to cooperate I’ve started to take it down, with the idea of putting up a new one. This last Saturday was supposed to be a … Continue reading
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Book Review: The False Prince, by Jennifer A. Nielsen
I picked this book up largely as an impulse buy while attending a large authors-signing event at our local Barnes & Noble. The author made it sound interesting. A couple month later we finally got around to reading it (Sorry, … Continue reading
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What do they have to hide, revisited
A while back I complained about the proliferation of “Ag gag” bills across the country attempting to protect anyone in the meat production industry from whistleblowers and animal rights groups from filming what goes on in meat production facilities. Little … Continue reading
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Every day I’m shuffling
The other day my department at work held a “Mandatory Fun Day” at a local meeting facility. Before we began the fun part our boss’ boss held a brief meeting to inform us of some more changes. The department has … Continue reading
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