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Desperate Plea

Okay, the real new post will be coming soon. But in the meantime, all my tech-savvy friends out there, if anyone's on Joost beta I'd greatly appreciate an invite. If you're not on it, check around and see if you know someone who is. This could be the future of television...

Top Ten

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Before I get to the Top Ten, I feel that I have to apologize. I've really been falling down on the job lately, and haven't been meeting my resolution of posting once a week. I could get out on a technicality by pointing out that my total number of posts works out to more than once a week, but that would be rationalizing now, wouldn't it? I especially have to apologize to the one person who checks in (almost) daily. Lord knows right now she has better things to do than to keep checking in on a blog that's not being updated. I will try to do better. I promise. Really. No, I mean it this time. Anyway, here are my Top Ten... ...Pet peeves about people in cars while I'm on my bike. 10. People who honk at me and/or yell at me to get off the road. Since you obviously didn't read the vehicle laws when you got your license, let me enlighten you: as a vehicle, it is illegal for me to ride on the sidewalk. 9. People who ignore my signals. Again, if you had read y...

What's my Daemon?

This really only makes sense if you've read the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. If you haven't yet, drop everything you're doing, head straight to your local library, check out The Golden Compass , The Subtle Knife , and The Amber Spyglass , take three days off work and read them. I'm not kidding. No, really. Go. Right now. For those of you who have read it, there is a movie coming out in December in case you haven't heard. I have strong hopes for the movie. Thus far it looks like they're doing it right. However, as part of the website you get to meet your Daemon. But friends can weigh in on whether or not you've got the right one. So those of you who know me, follow the link below and weigh in: is this really my Daemon?