Books Read in 2009

The True Meaning of Smekday, Adam Rex
Edison's Eve:  A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life, Gaby Wood
Undone, Rachel Caine
From Dead to Worse, Charlaine Harris
Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow
Codespell, Kelly McCullough
Cybermancy, Kelly McCullough
Carousel Tides, Sharon Lee (manuscript)
Fine Prey, Scott Westerfield  (re-read)
Web Mage, Kelly McCullough
Uhura's Song, Janet Kagan

Best two outta three

Steve drew the short straw today and got to take not one, but two ailing Maine coon cats to the vet.

Mozart has conjunctivitis, sigh. Hexapuma apparently has a food allergy, though since we haven't changed the food, this qualifies as More Than Passing Strange. I guess he could be allergic to tree sex, like the rest of the house. There's been enough pollen in the air the last couple weeks to make anybody itchy. So! Hex got a shot and Mozart got eyedrops and they're both very happy campers, youbetcha.

Things are slowing down fast at the day-job. The professors can't wait to get outta Dodge, and who can blame them? They're also, some of them, getting a little loopy; I saw one guy open up the cabinet where we store the photocopy paper, coolly pick up a ream and walk off with it. Um? SO Not Cool. The cabinet's locked now. One bad apple spoils the bushel for everybody, don'it?

My back is still stiff, but getting better. This is Good. We could do with a faster rate of Getting Better, in case anybody cares.

Oh! My Google cards arrived. No, I don't know why I have Google cards; obviously, they must've seemed like a good idea at the time. Not to mention free.

Had to run some errands tonight -- new hummer feeder! We're late! -- a bigger pot for the office African violet! -- dirt! -- CortAide for the HexaCat! I know there was something else, but you get the idea.

Some writing went forth, and I know what the next bit of scene has to do, I just need to figure out how. It'll come to me.

No, really.

Progress on Mouse and Dragon

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