Murder Most Crafty, edited by Maggie Bruce, was really uneven. Gillian Roberts’ story, “Ellie’s Chair,” left me in tears. I’ll definitely be looking for more be Jan Burke, and I’ve been a Monica Ferris fan for years and years. “The…
The Geek Who Understands You
Murder Most Crafty, edited by Maggie Bruce, was really uneven. Gillian Roberts’ story, “Ellie’s Chair,” left me in tears. I’ll definitely be looking for more be Jan Burke, and I’ve been a Monica Ferris fan for years and years. “The…
Well, damn. Robert Anton Wilson died Thursday. He made it to 01-11 – the 101st birthday of Dr. Albert Hoffman. I was mostly out of touch, so I didn’t hear about it until Friday. Sideways, even, which is appropriate.
I just finished reading Born in Death by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts). It’s the latest in the Eve Dallas series and a good read. I took a break from The Star Scroll, part of Melanie Rawn’s Dragon Prince series, to…
Anybody else using Bookmooch? I just joined (username technomom) and plan to list books there as we do our yearly clearing of the shelves. (Edited to correct name – thanks Alicebunnie!)
My paid LJ account is about to expire, and I’m not feeling any anxiety about it. There are far more important things to pay for. Yeah, I’ll miss the extra icons and the simple URL, but I’ve been trying to…
I’ve posted about online resources, as well as mentioning some periodicals that are good offline resources. Now I want to share some of the books I recommend to others who are learning more about fibromyalgia. The First Year: Fibromyalgia: An…
How to Work Like DaVinci In his instant self-help classic, the international best seller How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, Michael J. Gelb identified seven aspects of da Vinci’s genius that contemporary readers can emulate and apply in their…
Today’s Ganked From ozarque link is LabLit.com, which is all about the culture of science in fiction and fact. Very appropriate, right after watching The Fantastic Four last night and more CSI today.
Going back to this post, keeping a database of everybody’s book/video/music influences would be a major nuisance and a waste of resources better used for other things. You can’t count on everyone having such things listed in a profile or…
I’ve seen this all over the place, so I can’t really credit where I got it: If there is someone on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not…
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