Monthly Archives: September 2005

$2.38

Yes, that’s for a whole gallon!!!

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Chapter Titles From My Creationist Textbook.

Check out Chapter Titles From My Creationist Textbook at McSweeney’s.

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On-line Shopping Surprises

So Buy.com is selling books at 10% less than Amazon with free shipping. Plus they are giving you $30 off if you sign up for their charge card. So I picked up a few of the books om my Amazon wish list. I wasn’t thinking about it at all when they came in today so I’ll have a few more reviews in the (near?) future. One of them I’m not sure if I actually have it already, I’ll have to check when I get home.

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More info on the Birthday….

WhirlyBall birthdayI never really gave any followup on the birthday, even after all the great comments, here’s a little more info: So last weekend a group of us went to play WhirlyBall, picture a playing catch with a whiffle ball and scoops, but you’re shooting for a target at the end of the court and you’re driving bumper cars (no, I’m not kidding). It’s hysterical, we had a blast, friends, relatives and people I work (and worked) with. They have a bar there and we had pizzia, munchies and (of course) cake.

Lot’ of funny cards, gift cards and books. I’m always pretty had to buy for so there were actually lots of gift cards. I’m not good at the whole getting the gifts thing, I was just be pretty happy to have lots of people there. Afterwards some of us, (I’ll define “us” as the ‘kids’ without any aunts/uncles or parents there), went out for some drinks and more conversation. I went out with friend’s and family at other various times: this means meals, drinks and presents :)

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Does your weblog own you?

So I don’t usually take these quizzes but this one looked kinda interesting, so I took it. It’s only 16 questions, so give it a try…

31.25 %
ME


My weblog owns 31.25 % of me.
Does your weblog own you?

Internet Problems

So I have two Internet problems today (last night):
1) The hotel I’m at has the slowest Internet connection I’ve ever seen or had. But at least it’s free.
2) My web sites are down, so I don’t know when this will actually get posted.

A Wizard of Mars

AwizardofmarsI know I’ve mentioned Diane Duane several times before. But I just got her last two Wizardry books (7-The Wizard’s Holiday and 8-Wizards at War, the latter which came out early!) for my birthday (I read the one, but it just recently came out in paperback and I hadn’t gotten it yet since I had it on my Wishlist) the other is my only hard cover of it. She writes a wide gambit of stuff but the Wizardry books are my favorite and the first two are among my favorite books ever. As books like that go, they are probably more Narnia than HP. Part of what I like are there are rules that define How Wizardry Works, you just don’t wave a wand…

So I’m excited about the new book that’s coming out later next year, A Wizard of Mars, generally if they leave the planet it’s for another galaxy or dimension, this will be pretty close to home. Probably tie into some real science and be more fun that just some make believe planet.

$2.59 a gallon

Considering it was 60 cents more a week or so ago, this is pretty good. I got a half tank of gasoline so I’m all topped off…

And what’s just as important as this post is, it’s also important that it wasn’t about music or iPods or Apple.

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