Despite the images this title may conjure (whether you know who Bruce Springsteen is or not), I’m referring to how my family participated in the Earth Hour. If you are not aware of what Earth Hour is, it is an environmental awareness initiative where anyone who interested in participating would turn off their lights and any non-essential electronics from 8:30 to 9:30 PM on Saturday local time (obviously this time-frame has passed here, but there may be areas where this hasn’t by the time this is read). We made a slumber party out of it. Read more “Dancing in the Dark”
Month: March 2009
Extraction Update: Check Please!
So I wrote a few days ago about the fact that I had two of my wisdom teeth removed. I considered writing a follow-up at the end of the day after – if I had, it would likely have read generally of how the pain wasn’t as bad as I’d expected and that I may not even need the stronger pain meds they’d given me. If I had written that, I would have been writing a scathing retraction the very next day. Read more “Extraction Update: Check Please!”
Death Masks
The tally continues – so far Dresden has help his own against demons, sorcerers, mobsters, vampires, fairies, ghouls, ghosts, and werewolves (not necessarily in that order). For Jim Butcher’s next trick, he will take on angels (fallen angels to be specific) … while still occasionally dealing with the usual vampires and mobsters, etc. In Death Masks, Harry finds himself re-teamed up with Michael Carpenter – one of the three Knights of the cross. And once he has a couple run-ins with some Denarians (fallen angels who partner with human hosts for a corporial form), he finds himself playing backup to all three of the Knights. Read more “Death Masks”
So Am I Less Wise?
At the age of 33, on the morn of St. Patrick’s Day, I found myself sitting under the harsh lights waiting to go under the drill – I had my wisdom teeth removed. It was well overdue and needed to be done, but knowing that did not prevent my stomach from protesting as I approached the office door. Intellect won the day because – as some wise man once said, my guts have shit for brains. All told, it wasn’t a bad process and a half a day later I don’t feel all that bad. Read more “So Am I Less Wise?”
Item Request – Missed Shirt from Shirt.Woot
