Well, I cleaned off my desk. Hidden under all that stuff I found: my stapler, a disposable camera, my cell phone charger, 12 pens and a box of Junior Mints. Who knew?
I added two new links today. The first is The Darth Side. A very very very amusing blog in the voice of Darth Vader, currently in the time frame of the beginning of Return of the Jedi. Loves it. The second link is to DealCatcher.com, where you can find all kinds of great sales and discounts for all your favorite online stores. I regularly check their amazon.com and Omaha Steaks coupons.
I'm also updating my What I'm Reading section. I finished Wolf Wing by Tanith Lee. All I can say is "Feh." This is the fourth book in a series called The Claidi Journals. The first book, Wolf Tower, was excellent. I read a lot of fantasy and what blew me away about the first book was how original it was. Probably the most interesting world I've read about in a long time. But as I've gone through the subsequent books, I've enjoyed each one less than the previous one. The plot in the first novel was very well written and had a great conclusion. She would have done well to stop writing there. But she kept writing more books. And it seems as if she is just making up crap to keep the novels going so she can keep getting paid. The plots are getting more ridiculous and harder to believe. So my advice is, definitely read Wolf Tower, but don't bother with the others. I'm still working my way through the Harlequin Romance novels I bought on eBay. I've probably gotten through about 10 (I took 2 with me last week to Michigan and read them on the plane.) I haven't read the latest Princess Diaries book because I'm waiting for it to be published in paperback. I've finished the Complete Idiot's Guide to Positive Dog Training, but I'm going to keep referring to it while we are attending obedience classes for the next two months. And I'm about 75% finished with Condensed Knowledge. I like to read a few pages of that before I go to bed, so that I can hopefully absorb all the trivia in my sleep. New addition to reading list - Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes.
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Hi there. Author of the Darth Vader blog here.
I write because I notice you list one of your interests as the actor Scott Speedman, and I wanted to give you that "the world is small" micro-thrill by mentioning that I went to school with Scott Speedman, at a place called Claude Watson that was a bit like "Fame", only more Canadian.
I didn't know him very well, but my wife did. Six degrees of separation and all that.
The end.
Love,
CheeseburgerBrown
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