Galen’s Presidents’ Day post is a gem. We don’t think of the ‘Founding Fathers’ as being either witty or petty, but they were human and the info that Galen found certainly makes that point clear. Reading Washington’s comments made him laugh hard enough that I made him share. I figured that Monroe couldn’t have had […]
I’m gearing up to be away for a week, and it’s already stressing me out more than a bit. I won’t have much internet access while I’m gone, so I’m trying to get everything done ahead of time – which means a LOT of non-stop reading. Which actually isn’t such a bad thing – nor […]
This turned out to be a disappointing week on the review front. Two of the books I expected great things from fell flat – one just a bit flat and the other I only finished because I forced myself. Two I DNF’d altogether and went back to the drawing board. A frustrating week overall. But […]
We had house company last week. This is George’s reaction for the entire visit: He remained suspiciously watchful for the entire four days. Hecate thought it was great to have more humans to scritch her in the morning. Lucifer decided that she was an acceptable substitute human upon whom to tender his pre-meal gratitude. Freddie […]
Giveaway hops are back! YAY! Not that they actually went away, just that I didn’t have any in January. I tend not to do them on weekends, and the ones I normally participate in were all on weekends in January. So YAY for February. And March, too. My last committee ended, I’ve volunteered for a […]
So, I spent last weekend plus Monday and Tuesday in all day Zoom meetings. The meetings were great, and we’ll probably do it that way again next year because it works better from so many angles. Lucifer seemed to think the group was his fan club and popped in several times per day to get […]
The cat picture below is the state of the Lucifer this weekend. And continuing through Tuesday. He’s not happy. I’ve put myself in ‘kitten jail’, otherwise known as my office, because I’m tied up in a four day zoom meeting. Galen said he’s planning on me being, and I most definitely quote, “a delicate zombie” […]
I’m running behind getting this posted because I was having a hard time figuring out what the hell I’d be reading this week. So consider this post more about probabilities than certainties. Some weeks are just like that. I was also having a difficult time getting my hands on the keyboard and mouse. Lucifer wanted […]
I’m not quite sure if this week’s coming attractions are actually going to be this week’s coming attractions. The “back to work” week after the holidays is always a bit like that. The only ones I’m sure about are Where the Drowned Girls Go and The Sorority Murder, because I’ve already finished the one and […]
Today is the first day of Kwanzaa. It’s also Boxing Day, at least sorta/kinda, in the U.K. and many current and former Commonwealth countries. It’s primarily known as a shopping holiday. Not exactly like the U.S. Black Friday but not totally different, either. But there’s Boxing and then there’s BOXING, with or without any Marquess […]