Category: Me
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More about Portland
Aside from the whole YAY WE WENT TO POWELL’S thing, it’s totally worth pointing out the other places we went to as well: First, a cafe called Backspace, recommended to by . Vegetarian/vegan place, but the sandwiches we had were quite tasty. There was also interesting art on the walls, and it was clear that…
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All hail SOLARBIRD!
Many of you have remarked upon this already in your own posts, but for those of you who might not have yet, hey, it’s the Day of ! Who is a very awesome Solarbird indeed. Did I mention she’d written me a SONG? With its very own bass solo? Happy birthday, beloved! <3 <3 Today…
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Signal boosting for Liz
It’s come to my attention that is in dire medical straits, folks, and so friends of hers have set up a community to auction various tasty goodies to help her out. If you’ve got the time and the inclination, go check out to see what they’ve got to offer! An explanation post for what’s going…
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Not dead, despite rumors to contrary
Y’all may have noticed that I haven’t posted in days. This has been because I’ve been sick as a dog with a cold that just will not quit, and have been ever since the day I came back from Vancouver. Woke up this past Monday with a soreness to my throat, and my first though…
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The Nook Report, Part 2
Now that I’ve had a few days to read on the Nook, here are my thoughts on the experience. First and foremost, I am sold on the virtue of a one-use reading device for a reason I hadn’t foreseen: if all the device does is show you the books, there’s nothing on it to distract…
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Exercise update
I’m down to 178 pounds as of this morning, which is frankly stunning to me. That’s three pounds for this week, which is twice as much as I was expecting based on earlier performance in this whole endeavor. And it’s down a half a pound from yesterday, even though I had two breadsticks with pizza.…
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And now, the Nook report!
Nookish goodness arrived at my house today! Therefore, as promised, here’s my overall initial review post. First and foremost, y’all may have heard that the Nook comes with insanely complicated packaging. This is absolutely true. When you first get into it, there’s a little slip of paper that has–I kid you not–a seven-step procedure for…
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I was going to do this anyway
But the Amazon vs. Macmillan brouhaha over the weekend has pretty much bumped up the priority on this: I just dropped my first round of shiny royalties on a Nook. The actual device and a pretty cover to put it in pretty much comes to roughly the amount of royalties I got, and that’s quite…
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And now, the birthday loot report!
This being the record of things lovely people gave to me to celebrate my birthday: From , the DVD set of season 3 of MacGyver and the recently released Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora, mostly because the planet is way more interesting to me than the movie 😉…
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41 and feeling good
I’ve been getting lovely comments dropped on my Facebook wall from folks who saw there what today is, and I’ve gotten the usual lovely email from wishing me natal felicitations. What I did not expect however was to get a little email from the folks who run JournalFen, wishing me a happy birthday and inviting…