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That was the day that was...what?
Feb. 7th, 2009 06:33 pmOm nom nom. That short rib recipe? The leftovers, when reheated in a skillet with some of the sauce and wrapped in a tortilla, makes for a ymnmy -- and messy -- meal. If I had whiskers I'd be licking them, now.
Achievements of the day:
The cats have been brushed and clipped.
The kitchen is clean.
The last of the laundry is sorted and folded.
I have a new, ergonomic keyboard that is making me much happier.
I have been writing, and improvising yet another application of forensic magic.
I am debating if tonight's Sci-Fi channel offering [a very bad remake of Journey to the Center of the Earth] is worth mocking, or if I should give it a pass...
For anyone curious, the month's results of my sole new year's resolution to do more pleasure reading:
January:
Morning Child & Other Stories by Gardner Dozois
- I've known Gardner for umpteen years now, and while I know he's a smart editor and a good dinner companion, I sometimes forget how amazingly talented a writer of short fiction he is, too. Smart but not offputtingly Lookit-Me-Clever, thoughtful without being precious, and so well-crafted you can see exactly what he's doing but be damned if you can tell how. Not every story is perfect, but they're all damned good. If you read short fiction, or write short fiction, you probably should have this on your shelf.
The Black Tower by Louis Bayard
- historical police procedural, set in 1818 France. The tone is nearly perfect for the period, the details are wonderful, the story fascinating... and yet I found it slow reading, mainly because the POV character was not a good storyteller. Stylistic choice on the part of the author, but I think it as a mistake. Then again, he's a national bestseller with reviews from the NYT Book Review, so what do I know?
I never did finish KOP, despite it being on my bedside table for several months now. I may give it one more try, but....
Have started Peter Robinson's Friend of the Devil, while Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu by Lawernce Bergreen is now on the nightstand. Eclectic r meerkats.
Achievements of the day:
The cats have been brushed and clipped.
The kitchen is clean.
The last of the laundry is sorted and folded.
I have a new, ergonomic keyboard that is making me much happier.
I have been writing, and improvising yet another application of forensic magic.
I am debating if tonight's Sci-Fi channel offering [a very bad remake of Journey to the Center of the Earth] is worth mocking, or if I should give it a pass...
For anyone curious, the month's results of my sole new year's resolution to do more pleasure reading:
January:
Morning Child & Other Stories by Gardner Dozois
- I've known Gardner for umpteen years now, and while I know he's a smart editor and a good dinner companion, I sometimes forget how amazingly talented a writer of short fiction he is, too. Smart but not offputtingly Lookit-Me-Clever, thoughtful without being precious, and so well-crafted you can see exactly what he's doing but be damned if you can tell how. Not every story is perfect, but they're all damned good. If you read short fiction, or write short fiction, you probably should have this on your shelf.
The Black Tower by Louis Bayard
- historical police procedural, set in 1818 France. The tone is nearly perfect for the period, the details are wonderful, the story fascinating... and yet I found it slow reading, mainly because the POV character was not a good storyteller. Stylistic choice on the part of the author, but I think it as a mistake. Then again, he's a national bestseller with reviews from the NYT Book Review, so what do I know?
I never did finish KOP, despite it being on my bedside table for several months now. I may give it one more try, but....
Have started Peter Robinson's Friend of the Devil, while Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu by Lawernce Bergreen is now on the nightstand. Eclectic r meerkats.
