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jaylake and the_childWere setting out for a trip
On a flight hoped to be mild
Novels in the flight bag
Nestled safely unread
While visions of vacation
Danced in the traveler's heads
Outside on the runway
A wind blew so hard
That
jaylake wonderedIf the flight could depart
While inside the airport
He thought about things
About cancer, and writing
Shoes and sealing wax, cabbages and kings
the_child sat close byA concentrated look on her face
Computer on her lap
She was in her own space
They knew they'd be off soon
To see
calendula_witchIn faraway California
From Oregon quite the switch
jaylake and his trusty the_childWant everyone to have a happy holiday season
Travel safe or stay home happy
Whatever the reason
Rural Montana. © 2006, 2009 Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
This work by Joseph E. Lake, Jr. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Vader in the Park — (Thanks, I think, to
icedrake.)Calvin and Hobbes on how the rules work — Boy do I kow how that is...
Myths of the American Revolution — Interesting history. (Thanks to my Dad.)
Rep Michele Bachmann takes in a lot of money via farm subsidies — Pretty nice position for someone who rails constantly against socialism. I realize most conservatives don't define farm subsidies as socialism, but that's just logic chopping to soothe their consciences.
Tidings of Comfort — Paul Krugman on healthcare reform. Though I really like this bit: In the past, there was a general understanding, a sort of implicit clause in the rules of American politics, that major parties would at least pretend to distance themselves from irrational extremists. But those rules are no longer operative. No, Virginia, at this point there is no sanity clause. :: waves to conservative America ::
?otD: What the heck *are* comfits, anyway?
12/26/2009
Body movement: 30 minutes on stationary bike
Hours slept: 6.25
This morning's weigh-in: 225.6
Currently reading: (between books)
So, what is it and what's it about? It's a 13,000 word CSI with magic novelette ... with something very different.
It's called Magical Crimes. It'll be priced at $0.99 and it'll available for download in all the popular ebook formats (epub, lit, lrf, prc, mobi and pdf), DRM free, in early January. Yes, there will be free snippets and, yes, there will be a competition. You'll be able to purchase it from Book View Cafe and all the major online book retailers.
I'll be posting the cover next week. It's ... eye-catching.
- 13:14 twitpic.com/v4vfm - Bast #
- 00:32 Merry Easter Bunny, everyone! #
I totally had to Google “APRN” - I figured Accounts Payable Registered Nurse. Or Associated Press Registered Nurse, trained to treat the fallout of bad papercuts? But no - advance practice registered nurse. Live and learn - and maybe find this book for Eileen:
[This] was one of the first romance stories I ever read, and I would just like
to read it again at some point to figure out WHY the story has been in my
head for so long!It was a short story that I believe was in an anthology. A woman drives
from Oregon to move to Texas. She is an APRN, and has a friend that already
lives in Texas and that’s part of the reason she’s moving there. (This is
why I believe this may have been a spin-off story from a previous book or
books - these women used to work at a hospital together and the friend fell
in love with a Texas guy who was in some sort of accident in Oregon and they
fell in love while she treated him and married him and moved to Texas.)
Anyway, the first day the APRN is in town one of the local yokels kisses
her in the middle of main street (staking his claim, so to speak). The
man’s daughter then meets the woman and decides her dad (obviously divorced
or widowed) should marry this woman.He has issues with getting married again, she has issues with marrying
someone she just met, yadda yadd, they get married and live happily every
after.If anyone can help me out with this I would REALLY appreciate it!
chipper- 13:10:46: Rain + frozen ground = water in the basement. Not the sort of Christmas present I had in mind. Still raining. What a mess outside.
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- 16:35 switches to Plan B, restoring an older backup. Reinstalled from recovery disks to find they sent me XP disks not Vista, w/ missing drivers. #
- 18:23 seems to be having one of those days where anything that could POSSIBLY go wrong is going wrong:(. #
- 23:02 acks! Washing machine died doing laundry, laptop is going back to the same broken os, & now the red ring of death on my XBox 360? What next? #
- Location:The Wookiemonster's Lair
- Mood:
content - Music:John Williams - Departing Coruscant
This is how it looked yesterday:
( With some other photos )
Rain finally stopped. Then the cold hit. A little snow.
I find myself nursing mild crushes on Alton Brown and Bobby Flay, not necessarily in that order.
The pups liked their Kongs, to my surprise. Especially if I stuck treats in them. Kept them occupied for a half hour at a time or more, which is borderline miraculous.
Tried a dry spice rub on the dinnertime turkey breast. The meat came out nicely moist, but I wasn't mad for the flavor. I just should have stuck with my original plan of putting herbed butter under the skin, but I wanted to try something different. Oh well. The meat will make good sandwiches, though.
And another holiday winds down. I hope everyone who celebrated had a good day.
