I think it is amusingly appropriate that I finished reading Rosemary and Rue early this morning – as today is its official release day. I have been reading the author’s (public and private) blog for quite a while, and even her descriptions of her role playing worlds have been fascinating, so I had some fairly high expectations for her book. I have been looking forward to reading this book since I heard it was getting published and was not disappointed. It is an Urban Fantasy (one of my favorite genres), and also a mystery, full of well drawn characters that [...]
Rosemary and Rue – reviewish
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Sep 012009
Today hosted a book swap, where all and sundry were invited to bring their “used up” books and take home any books that someone else brought that interested us. Evan and I spent Saturday purging our book collection of books we are pretty sure we will never re-read, or didn’t need in duplicate format. We brought 12 bankers boxes of books to their house. We left with 1 partially full box. We so totally win. This might be the first time EVER that I have done a dance of joy about getting rid of books. And speaking of books: I [...]
UnHappy Meals – Archive
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Jan 302007
Unhappy Meals Illustration by Leo Jung * E-Mail * Print * Save * Share o Digg o Facebook o Newsvine o Permalink By MICHAEL POLLAN Published: January 28, 2007 Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy. I hate to give away the game right here at the beginning of a long essay, and I confess that I’m tempted to complicate matters in the interest of keeping things going for a few thousand [...]
they generally don’t stress me out *that* much – I have this huge feeling of dread today, but I don’t think that this is what is causing it. I am hoping for a raise, my bosses are notoriously tight-fisted. but my job description has changed from : “To take care of a variety of tasks on a daily basis including (but not limited to); reasearch, proofreading, copywriting, editing, graphic work, preparing files for clients, running backups, converting graphics for low-res work, keystroking text, paying bills, recieving & depositing payments, answering phones, taking messages and other random tasks.” to “Administrative tasks, [...]
I didn’t actually write this review – but why should I when she has done such a good job already. This is the review I would have written – had I written a review – but I didn’t cause she did it already . . . (wow, is this getting circular!!) In any case I think its a good review if you are interested in one. the title of the post is NWS, but the article is.
