Work has been getting crazy again. There is no end in sight, but I’m doing my best to keep up. It happens steadily, creeps up on you, and before I know it, I find myself fragmented. Yesterday and today, I was doing 3 things at a time throughout the day. If I was in a…
I was into work later than usual in order to catch up on the lack of sleep last night. Moderately busy day, a couple of meetings. I headed over to Kelly’s after work. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and we walked over to Harry’s Tap Room for dinner where I had the tequila shrimp dish,…
Busy day, lots of meetings, and more meetings to come tomorrow. I got my state refund check in the mail today. $219. Since I’ll be in Santa Monica next week, I’ll deposit it as the credit union in person for a change, instead of mailing it in. I also got my pay stub for my…
As I pulled into my driveway after work today, my car it the 115,000 mile mark. October will be 12 years since I’ve had the car, and therefore, in 11-1/2 years I have driven, on average, 10,000 miles per year. However, since moving to the Metro D.C. area nearly 6 years ago, I’ve driven an…
I headed to the post office to buy stamps, mail off thank you notes, and mail my sunglasses case to he11o_sunshine (I left my sunglasses at her apartment when I was there last week, and I’m sending her the case so that she can send them back to me without them being damaged. And don’t…
I’ve plotted out my Hugo-reading in order that I might vote fairly when the time comes. Of course, if I kept up with the magazines better than I do, I shouldn’t have to “cram”. I’ve decided to read in the order of increasing length categories. In theory, once I’ve completed all the items in a…
I bought an almanac today, my first one since 2003. I purchased the World Almanac 2008. It’s been something I’ve been meaning to do and it just keeps slipping my mind, so today, when I thought of it, a ran across the street to the bookstore and picked one up so that I didn’t forget…
My right hand feels as though it’s about to fall off. I wrote 8 “thank you” notes for my birthday celebration this past weekend. It’s a good thing I generally don’t write longhand or I wouldn’t make it as a writer. A computer (or typewriter at the very least) is a saving grace. But it…
A recent Harris Poll asked 2,500 adults about their favorite book. It should come as no surprise that people’s number one favorite book is the Bible. Second favorite book seems to vary by demographic, but in the top 10 were J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind, J.K. Rowling’s…
I spent most of the day in bed today, quite literally, recovering from the strange allergic reaction I had yesterday. It was relaxing and I tried to ignore the fact that I felt incredibly lazy. But now it’s 11:11 PM and I am having difficulty getting off to sleep. I finished reading I. Asimov a…
Today, you can pre-order signed, hardcover editions of Michael A. Burstein‘s (mabfan) short story collection, I Remember The Future: The Award-Nominated Stories of Michael A. Burstein from Apex Books. Read more about this here. This is going to be a terrific book. How do I know? Because most of the stories that appear in this…
I took a sick day from work today. The allergic reaction I had took a lot out of me and I felt like I needed a lot of sleep. Plus, I wanted to call the doctor and check with him on what had happened. Indeed, it sounds like an allergic reaction and benedryl was the…