Bed after 4am.
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archangelbeth*sigh* And the kid -- with an annoying nose -- no earlier and with more wakeups.
Played in a fast, silly game!
http://fadeaccompli.dreamwidth.org/
I was Galli-EMU-mus. It was fun.
Havva Quote
Di clambers up the food dispenser! Clamber, clamber... how is she getting inside this? More importantly, how is she getting down? Di whips her head around wildly and screeches, hoping that this will help somehow.
--http://fadeaccompli.dreamwidth.org/
( INwatch+Bookwatch )
( Dragons under fold )
Played in a fast, silly game!
http://fadeaccompli.dreamwidth.org/
I was Galli-EMU-mus. It was fun.
Havva Quote
Di clambers up the food dispenser! Clamber, clamber... how is she getting inside this? More importantly, how is she getting down? Di whips her head around wildly and screeches, hoping that this will help somehow.
--http://fadeaccompli.dreamwidth.org/
( INwatch+Bookwatch )
( Dragons under fold )
Fiber Monday
Jun. 26th, 2017 09:06 pmaffrecaI'm skipping the whole "I should post more" discussion.
Knitting: I don't think I'll finish June's project in June. I'm close, halfway down both sleeves. I'm not sure how I'm going to the sleeve stripes. I think it might just be more of the dark red. I have four more days of commute knitting, but...
Spinning: I spun twelve ounces/~1100 yards of shetland for for July's project. It's hanging to dry after finishing (well, it is currently raining, but it should dry tomorrow). I haven't decided which pattern to knit yet - Tatu or Sugar Maple. I'm leaning towards trying Tatu, and saving Sugar Maple for another project (one which I spin a gradient instead of the fractal ply I just spun).
Other: Earlier this month I sewed patches from my travels on my knitting purse. Makes me smile every time I look at it.
Knitting: I don't think I'll finish June's project in June. I'm close, halfway down both sleeves. I'm not sure how I'm going to the sleeve stripes. I think it might just be more of the dark red. I have four more days of commute knitting, but...
Spinning: I spun twelve ounces/~1100 yards of shetland for for July's project. It's hanging to dry after finishing (well, it is currently raining, but it should dry tomorrow). I haven't decided which pattern to knit yet - Tatu or Sugar Maple. I'm leaning towards trying Tatu, and saving Sugar Maple for another project (one which I spin a gradient instead of the fractal ply I just spun).
Other: Earlier this month I sewed patches from my travels on my knitting purse. Makes me smile every time I look at it.
The exgf's cats meet Fig
Jun. 26th, 2017 09:42 pmjames_davis_nicollIbid has a ... troubled history with Nigel so we're holding off on that.
No histrionics but somehow Rufus established himself as a cat Fig needs not to annoy, whereas Nigel is someone Fig will happily follow around.
Also, Fig made himself sick eating daisies, then tried to eat one again.
No histrionics but somehow Rufus established himself as a cat Fig needs not to annoy, whereas Nigel is someone Fig will happily follow around.
Also, Fig made himself sick eating daisies, then tried to eat one again.
(no subject)
Jun. 26th, 2017 12:41 pmmartianmooncrabThe sister creature and I made it to the movies to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. A fun movie, but, with all the money spent on special effects, they could have made it a tighter cut, rather than go on and on with the pretty lights. Stayed through the credits, otherwise would have missed the little snippets. Loved Teen Groot.
We had a salad at the Chezcake Factory, we will be so pleased to have one on the east side later this year, mostly due to my being unable to get up very early and so we miss things like breakfast and brunch. Well, I miss them, my sister does get up early...
Am awaiting a response from my brother if he and his wife want to meet me for a casual dinner on saturday, since its my birthday and all. The sticky wicket part of this is that their daughters birthday was the 4th, and the weekend was all about her, so we shall see how it goes. We always had a family party for her (and I was included, but, she got the cake, not me) so they are still going through the first after her death events. I would like to have some acknowledgement of my birthday, so, ... it gets a bit complicated. But it would be nice if both my siblings would be there.
Today, a whole less hot, and I need to write out july bills and make VAMC phone calls. Tomorrow, I see my Neuro and we go over my MRI and my 2.5 years since the removal of the old brain tumor. Watering of the yard and garden are on the list too.
