Collateral Bloggage

We’re back from vacation.  It had been three years since we’d visited the Alaska clan (which is everybody else in my family), and four years since we’d had Christmas with them.  If not for the travel (travail?) involved, we’d do it more often.  Because it’s just how vacation should be.  Ethan slides in nicely with [...]

Well, those of you who regularly read my stuff must have expected this day:  I’ve been published.  In The Hillsboro Library News.  I know.  Totally.  I’ll pardon you as you stagger back in wonder.
I get bonus points for having a sentence fragment with borderline grammar published. How’d this happen?  Well, it’s about the Hillsboro Library’s [...]

I’m fairly certain my alarm went off at 6:30 this morning.  I, however, went on sleeping.  I guess I thought it was Sunday.  Didn’t get in to work until about 10am.  Nice.
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I spend a good deal of time reading.  When I commented some time ago about the fact that I average about a book per [...]

I’m not what you’d call a Reality TV junkie.  But I’m not a Reality-Hater either.  I enjoy Survivor sometimes, American Idol occasionally (although there’s less and less to enjoy every year), So You Think You Can Dance due to its superiority, and The Amazing Race immensely.  It’s on again, and it’s still just incredibly awesome.  [...]

I’m a big fan of cucumbers.  Indeed, I don’t think I’ve ever met one I didn’t like.  I like cukes sliced, speared, pickled (sweet pickles aren’t a favorite), shredded…you get the picture.  I don’t think I’d be crazy about them cooked, but just about any fresh application is attractive to me.
The latest way I’ve found [...]

There’s a new Ender book coming out in November!!!  Yes, Orson Scott Card posted on his blog that Ender in Exile will be coming out in November!!!!  Did I mention it’s coming out in November!!!???
You might guess I’m a huge fan of the Ender series.  You’d be right.  If you’re even remotely interested in Science [...]