Monthly Archives: September 2008

All of a sudden it seems like every second book coming out is either about zombies or superheroes.  Why do I have this feeling that these are two sides of the same coin?  That they are a response to some kind of uncertainty in our current political and economic climate, with one responding to our … Continue reading »

I’m sitting in my living room, occasionally deriving an almost ridiculous amount of pleasure from my four foot tall lava lamp, and listening to some old Van Morrison on the stereo.  I had a friend, Gordon, visiting who’s been recommending some new stereo gear to me, and I’m seriously considering it.  I bought my current … Continue reading »

That earlier portrait is pretty rough looking so, by way of compensation something a little more pleasant.  Herewith, young Jessica who chose to stand on one leg, for reasons best to known to her. I fear I have been less than sociable of late.  We’ve started serious work on the new lounge room and, other … Continue reading »

Via catsparx: Take a picture of yourself right now. Don’t change your clothes. Don’t fix your hair. Just take a picture. Post that picture with no editing. (Except maybe to get the image size down to something reasonable. Don’t go posting an eight megapixel image.) Include these instructions.

I’m not reading enough at the moment.   I got the new multi-focal glasses just before heading off to the US and I feel like I’ve been reading less, not more, since then.  Still, I am pushing forward.  I’m reading Lou’s Fast Forward 2, which I’m enjoying, but being fickle am reading out of order.  Read … Continue reading »