We had a salad at the Chezcake Factory, we will be so pleased to have one on the east side later this year, mostly due to my being unable to get up very early and so we miss things like breakfast and brunch. Well, I miss them, my sister does get up early...
Am awaiting a response from my brother if he and his wife want to meet me for a casual dinner on saturday, since its my birthday and all. The sticky wicket part of this is that their daughters birthday was the 4th, and the weekend was all about her, so we shall see how it goes. We always had a family party for her (and I was included, but, she got the cake, not me) so they are still going through the first after her death events. I would like to have some acknowledgement of my birthday, so, ... it gets a bit complicated. But it would be nice if both my siblings would be there.
Today, a whole less hot, and I need to write out july bills and make VAMC phone calls. Tomorrow, I see my Neuro and we go over my MRI and my 2.5 years since the removal of the old brain tumor. Watering of the yard and garden are on the list too.
One bonus of packing up thousands of books
Jun. 26th, 2017 03:45 pmjames_davis_nicollI finally found out where I misshelved this.
(no idea what review series I can fit it into)
(no idea what review series I can fit it into)
Dumb Calibre/Kobo question
Jun. 26th, 2017 03:20 pmjames_davis_nicollI can see my Kobo has about 300 more titles on it than my laptop Calibre does (because I got the Kobo well before the laptop). How do I move the titles that are on the Kobo to Calibre?
Thanks to all the people who have sent money or supported my Patreon
Jun. 26th, 2017 03:09 pmjames_davis_nicollOne issue: I really suck at giving people their free reviews. Would appreciate pointers on how to suck less.
Free comic book collection
Jun. 26th, 2017 11:34 amjames_davis_nicollThere is an interested party. Will update if this changes.
Jasmine's closets are filled with the late MV's comic collection. She's been trying to find home for the 30 cartons of comics for the last decade. If anyone would like them, they are free for the picking up (in bulk, not piece meal. Sorry.).
If she cannot find a taker in the next week, they are going out to recycling.
Please contact me here or at jdnicoll at panix dot com for more details.
Clarification: you can take individual boxes if you like. You just cannot take individual issues.
Jasmine's closets are filled with the late MV's comic collection. She's been trying to find home for the 30 cartons of comics for the last decade. If anyone would like them, they are free for the picking up (in bulk, not piece meal. Sorry.).
If she cannot find a taker in the next week, they are going out to recycling.
Please contact me here or at jdnicoll at panix dot com for more details.
Clarification: you can take individual boxes if you like. You just cannot take individual issues.
"don't modulate the key / then not debate with me"
Jun. 26th, 2017 08:09 amlarryhammerFor a Poetry Monday, something that really isn't a response to last week's Wyatt, but I mentally link them together anyway:
“And if I did, what then?” George Gascoigne
“And if I did, what then?
Are you aggriev’d therefore?
The sea hath fish for every man,
And what would you have more?”
Thus did my mistress once,
Amaze my mind with doubt;
And popp’d a question for the nonce
To beat my brains about.
Whereto I thus replied:
“Each fisherman can wish
That all the seas at every tide
Were his alone to fish.
“And so did I (in vain)
But since it may not be,
Let such fish there as find the gain,
And leave the loss for me.
“And with such luck and loss
I will content myself,
Till tides of turning time may toss
Such fishers on the shelf.
“And when they stick on sands,
That every man may see,
Then will I laugh and clap my hands,
As they do now at me.”
Gascoigne was many things over his life, including soldier of fortune, courtier, member of parliament, and playwright. He was also the premier English poet of the 1570s, though his reputation has been completely overshadowed by Spenser's arrival on the scene a few years after his death. This is the final poem of The Adventures of Master F. J., a sort-of-novel-shaped thing of mixed prose and verse, with a layer of epistolary indirection, about a love affair that goes very wrong. It's an odd beast, but I don't regret having read it (many years ago), and I especially don't regret several of its poems. (BTW, in the narrative the speaker was, as per the second stanza, nonplussed by his mistress, and walked home before writing down this response.)
---L.
Subject quote from "Farmer Refuted," Lin-Manuel Miranda.
“And if I did, what then?” George Gascoigne
“And if I did, what then?
Are you aggriev’d therefore?
The sea hath fish for every man,
And what would you have more?”
Thus did my mistress once,
Amaze my mind with doubt;
And popp’d a question for the nonce
To beat my brains about.
Whereto I thus replied:
“Each fisherman can wish
That all the seas at every tide
Were his alone to fish.
