Growing Pains
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Please bear with us while we upgrade the blog and refresh our theme. This post will be deleted with things have returned to relative normalcy. ETA: Not deleting this post–please give us your feedback on the new design in the comments! ~K
School Supplies
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007Exciting news! The Pencil of the Month Club is back! I joined the original POMC on a lark, because I was amused by the idea of people taking pencils so seriously, and $24 for a year’s subscription seemed a tiny price for so much potential entertainment. Well, I had no idea what I was in [...]
Psycho-Marketing
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Fact one: A discussion of historical fiction set in Britain caused Modhran to recommend that I read Ken Follett’s book The Pillars of the Earth. I got a copy from Bookmooch and started in on it; Ken refreshed his memory of the story by listening to the audiobook. Fact two: I have a colleague at [...]
How Blue Was My Country
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006This is a blog about books, not politics, so I will keep my remarks brief, if you’ll indulge me for a moment: W00T!!!! I haven’t had that much fun staying up late to watch election results in, well, ever. It wasn’t a perfect result, but great strides were made. And now, let us all come [...]
It’s My Lucky Day!
Friday, October 13th, 2006I’m a born contrarian. It’s not an affectation or a learned behavior; it’s an instinct, a reflex. I mistrust the herd, is what it boils down to. The more the cattle stampede in one direction, the likelier I am to head off at a right angle and find something else to do. My dear ol’ [...]
A WHAT Blog?
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006Welcome to my blog all about my car-related adventures! I’m so glad you could join us! A book blog? Really? Whatever gave you that idea? Oh, right”¦the title“¦ Erm, well, uh”¦I have been reading, just not anything that really stands up for reviewing/discussion. Lots of fluffy Chiclets””er, Chick Lits””and the like. You would not catch [...]
Want to Feel 16 Again?
Monday, August 14th, 2006Here’s what you do: take your car in for necessary and expensive repairs that require difficult-to-locate parts, then just sit back and wait. And wait. And WAIT for three days while they fob you off with promises that it’ll be done “by 2:00″ “before we close tonight” “probably tomorrow” and, finally, “I’m not sure, maybe [...]
What?
Thursday, July 27th, 2006On my way to work today, I saw two old cars broken down along the shoulder, probably within 3 miles of each other. Not unusual in itself (I live in the Land of Drive’em “˜Til They Die), but both had giant sheets of plastic bunched up behind their back wheels. It looked for all the [...]
Slogging it Out
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006I was just having a little tidy-up around the site, getting back into the groove of things slowly, updating my current reads, editing some saved drafts, etc. I’m just back from a week on the road, attending a (really fabulous) family wedding in NoCal wine country, then driving home along the coast, camping at night [...]
Server Migration
Friday, June 30th, 2006Hey all–we’re still here, just busy, with little time to read and less to write. We just wanted to let you know the site will be moving to new servers over the weekend, so if don’t be surprised if you can’t reach us for a while. Have a great holiday weekend, and we’ll see you [...]
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