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Daily Archives: September 19th, 2006

Good or bad, I can’t decide.

19-Sep-06

I forgot to call my father on Friday or all this weekend, when he had the surgery on Friday.
a) I suck as a daughter.
b) At least that means I wasn’t worrying.
c) Actually, I was so worried, I blocked it out. I hate when I do that. All weekend I felt like I’d forgotten something important.
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Sci fi and fantasy novels: 2 reviews

19-Sep-06

2 Reviews of science fiction and fantasy novels:

“Far-Seer: Book One of the Quintaglio Ascension (The Quintaglio Trilogy)” (Robert J. Sawyer)
(minor spoiler from 1:50 to 2:08)
and

“Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel” (Susanna Clarke)

 
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Crud.

19-Sep-06

Edit: Whoops. Turns out it was the previous Saturday, the 9th. While I was at the East of Eden conference, dozens of miles away, and John was home alone. I hope he locked the door!
On Saturday, one of my favorite grocery store clerks was murdered. She was pregnant and a really, really sweet person to [...]

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