In which I’m torn between really liking a device that works well, and feeling like I should never use it again. Last December, I bought myself an Amazon Kindle as a Christmas-slash-layoff present. I bought it not because I didn’t already have a way to read ebooks (I have four separate ebook apps on my […]
In which I recap my madcap, whirlwind, SUPERfun trip to the cit-ay! By 8:30 Friday morning I was in Sheila‘s van, heading west. Her awesome daughters let me ride shotgun, which was supercool of them. The ride was lovely – watching the land change from desert to rain forest is beautiful every single time I […]
In which there’s about to be a wee bit o’ travel. I’m going to Portland this weekend! My girl from the paper saw my tweet about wanting to go see Cory Doctorow sign books at Powell’s and offered me a place in her van! I’ve got a ride up the Gorge and back! Squee! I […]
In which I eat REALLY OLD FOOD. For fun! I’d never eaten an MRE in my life. So it was about time, I think. MRE stands for, obviously (not) enough, “meal, ready-to-eat.” If that doesn’t convince you that the military is awesome, I don’t know what will. Because HELLO? MEAL, READY-TO-EAT? What?! Anyway. My dad […]
In which this post is, like, totally ILLUSTRATED. I lost two pounds last week, in spite of that four-slices-of-pizza debacle. I lost no inches, though, because of all of those damned squats and crunches and push-ups and shit. Nine weeks to go to achieve my goal weight. So naturally, yesterday Adam sent me some Swedish […]
In which publishers and sellers alike seem to be on the verge of losing their minds. First off, let me just say that I’ve been reading ebooks since 1994. They’re not new. This whole ebook thing has been coming for a long, long time, and I can’t figure out why the big book publishers can’t […]
In which I had a great time on New Year’s Eve at Pub 21 with the band. Load-in was at 4:30, but I was late because I had to take a paper copy of my resume (and cover letter and references) to WorkSource to apply for a job. WTF? Why wouldn’t they let me email […]
In which I review the new device! For Christmas, I bought myself a Kindle. (It probably wasn’t particularly clever to spend nearly three hundred bucks on an unnecessary electronic device the very week I got laid off, but whatever. This may be why I never had kids. Moving on!) The form factor is nice. It’s […]
