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September 16, 2013
Monday Morning Music
I asked Alpha Reader what he wanted to hear on Monday Morning Music this week and he suggested the Austin Lounge Lizards. They’ve been one of our favorite bands for years and I was pleased to discover that, although there have been some changes in their line-up, the band is still together. I chose ALL’s […]
September 9, 2013
The State of Things
So, it’s been a while since I’ve posted something that doesn’t have a video or a list of links attached to it. It’s been a busy summer, like I’ve said. Care for an update? Over the last few months, I wrote and submitted two new short stories to a couple of themed anthologies. Still waiting […]
Monday Morning Music
So, I had a run-in with sexism and misogyny in SFF this weekend, and I’m in an Ani mood this morning. Here she is in 2011 with one of my favorite songs of hers, “Fuel.” There’s so much to it. Hope you like it, too. Filed under: Monday Morning Music, Music Tagged: Ani DiFranco, Fuel, […]
September 2, 2013
Happy Labor Day!
It’s a Monday holiday here in the states, a holiday originally created in the 19th century at the suggestion of union members to celebrate American workers. Various states passed legislation honoring the day beginning in the 1880s, but it wasn’t until 1894 that Labor Day became a national day of celebration. Congress passed the holiday […]
August 31, 2013
Link Treats
Well, this has been the longest break I’ve taken from the blog in a while now. Life has been busy. Last weekend involved a drive down to the Eastern Shore of MD to see family. Much fun was had and many crabs were eaten. We returned with many pics of family gravestones and pounds of […]
August 26, 2013
Monday Morning Music
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists‘ Brutalist Bricks is one of my favorite albums of the last few years. Smart, biting, and fun. Discovered the video for one of the album’s songs last week and wanted to share with you. It’s kind of adorable, something I wasn’t really expecting. I like surprises like that. Here’s Ted […]
August 19, 2013
Monday Afternoon Music
Took me a while to decide what video I wanted to share with you all today. But then I remembered that this weekend, Alpha Reader and I were listening to some new music, and we both noticed the lead singer of the band on at the time (Brown Bird) reminded us of the lead singer […]
August 13, 2013
Link Treats
Where have all the link treats gone? Well, they’ve been sitting in my drafts folder waiting for me to get off my ass and post them, is where. *sigh* It’s been kind of busy/nonblogmotivational around here lately. (and that is so a word) There’s been writing, just not of the blog. (New story about to […]
August 12, 2013
Monday Morning Music
Mastermind Kate and Editrix Sarah over at Candlemark & Gleam turned me on to today’s video. I hadn’t heard of the Baseballs before seeing this video on Twitter. Apparently, they’re a German band with a habit of taking other folks’ tunes and making them better. This one’s a lot of fun with all the intercutting […]
August 10, 2013
The Between by Tananarive Due – A Review
“Sometimes the dead go unburied.” We’ve now sliding down the downslope of this year’s women of genre fiction reading challenge. No, no! I don’t mean that I’ll be giving The Between a bad review. Far from it. What I mean is that this is book #7 out of twelve. More than half way done! The […]
