Category Archives: kindling

stuff I’m reading (usually on my Kindle)

I have it!

I’m on page 11. That’s how far I got between the line pick-up spot and the register. You can see the parade of book boxes below:

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Hallows Day!

Due to a work meeting, I couldn’t get over to my local Borders until about 9:30am. There was a fast-moving line for pre-order folks to pick up their bracelet: I was done and home by 10:30am, and that included time … Continue reading

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Quandary

So, I pre-ordered HP: DH from Amazon.com, because I love and adore amazon.com, and because with work and everything, I can never guarantee that I will be home, so it seemed like a good plan to just have it delivered … Continue reading

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Interview Meme

Gacked from Greg: If you want to be interviewed: 1. Leave me a comment to that effect. 2. I respond by asking you five personal questions. 3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions. 4. You … Continue reading

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Robinson As Heinlein (or the new RAH)

I bought and started reading Variable Star yesterday, and it’s so good that I’m dying to get back to it again. I only heard about it thanks to R* (remember him?), who I ran into and played 1830 with at … Continue reading

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Magazines

I got a free one year subscription to Redbook. I have discovered since then that I really don’t like the magazine at all. I had signed up for their e-mail list, because they do reader surveys via that list which … Continue reading

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