Back in the mindset
OK, YHB is back. I still have a floppy of notes from the dial-up nightmare, but now I need to find an easy way to transfer that file from the floppy to this computer. I figure it’ll mean going to…
Still essentially off-line
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Well, that’s a pain in the ass. Here I am at the local library, and I forgot to put the recent notes on the floppy. So there it is. There are three or four notes just waiting for me to…
Incoherent Rambling
YHB happened to be watching television the other day (for the next month or so, I will be with satellite television and without broadband; for the last year I had broadband but barely had broadcast TV. I prefer the other…
Book Report: Up Front
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I’ve had a soft spot for Bill Mauldin since discovering a book of his on my parents shelf when I was ever so small, and thought it was great that there was this comic book for grownups. That book may…
Book Report: Drowned Wednesday
The latest book in Garth Nix’s Keys to the Kingdom series is Drowned Wednesday, and it’s a doozy. Lots of unexpected stuff, from how Wednesday was drowned to a nice little cliffhanger surprise at the end. One thing that is…
Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka
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YHB doesn’t see a lot of movies, or at least hasn’t seen very many in the last few years. I did see the Tim Burton Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, though. I’m a big fan of Mr. Burton’s flicks, and…
Book Report: The Life of the World to Come
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I’m sure the name Kage Baker has come up recently, possibly in a list of nominees, or perhaps she is one of those hot young writers that are friends of friends of friends, and I see her name whilst browsing…
watching TV
OK, it’s been quite some little time since I turned on the TV to see what would happen. Possibly since the election. Part of that is that we had lousy reception, so when I would have watched a few awards…
Connected, sorta
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Well, and YHB is trying to figure out how to use the local library’s internet connection to do a trifle of blogging, before you Gentle Readers all forget why this Tohu Bohu is worth visiting. If it is. Anyway, this…
Long Playing
My Perfect Non-Reader is listening to a Long Playing record, which plays for more or less twenty minutes before YHB has to go and flip the disc. I don’t remember eight-tracks very well, but of course cassettes played for 45…