Amazon, Anyone? Why I Use LibraryThing.
I am a big fan of Amazon as a retailer. I think they do a great job selling things and their customer service is excellent. I'm not a fan of them as a publisher; I find far too many basic errors in their books (things that shouldn't survive an editor's pen), the...
Gritting Your Teeth (A Post of Complaint)
I can think of a lot of pleasurable things I would like to spend $1600 on, from techno toys to airline tickets. One thing I didn't want to spend that money on was a root canal. But these are things you can only put off for so long, and apparently I reached the mark....
This Was My Weekend; How Was Yours?
This weekend, we took the dogs to Westerly, RI. Soon enough, we won't be able to run them on the beach because once the season is underway, there are no dogs allowed. But for the moment, they greatly enjoy running up and down the sand, eating clam shells, and...
On Honesty, TMI, Psychology, Seizures, and Education
Today I was reading a post over at Myke Cole's blog on What PTSD Is in which, among other things, he says "I wouldn’t be surprised if there are more than a few folks still pushing air past their teeth because of a blog post they read." It reminded me of a...
What Was I THINKING?
So today I saw my mother and she gave me some pictures she had found that she thought I might want. The one of my long-departed cat I appreciated. This one, not so much. I think this would have been around 1989 and when I saw it all I could see was the glasses. Holy...
Bored With Business Cards
I think I might need new business cards. My old ones are beginning to bore me. But now I have to decide how much info I want on my card, what I want it to say about me, etc. I've been playing with something like this. What do you think?
When in a Reading Slump
Lately, I've been in a reading slump, with nothing appealing to me. And then I remembered that back when it came out, I grabbed Weston Ochse's SEAL Team 666. Now, this is not my usual read, but everything about it called to me (including the bits of stuff Ochse had...
TItular Troubles
So recently I've run up against a problem I never foresaw. Well, I foresaw part of it — I fully expected that when I sold my book, my editor would want to change my title. What I didn't anticipate was that we wouldn't be able to come up with one. Now, currently, my...
The Seeds We Plant
Today I went to my aunt's memorial service. She was an amazing woman who made enormous differences in people's lives. Through her generosity of spirit, her activism, her medical and psychiatric practice and her personal belief in doing all she could to help those less...
My Weekend Man
This weekend, my "nephew" Linus is staying with us. So in addition to my 5-year-old Irish Terrier, Philomena, and my 7-year-old Irish Terrier, Conan, we have Linus the 7-month-old Cairn.