- Mood:
tired
09:52 Okay, I checked under the tree. The roof. In the basement.Santa did not bring me a goddamn Seth Green! But happy holidays to all. #
09:54 And happy Saturnalia to Sheldon from Big Bang. Rock on, Sheldon. Rock on. #
09:57 No! no real spoilers, just whipping up fan anticipation @shilohwalker LMAO. I don't do spoilers. Although I was surprised by one thing... #
09:59 With a Goodfellow cameo! And tell me the end did surprise you in 1 way or 4 @JackieKessler Just finished TRICK OF THE LIGHT. Excellent book! #
18:00 Holiday family gathering was Sherlock Holmes (as it was for apparently the city. Every seat full.) It rocked. It rocked so fucking hard that #
18:03 that I forgive Ritchie for the Madonna movie. It's so rare 2 see something re-imagined in a way that is a 180 from source material and work #
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Automatically shipped by LoudTwitterYears and years ago, I saw an animated version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL that impressed the hell out of me. The ghosts looked like ghosts and some care was taken at the start of the show to establish that this was a haunted story.
Plus, it had the scariest Jacob Marley ever.
Of course, this was back in the pre-information days, when I’d have no idea which “A Christmas Carol” it was, or when it would air again. There were several years when I spent the weeks before the holiday studying the TV Guide, searching for half-hour versions of the show in case I could fine The One.
I did, once. It aired on The Family Channel (the only time I ever watched that channel) and there was Jacob Marley, speaking out of his gaping, unmoving mouth. There was the ever-shifting Ghost of Christmas Past. There was Ignorance and Want, depicted as though they were already dead.
Then I couldn’t find it again.
Of course, now we’re living in the information age, and an obscure supernatural cartoon is content. Can the internet resist content? I think not:
Facebook users click this link.
Chuck Jones produced it. Alistair Sim is the voice of Scrooge, and he plays him differently than most actors do–less gruff and hostile, more weak and aggrieved. And of course there are the ghosts.
Hey, I realize the holiday is pretty much over, and being Christmas most of you are probably sick of it. But if you like really well done ghosts, check this one out.
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And it would also talk about the fact that, when you go to bed at 3am, getting up at 8 is just damned painful. Somehow, those same five hours are easier to take when they're 1am to 6am, and I don't know why.
Yet, we did wake [and as much as I love my apartment, I have to admit that living in the East 20's has its definite charms], and we did make it to the morning showing of Sherlock Holmes.
( not exactly spoilery, but some thoughts on the movie itself )
We also saw a number of previews, including Iron Man 2 (I cringe from how bad it might be, but will be there anyway) and the remake of Clash of the Titans, which looks to be another stunning leap forward in FX, if nothing else.
And then I met up with family for the Obligatory Chinese food. We noted, with much dismay, that there are an awful lot of Gentiles having dinner in Chinatown on Christmas Day, these days. Goose wasn't enough, you had to have Peking duck, too?
And now I am home, for a few hours anyway, before heading back downtown tomorrow to see Avatar with friends (in 3D. I am talked into these things...how? Must be Sekrit Coastie Mind Tricks). And then more Holiday Socializing, leading into First Night.
But first, must finish freelance gig. And short story revisions. And author proofs for HARD MAGIC. And look longingly at the TBR 2010 pile that's already starting to build....
I hope y'all had a good day, however you spent it!
- Mood:
tired
Favorite quote: “I think it’s French. Or some kind of space language.”
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the_child did pretty good with her haul, including the crowning glory, a Canon multifunction printer/copier/scanner for her to use in her art projects. Dinner at my parents', where the haul was considerably reinforced. My piece de resistance was the restored 1907 Remington Model 10 typewriter given me by Mother of the Child, though numerous other thoughtful gifts were given and received all around.At 0:dark:stupid tomorrow,
the_child and I head for the airport, and off to San Francisco. We'll be connecting with calendula_witch mid-to-late morning. That's my last out of town trip pre-chemo, so I'm looking forward to both the time away and to the memories, if that makes sense.I'm back on the 3rd.
shelly_rae is back on the 5th. calendula_witch is back on the 7th. We hit zero hour on the 8th, where the rabbithole gapes open and swallows me whole.Hope everyone has enjoyed a lovely, wonderful holiday season of their preference with persons of loving goodwill. Be well, one and all.
Back in the San Diego airport, I took advantage of the Google-provided free wifi and read my fantabulous Yuletide story, Fire Dance. It's possibly the only Element of Fire story in existence, and it has Thomas being dashing and supercompetent and slightly sinister, and Ravenna being awesome and scheming, and there's politics and assasination attempts and swashbuckling! I couln't be happier. Thank you, Yuletide author!
And my recipient left me very happy sounding feedback, so I'm all aglow with Yuletide love. Can't wait to read everyone else's stories, yay!
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