I still don’t like resolutions. I never really have, but it’s only been the past couple of years where I’ve actively campaigned against the concept in general. Regardless, here’s some things (just a random collection, odd assortment, kind of things – nothing official, really) that I hope to focus on in the coming year. My art […]
Brought home two scifi books I’ve been wanting to read from the library today. Which one should I read first? I’ll let the internet decide, because the internet is always reasonable and correct.
paulftompkins: Libraries are a good thing to support, I think. I am of the opinion that they may serve to decrease the level of ignorance in the world rather than increase it. We’re probably all set, ignorance-wise. I bet we could afford to go the other way for a while, see how that works. I […]
Good-bye two-thousand nine, hello twenty-ten
Is it the reflective time of year already? My how time flies when you only manage to craft one blog post a month for an entire year. Of course, it should be noted that that is completely intentional. 2009 was a pretty good year overall, with the one exception of the current month of December, […]
Back to Song of Ice and Fire
My father-in-law was in town this weekend, and we all stopped by the used bookstore (where I used to work, many years ago). I couldn’t find any scifi that interested me, but they just happened to have book four of the Song of Ice and Fire series: A Feast for Crows. So much for “returning […]
Spook Country added to stack
After reading Cory’s positively glowing recommendation of Spook Country, I’ve added it to my reading stack, ahead of Gibson’s Pattern Recognition. Probably not my best idea, but I yearn to get caught up enough in my reading to actually be reading currently relevant fiction for once. I also added the entire Sprawl trilogy to my […]
My thoughts upon hitting a certain point about two-thirds of the way through ‘Storm of Swords’
OH MY GOD! I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY KILLED THAT PERSON! NOW WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO?!?! That is all.
The war continues!
I finished A Clash of Kings last night. I’ll be picking up A Storm of Swords tonight after work. I haven’t touched the Wii in about a week. Is that weird? Yes. Indeed it is.