Okay, here I am, updating from How You Brewin' in beautiful Surf City, NJ ("Two girls for every boy!" or so the Beach Boys claim). I do not have 1634: The Ram Rebellion or 1634: The Baltic War, but I did finish 1634: The Gallileo Affair this morning. I am loving this 'verse the further I get into the books. I will be joining the online community almost as soon as I get home, and hoping to come up with a suitably good story idea in the hopes that I can get it into the Gazette (vol I of which I am currently reading in paperback form).
I polished off Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by Sunday afternoon, btw; Peggy's reading that now, but I'm not sure where in the story she is. I didn't notice if there were a thread discussiing the book here yet -- in case no one has ever noticed, I tend to start at the bottom/oldest of the new/updated threads and work my way forward in time -- but if there isn't one, we should start one.
Anyway, life is treating me well this week; it's been low humidity and brisk winds in the middle 80s (except for today -- it's a bit muggy). Oh, and there was a rainstorm a few nights ago, but it didn't do anything but soak our car because I left the windows open. Oops.
I'm not getting much of a tan because I'm doing all my reading on beachhouse porch -- I don't see any reason to get all slathered with sunscreen and trudge through the sand when I can read comfortably in the shade. Fortunately, no one has gotten on my case about not actually sitting on the beach in a swimsuit, as sometimes has happened in the past. I have been on the beach, just not for swimming -- I've been kiteflying, and in fact lost one of my three kites when it made a break for Europe when I tried to reel it in. Buying its replacement is one of the things I'll be doing after I'm done here.
Anyway, that's all for the update. I'll probably not get back online until I get home on Saturday night, so have fun and behave, people!
-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.
I polished off Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by Sunday afternoon, btw; Peggy's reading that now, but I'm not sure where in the story she is. I didn't notice if there were a thread discussiing the book here yet -- in case no one has ever noticed, I tend to start at the bottom/oldest of the new/updated threads and work my way forward in time -- but if there isn't one, we should start one.
Anyway, life is treating me well this week; it's been low humidity and brisk winds in the middle 80s (except for today -- it's a bit muggy). Oh, and there was a rainstorm a few nights ago, but it didn't do anything but soak our car because I left the windows open. Oops.
I'm not getting much of a tan because I'm doing all my reading on beachhouse porch -- I don't see any reason to get all slathered with sunscreen and trudge through the sand when I can read comfortably in the shade. Fortunately, no one has gotten on my case about not actually sitting on the beach in a swimsuit, as sometimes has happened in the past. I have been on the beach, just not for swimming -- I've been kiteflying, and in fact lost one of my three kites when it made a break for Europe when I tried to reel it in. Buying its replacement is one of the things I'll be doing after I'm done here.
Anyway, that's all for the update. I'll probably not get back online until I get home on Saturday night, so have fun and behave, people!
-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.