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The Fact of the Matter

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

I got a chance to talk with my parents last night – no particular reason for it except that we all managed to be in the same place at the same time.  With my dad I talked about practical matters – finances and what kind of car to buy when I get back to the [...]

The Day After the Day After…

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

So, today was wonderful…at least the beginning part of the day.  I made my usual trip into Stirling for provisions and to run errands.  The only annoying part was trudging back to the residence with bags of food, but there’s no way around that unless I want to splurge on a taxi.  And since I’m [...]

The Day After…

Friday, December 26th, 2008

I love the holidays, but they always exhaust me.  Which is kind of funny since I didn’t really do anything to celebrate this year.  I pretty much sat in front of the computer all day, playing online solitaire, and working on a special project to be revealed some time after the new year.
I did get [...]

Solitude

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Remember When…

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

I told you about book hunting in thrift stores / charity shops (depending on which country you’re in US or UK) and how much I love it?  At last mention, I’d just picked up Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn.  Well, it took a little bit, but I finally got sucked into it last night [...]

Tis The Season…

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

As promised, albeit a day later that planned, here are some pictures of my Christmas stuff from my parents.  I’m sorry for the lateness – I spent all weekend feeling absolutely miserable and coughing up some absolutely thrilling yucky stuff, Sunday being worse than Saturday.  Am feeling okay for the moment, though still not without [...]

One of my Favorite Things…

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

I love hunting for new books.  If there’s something by a treasured author I’ll generally hit one of the big name stores, but there’s nothing that compares to browsing in a thrift store or used book store to find something of interest; something that, perhaps, I’d never have found otherwise.
Today, despite my being sick and [...]

Yeah, I’m Still Among the Living

Friday, December 19th, 2008

So, the past couple of days I’ve been sick – again.  Not nearly as bad as the first nasty cold I got, but still bad enough.  I’m not sure what it is with all these colds, but I think it’s because the weather in Scotland simply can’t decide what it wants to do.  It was [...]

Understatement of The Day

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

I am at such a loss for words about last night’s James show which was, hands down, the best live show I’ve ever seen – and I’ve seen a lot of live shows from both big-name bands and an assortment of local artists.  I know regardless of what I say write about it, it’s never [...]

So, Here I Am…

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Finished with my last essay (except for a bit of light editing) and I find myself with absolutely nothing to do.  I have a couple of movies to watch, but they’re both heavy and I’m not in the mood for heavy – I don’t want to read any of the books I have on hand [...]

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