I just finished reading Jack McDevitt’s Cauldron, which surprised me as being by far the best of the Priscilla Hutchins books. The first five-sixths of the book were amazing. It was everything a science fiction novel should be, and was exactly what I was looking for. The ending left a little to be desired but didn’t take…
Busy day at work today. Progress on some fronts, but more delays on others. We stopped at the grocery store after work and picked up a few things, and when we got home, I made my apple, ale and cheddar soup again. It was good, but not quite as good as the first time. Too much…
Work was not overly busy today, but that’s mainly because I’m still waiting on people to do things. The nice thing about today was no meetings–the only day this week where that is true. Worked until about 4:30 today and then met Kelly at "our spot" outside Ann Taylor and we headed home. I needed a shave…
At lunch today, after dashing over to the post office to drop off a manuscript and get some holiday stamps, I headed to the library to find something to read when I finish Frameshift (which very well could be this evening). What a delight it is, wandering through the stacks. The local branch doesn’t have the…
I really slept in late today, not getting out of bed until close to 9:30 AM–two hours after Kelly got up this morning. I started reading Robert J. Sawyer’s Frameshift this morning, and spent much of the day reading–and enjoying it very much. Rob has a knack for telling a good story and I’ve been trying to…
I woke up sore this morning from all of the Wii playing yesterday. I slept in a bit, and when I woke up, I jumped right back into Only Begotten Daughter, making some more headway, and enjoying the story very much. Kelly and I decided to head into Georgetown today. The weather was nice and we thought we’d…
I finished reading joe_haldeman ‘s Marsbound this morning. I very much enjoyed it, although I didn’t think it was as good as his last few books, especially The Accidental Time Machine. But it’s looking to be the first of a series and the series looks promising. If nothing else, it was good ol’ science fiction, which was what…
Most people were not at work today. But Kelly and I headed in as usual. It was a quiet morning for the most part, but a busy afternoon. I had lunch with Monica at CPK (Todd was supposed to be there, too, but never showed up.) I then prepared for a 2 PM meeting that was more contentious than…
Up just before 6 AM with a killer stomach ache, the first one in a really long time. Eventually it went away. I was good today about meals. 5 small meals beginning around 7 AM and spread about every three hours throughout the day. For dinner I made chicken and had what was left of my apple, ale…
Up around 8 AM. I was supposed to do a video chat with Jim at 9 AM, but he wasn’t around. Instead we did the chat around 11 AM. We lazed around this morning, as usual. The garage door wasn’t working again, and I called maintenance about it. I think they may have fixed it later…
Can you believe it’s been one month since our wedding already? Time has zoomed by at an incredible rate! I had to work late today but on the way home, I picked up a dozen roses for Kelly in celebration of the special day. (Kelly had Veterans Day off.) The cats were hungry early and so I was…
I felt much better when I woke up this morning and as a result, I had a productive day at work today and it felt good. The day concluded with a two hour meeting. Kelly was waiting for me at the mall when the meeting was over and we headed home together. It was a quiet and relaxing…