What I've been doing:

...); Beyond Red and Blue (about politics); Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (interminably long fantasy, which I am about 1/3 of the way through after 2 weeks of hacking away at the underbrush.) Music: Went to BSO concert last Friday, going to another one this Friday - that would be today! - last one of this season. Baltimore Symphonic Band played at Charlestown Retirement, here in Catonsville, on...

Quitting Twitter (just don't LJ at work, then!)

Trying to simplify. Not working. But hear could live before tubes. Here I recite my last Tweets. Read from the bottom, if you will. Which you won't. Just for archival. Okay. # end transmission # I have deleted most of my Twitter contacts. These are mostly people who've not updated in ages, or whom (?) I "talk to" on LiveJournal, etc. # I really enjoy @mrdictionary but this ...

Edinburgh Book Festival

Whee! The Edinburgh Book Festival programme is out [ pdf brochure ]. Tickets don't go on sale till the 22nd, which gives me time to figure out who to go and see. Because MAN, the line-up is awesome. I just went through the brochure making a quick note of things I'm interested in: Kate Atkinson Carlos Luis Zafon Simon King David Crystal AC Grayling Iain Banks Cornelia Funke Jonathon Green Neil ...

... Last person you hugged → Tony FAVES: 37. Food →Mexican 38. Drinks → water 39. Clothing → anything cute 40. Books → anything Meg Cabot, Nicholas Sparks, Twilight series, Alice series, sisterhood series 41. Music → lots of different types 42. Flower → hibiscus 43. Colors → pink, blue, purple and silver 44. Movie→...

... youtube just to listen to music? eh 3. What makes a...22. Did you enjoy the music they played at your prom...like to read chapter books. Or books that make you think...or The Millionaires are considered music. You like listening to almost...like to color in coloring books. You have been on the...or do you think any music they made after the year...sitcoms? eh Are there actually books on your bookshelf? yeah Have...

News Clips

...To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings... music/Tax 5) Self-rule introduced in ...To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings... Music/Tax http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009... musical ringtones, contributing millions to the music industry's bottom line. Are we ... musical compositions (i.e., songwriters and music publishers) are already paid for each ... and limitations that libraries can lend books, you can use a TiVo, and ...

I wanna do bad things with you...

... chocolate truffle. SHEEZUS. I DID NOT SEE THAT FROM THE BOOKS. Drugs...possession or dealing... Eggs is a bad ass. Oh...it...'S THE CATCHER, JASON? FIGHTING FOR DOMINANCE, EH?! (Also the music pulls Jesus back into the subtext, too.) No, but ... at church leadership camp. I always pictured Newlin from the books as older. Awww, it's ALWAYS JASON. TEACHER'S PET. ...

Playlist: Spherical Ice, Day-Glo Brothers, Maru the Cat, and More

... an acrobatic tabby leaping in and out of a cardboard box. (He even has his own blog.) We laughed so hard we wept. Thanks, Interwebs. : Two decades after This Is Spinal Tap skewered the music biz, the band has reunited—again—to record a follow-up album. Real rockers Steve Vai and Keith Emerson join parodists Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer on Back From the Dead . The ...

I do enjoy a good 'book' as does anyone.

... Likes/Talents/Hobbies: The arts, acting, movies, TV, BOOKS!, writing, computer graphics (as in Paintshop), etc. Dislikes/...to eat his chocolate) OMG was that to gross? Music: Anything and everything except country & western and ... b/c it can't be classified as music. I mainly like rock, indie, classical and movie ... hope love is like what's in the books. My ideal relationship would be we meet, we ...

Stamped as Megara // Song Theme

... yeah. 8. What are three of your favourite activities? : Playing video games, watching movies, listening to music. 9. Do you wear your "heart on your sleeve" ? : Not really. I hate getting ... cautious, tends to over analyze situations, may come off as a little cold, independent. 12. By the books or rulebreaker/rebel? : Generally by the book since that's just easier and a more efficient way of ...