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April Reading Log
I read 10 books in the month of April, which is a pretty healthy sum. I had a goal of 60 books read this year, and including April’s books, I’m at 34. I think I should have set the bar higher....
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Witness In Death – JD Robb One of my reading goals for the year was to read (and re-read) the first 10 books of JD Robb’s In Death series. I’d read the first 8, plus a few additional ones throughout...
View Article2014 Reading Goals
On Swap Bot, I’m a co-founder of a group called Carpe Librum. As you might expect, it’s all about books. One of the swaps I started at the beginning of the year was for 2014 reading goals. I find I do...
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Mozzie & Cat Grass
I’ve been sick for about a week, and so nothing appeals to write about. Instead I’m going to cheat, and post a photo of Mozzie nomming the hell out of some cat grass. He loves cat grass. He’ll beg...
View ArticleJune Reading Log
June was short on reading material, I only managed 4 books, and 3 were really novellas or partials. I discovered a podcasting app on my phone, so I listened to a lot of those instead of audiobooks. The...
View ArticleThe Maze Runner
I participated in a swap on Swap Bot about Young adult books. Seems like YA novels have made the news quite a bit lately, and not just because piles of them are being made into movies. There’s a lot of...
View ArticleJuly Reading Log
July saw me chewing through seven books, which is more than average. One was a non fiction, 2 were books I had been waiting for, and two were even out of my comfort zone! That being said, only two were...
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Mozzie is Lazy
Mozzie loves soft things. The softer, the better. He kneads on stuff, and then drools buckets. He will drool big enough puddles that if you sit in them, they will soak through your jeans, to your skin....
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Dirty Kitty
This is what happens when you let a white cat go outside. He finds the first dirt patch and rolls…
View ArticleAiry Persiflage – A Daily Blog
So, this is the other blog for my blog post swap. Again, I feel really fortunate that this was my second blog, because Bev is one of those dedicated people who posts every day. I feel bad for the folks...
View ArticleKnowing Songs
I always say that I don’t have discerning taste in movies or music, and it’s true: I like all kinds of things that are crap. For example, I love Hellboy, and that is not a great movie. I also like all...
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Posting Comments
As a quick head’s up, I’m not that good as responding to comments. I try, but I don’t always see them, and here’s why: If you’re a regular commenter, after 1 or 2 approved comments, your comments are...
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I’m Behind!
We’re 1/3 of the way into NaNoWriMo, and I’m way behind. Like way less than 10,000 words. Heck, I should have 18,333 words today. I haven’t updated my word count for today, but last night I managed to...
View ArticleCan We Get a Do-Over On This Week?
This week? Has not been a very good week, for me personally, or for most of the United States. I call for a do-over for the week, without sickness or hardship, or tragedy. The Clackamas Town Center...
View Article2013 Goal
If you’ve read here before, then you’ll know I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions, because I don’t think they work. By February, March at the latest, I’ve abandoned all of mine. I don’t know if...
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Professional Dinosaur Question, Really?
Pet’s been working through most of Red Dwarf on Netflix. In one of the seasons, a sparrow gets turned into a dinosaur. There’s a line about the dinosaur eating cow vindaloo, and I went to look it up. I...
View ArticleSpin
I heard a commercial on the radio today that made me think about spin. No, I’m not talking about the magazine, or the setting on your washer, but the kind used for public relations. One of the best...
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September Reading Log
I read a lot of books this month. 10 to be precise, although to be fair, 4 of them were audiobooks. Work was busy this month, which meant I spent a lot of time driving (hence the audiobooks) and a lot...
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I managed to read 2 short stories (Good reads counts them as books) and 6 books this month. I’m something like 6 books ahead of my goal of 60 books for the year, but I know as the year moves on, I’ll...
View ArticleOasis In The Desert Benefit Yard Sale
A guy I went to high school with is trying to fundraise money for a good cause. His rock climbing group is going to Zimbabewe to build and aquaponics farm for an orphanage. There’s more information...
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