From the latest Dads & Daughters newsletter: Our friend Dr. Mark Tappan is co-authoring a book, to be called “Packaging Boyhood” about marketing to our sons. The book aims to “scrutinize the world of boy power, and the ways media…
Date Night, Reading, School Stuff
I was a naughty girl today, too caught up in reading A Few Demons More to do my homework. Bad girl. To be fair, I was also taking care of my Katie baby, who had a fever and was nearly…
It Was a Lovely Day
Please note: Yes, I am referring to today, the 12th, which is my birthday. Those close to me know that I generally hate my birthday, as it’s a reminder of multiple miscarriages and other nasty things happening around this time…
I have For A Few Demons More!
Yes yes yes, I do! Sam bought it as part of my birthday present. Squee! Thank you, love! I can’t start reading it yet, because if I do, I won’t stop. I have to be a good girl and do…
Review: Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong
Cool under pressure. If they posted employment ads for hitmen, that’d be the number two requirement, right after detail-oriented. A good hitman must possess the perfect blend of personality type A and B traits, a control freak who obsesses over…
TechShop, Photography Advice, Postsingular, NoDryClean, and Verizon FIOS Danger
Disparate thoughts from a very low energy day. In fact, it was so low-energy that I thought I posted this entry last night, and never did. I has a fever. Do Not Want. Blah. Can’t brain. Short attention span means…
R.I.P. Madeleine L’Engle
I started this post on September 7, the day after the grand lady moved on to find out what’s next. I find myself certain that she wasn’t afraid, that she looked forward to a reunion with her husband Hugh and…
Review: A Lick of Frost, Laurell K. Hamilton
I honestly didn’t think Laurell K. Hamilton had it in her, but A Lick of Frost moved me to tears in spots. She managed real romance. I don’t even like reading romances, and I really hate crying, but I couldn’t…
Rumbles from the Recliner
Not from the grave, oh no, not yet! It’s been too long to do a real “this is all that has happened in my life.” Writing it would exhaust me, and reading it would likely bore you. If you want…
Is that really my Dæmon?