Strange things afoot with LJ feeds

I had been wondering all week why the Blue Rose Girls hadn’t posted. I read them on my LJ friends page, where most of the blogs I read are collected through blog feeds to LJ. Makes it convenient for me to scan the page for interesting posts without having to spend a lot of time clicking … Read more

Kender fun

I’m currently editing one of Jeff Sampson’s new books (he’s  egg_fu  here on LJ; go join the Fu Tang Clan!), and I must reiterate how funny this guy is, especially when it comes to dealing with kender, a hobbit-like race in the Dragonlance world. I see kender much as I see children: they see the … Read more

Links roundup

I should do this more often. From Marlene Perez’s blog ( marperez ): On Monday, I volunteered at the Scholastic book fair, where I sold several copies of  saraclaradara  CONFESSIONS OF A CLOSET CATHOLIC. I also convinced myself to buy a stack of books that I’m pretty sure I don’t absolutely need. Wanna hear the top … Read more

Objects of my profession

I brought the new toy to work. 😀 Pictures behind the cut. There’s no real guessing involved–I’m sure you can figure out what the objects are–but I thought you’d get a kick out of them. One of the objects is from egg_fu . Can you guess which one?  Oh, and I couldn’t resist sharing my … Read more

How do you choose a book?

Is the book review section of the newspaper relevant to you? asks MediaBistro’s GalleyCat. And they’d like your feedback–the feedback of regular people who read, rather than just industry insiders. So pop on over and take the quiz, whether you read the newspaper or not.  For me, I wish it gave you the choice for … Read more

I’m bawling here, people!

I’ve decided that today is my running commentary blog day.  I just have to say out loud that Extreme Makeover: Home Edition always makes me cry. They do good things for people who need it. I’ve had my concerns in the past about the supersizing of small homes–tax burdens on poor families, utility burdens, that … Read more

JacketFlap

I haven’t been over to JacketFlap for a while, simply out of negligence, which means that recently that when I figured out how to do buttons on my sidebar I forgot to add this one: … (well, one similar to it) which you should see now over there on the right. Especially if you don’t … Read more

Recent visitors shout out

I must say, there was a reason I loved Romper Room as a kid. I waited and waited, and she never did say she saw Stacy. But I had hope every time. So if you’ve been reading this LJ for a while, you know how facinated I am to connect with people all over the … Read more