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May 17th, 2008 · No Comments · books

I made this graphic, just for fun. I don’t know why.

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Book review: Cloud Atlas

March 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Wow.
I just finished the most amazing book - Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell. I found this book when I asked a guy at BookPeople for a dystopia, and I can’t recommend it enough.
It’s a nested set of matryoshka dolls in front of a mirror; six separate stories woven together from the 1850s to a […]

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Overdue Update

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Photography
I joined a photo group called Project 365+1 - the idea is you take (and post) a photo every day. Other than that, there’s no rules - it can be slice of life, “artistic”, whatever. Mine will probably be heavy on the cat side.
My cameras are:

Nikon D50 (love this camera)
Canon Powershot […]

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Wow.

July 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Wow. Fantastic. Heart-wrenching. Exhilarating. Satisfying. 759 pages; 7½ hours of reading.
Over.
Now to put my LJ reading list back together.
(Don’t read comments if you haven’t finished the book - there may be spoilerish things mentioned.)

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This and that

July 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was great! And speaking of Harry Potter, since there’s some spoiler hints even on CNN, it’s time for me to pull the plug.
From /. - “Salon reports that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been leaked four days before it hits bookstores. It turns […]

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More John Moore, plz

June 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

A Fate Worse Than Dragons
In an attempt to win the hand of Princess Gloria in marriage, Sir Terry slays a dragon-only to discover he’s killed the dragon in a neighboring kingdom and inadvertently earned the devotion of the wrong princess. And everyone knows that getting stuck with the wrong girl is truly a fate worse […]

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Busy month

June 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

June is turning out to be a busy month! Well, busy for us, that is. Got the garage door opener and water heater installed, two vet appointments so far - old cat and kitten stuff. This week is a long overdue hair appointment on Tuesday; a delivery of more media […]

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