Tad Williams's Blog, page 52
February 18, 2010
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17 February 2010
Once again, I seem to have a house full of children. Only some of them are mine. And my wife, having worked very hard all day, is sleeping the sleep of the just. Leaving me to try to scare the wages of our sin (and their friends) into bed all by myself.
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Basketball canceled today. Power out at the Y due to plane crash that took three lives. Puts small frustrations in perspective. I will work.
February 16, 2010
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16 February 2010
"I'm Doctor Amy Bishop." -- What she said as she punched a woman in the head during a dispute over a child's booster seat.
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Is Life interfering with Work or is it the other way around? Hey! I just realized it's Fat Tuesday! The hell with Work AND Life -- laissez les bontemps rouler!
15 February 2010
The dogs have been banished from the living room. One of them -- I'm not saying which, but it rhymes with "Bihuahua" -- has an uncontrollable territory-tinkling-imperative...
February 14, 2010
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14 February 2010
Okay, here's my New FB Format question: What exactly makes something "Top News" (as opposed to "Newest", which seems pretty self-evident.) Because according to Facebook, the news that is the toppest of everything on my home page was our friend Ellen having to take Delia out for retail therapy after the horror that was "Avatar".
Now, mind you, everything Ellen and Delia do IS important to me, so I'm not arguing with that. But I'm just curious what Facebook's algorithm does...
February 13, 2010
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12 February 2010
I don't like myself on message boards, very much. I get petulant and cranky and a little nasty sometimes. I know I'd behave differently if my name was on it. I wonder which me is more "real"...? (Quotation marks very intentional.)
11 February 2010
Our dogs just lost their mind over nothing. Have you ever heard a Chihuahua howl? It sounds like a mental patient playing a slide-whistle.
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Today was one of those days where I crept forward on many different fronts -- which is...
February 10, 2010
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10 February 2010
I'm going out to get some exercise. Please don't hurt me any more, God.
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Today we are laughing. Ho ho, we laugh. It is at you we are laughing. Because your failure to grasp grand wisdom of us is laughable, so.
February 9, 2010
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8 February 2010
God bless and a shout out to our servicemen and servicewomen. You go, big guy...!
Booty Dancing in Iraq; "Booty Drop" by Buckwheat Boyz
source: YouTube
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I got very little work done today. I solaced myself later by thinking about some building I want to do in the backyard this spring. I can only avoid feeling guilty about work with thoughts of other work, you see. That's what I allow myself. God, I'm noble.
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Bugger this for a game of soldiers. I have to go change a tire w...
February 8, 2010
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7 February 2010
Managed to spend the entire day doing things other than watching the Super Bowl. Good on you, Saints and Saints fans, but I had things that needed to get done. Like, for instance, I went out and flattened the tire on my car. Could've just wasted my day watching football, but instead I ran over a nail. Yay, me.
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Listening to Robyn Hitchcock's "Television" in a quiet house. (The fact that it's finally quiet is a miracle, but that's another story....
February 6, 2010
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5 February 2010
This Cihongo mask portrays a noble, elderly fellow. I'll let you draw your own conclusions. (Except I'm not feeling that noble today.)
4 February 2010
I wish I lived on a Satellite of Love. (Either Joel Robinson's or Lou Reed's.)
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My ten year old daughter has taken the only Watermelon flavored Jolly Rancher lollipop, leaving me with about nine Pink Lemonades and almost as many Sour Apples. That's right, opened a new bag of lollipops bought by her father and left him not...
February 3, 2010
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3 February 2010
Just got the ARC (advanced reading copy) for SHADOWRISE. It's on its way...!
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A brief break for basketball, then back to work. Hey, doctor's orders! (Okay, it was Doctor J. He spoke to me in a dream.)
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Yes, I'm up. And I'm at my desk. And I'm watching you. Now, are you going to share those Oreos...?
2 February 2010
Two loved ones, one just surgeried (surgered? surged?), one just-about-to. Thinking of them both and hoping for speedy, happy recoveries.
February 1, 2010
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1 February 2010
It's February. Damn it.
31 January 2010
My children found their parents' patience today and stretched it and tugged it and deformed it and stepped on it and tied it in knots. They did everything but make us lose it. However, as a reward for trying so hard, we are planning to give the little charmers a 3 am waterboarding anyway.
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Doppel this, you cringing insects!
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Don't mind Boy playing World of Warcraft for a big chunk of Sunday. DO mind that he performs a...
