[words] Reading/Watching/Listening Not so much reading this week, but I finally finished listening to Rachel Maddow's podcast about Spiro Agnew, Bagman, and listened to a few episode of Debbie Millman's Design Matters. Making And the reason I spent so much time listening to media instead of reading or watching is--I've started painting again! Like...

  Today's our wedding anniversary! 13 years, I think. We usually celebrate the anniversary of our first date, which was just over 21 years ago. We've spent almost half our lives together and I'd totally do it again. Reading/Watching/Listening I started and finished Vivian Shaw's Grave Importance, the third and final volume in her Dr. Greta Helsing...

The RSS feed for the site is broken and I don't know why; it was working find right up until last week. It is a mystery to me and not one I'm going to spend a lot of time digging into. I managed to go into the office every day last week--for the first time since mid-August, at least. It was good to be able to manage to do that, even if it did mean that I...

  There's a lot going on with me from a medical perspective this week (month). It's a long read. Reading/Watching/Listening I have discovered the novels of Betty Neels. Bring on the Rich Dutch Doctors and the Plain-Faced Women with Lovely Eyes who love them! They're definitely old-fashioned and parts of them haven't aged well, but they're also quite...

  Ahhhh the Hugos! So many awesome winners! So many categories that were completely stacked with great nominees! And so many great speeches--let us make the Hugo ceremony this political every year. And have Afua Richardson host, is there anything she can't do? Seriously, I was expecting to see her come in on a trapeze at any moment. Apropos of nothing...