“And so did I (in vain)
But since it may not be,
Let such fish there as find the gain,
And leave the loss for me.
“And with such luck and loss
I will content myself,
Till tides of turning time may toss
Such fishers on the shelf.
“And when they stick on sands,
That every man may see,
Then will I laugh and clap my hands,
As they do now at me.”
Gascoigne was many things over his life, including soldier of fortune, courtier, member of parliament, and playwright. He was also the premier English poet of the 1570s, though his reputation has been completely overshadowed by Spenser's arrival on the scene a few years after his death. This is the final poem of The Adventures of Master F. J., a sort-of-novel-shaped thing of mixed prose and verse, with a layer of epistolary indirection, about a love affair that goes very wrong. It's an odd beast, but I don't regret having read it (many years ago), and I especially don't regret several of its poems. (BTW, in the narrative the speaker was, as per the second stanza, nonplussed by his mistress, and walked home before writing down this response.)
---L.
Subject quote from "Farmer Refuted," Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Raksura and Other Stuff
Jun. 26th, 2017 07:15 ammarthawellsYesterday was the anniversary of the day I found out The Cloud Roads sold to Night Shade, after two years of visiting and being rejected by various publishers.
So I posted: https://marthawells.tumblr.com/post/
I got my author's copies of the trade paperback of The Harbors of the Sun on Friday, so it should start showing up soon. The hardcover will probably be a week or so later, and the ebook will drop on July 4.
***
Murderbot got a really nice review on The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/25/
Our protagonist got its name after killing a bunch of company employees on another planet a couple of years ago, but while it has a bit of a bloodstained history, this isn’t Hal from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s a dour security bot that likes to watch steamy soap operas, and would rather be left alone. After its murderous rampage, it hacked its own governor module, not wanting to fall victim once again to hardware manufactured by a company that cuts corners to save a buck.
Ann Leckie also liked Murderbot:
http://www.annleckie.com/2017/06/23/
I’m not kidding, I can almost guarantee that my readers will enjoy this. I have already pre-ordered volume 2, which is out in January.
***
The Authors Auction for the victims of Grenfell Tower is going until June 27. My item is https://authorsforgrenfelltower.com/
and the whole list of items is
https://authorsforgrenfelltower.com/
***
If you need a quick break today, "Night at the Opera" is still free at Podcastle in text and audio:
http://podcastle.org/index.php?s=night+
It's a prequel to The Death of the Necromancer
***
I'm doing a signing with Rachel Caine at Murder By The Book in Houston, TX, on Saturday, July 15, at 4:30, and you can order our books and get them signed and personalized and shipped to you: http://www.murderbooks.com/event/wells-
So I posted: https://marthawells.tumblr.com/post/
I got my author's copies of the trade paperback of The Harbors of the Sun on Friday, so it should start showing up soon. The hardcover will probably be a week or so later, and the ebook will drop on July 4.
***
Murderbot got a really nice review on The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/25/
Our protagonist got its name after killing a bunch of company employees on another planet a couple of years ago, but while it has a bit of a bloodstained history, this isn’t Hal from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s a dour security bot that likes to watch steamy soap operas, and would rather be left alone. After its murderous rampage, it hacked its own governor module, not wanting to fall victim once again to hardware manufactured by a company that cuts corners to save a buck.
Ann Leckie also liked Murderbot:
http://www.annleckie.com/2017/06/23/
I’m not kidding, I can almost guarantee that my readers will enjoy this. I have already pre-ordered volume 2, which is out in January.
***
The Authors Auction for the victims of Grenfell Tower is going until June 27. My item is https://authorsforgrenfelltower.com/
and the whole list of items is
https://authorsforgrenfelltower.com/
***
If you need a quick break today, "Night at the Opera" is still free at Podcastle in text and audio:
http://podcastle.org/index.php?s=night+
It's a prequel to The Death of the Necromancer
***
I'm doing a signing with Rachel Caine at Murder By The Book in Houston, TX, on Saturday, July 15, at 4:30, and you can order our books and get them signed and personalized and shipped to you: http://www.murderbooks.com/event/wells-
Uninteresting
Jun. 26th, 2017 08:10 amjhetleyAir temperature 58 F, mostly cloudy, wind SSW about 5 mph for the newspaper walk.
A lot of things cost more than they're worth.