Always been curious about sleep studies but value my own too much to consider regimenting it at all. That said, if the study's sufficiently interesting (and the pay's good?)… the dishwasher at work was just going on about one the other day but it turned out to be part of the medical procedures he's undergoing for his…

It's actually fine for a look into Texas frontier culture (one of the accusations that got me to read Hamalainen instead in the first place was that it was as much a history of the Texas Rangers as it was the Comanche), but there's a weird traditionalist tinge to it that kept nagging at me, probably due to the…

I don't know about cumin, but apparently turmermic's one of the main offenders.

Oh, I have. I was thinking about reading Empire a year or two back but some online snooping convinced me to go with Hamalainen instead. One of the criticisms I made this morning on the Avocado was that Empire came out three years after Comanche but Gwynne never cites or refers to Hamalainen anywhere in the notes or…

I'll probably ditch this place with the arrival of Kinjnarok, so now I'm wondering whether to stick with "Judkins Major" or transfer my activities over to my Avocado alter ego. It's proving a surprisingly hard choice.

Eh, this was better, even with its (largely contextual) flaws. That said, I'm perfectly willing to chalk it up (or down) to Howie Long's absence.

Wasn't it you who said something like "the worst people in the world move there?" A friend of mine (who is anything but) moved there several years ago and I always wondered how she could hack it.

Oh; sorry, the movie book.

I lived next to an expansive old graveyard for ten years and then moved right next to downtown in a mixed residential/office neighborhood. I'm kinda surprised that we still get so much wildlife here. Robins and sparrows abound, there are the odd finches (house and gold), I see sharp-shinned hawks on occasion, and the…

That might have been my SIL (who has said this); I generally try and be more sympathetic, though it can be hard. While I took more hits in childhood and adolescence that probably left lasting scars, I also haven't had to live in close proximity to her for the last decade, so it's easier.

I'm having a diametrically opposite twinge; thinking about doing a little writing again.

Fingers crossed; last I heard there were only two or three other people who entered. Hopefully that hasn't changed. ;)

Some random drawing and tinkering with a long-nascent webcomic idea. Hoping this afternoon to get some stuff done on the submission for my LCS's zine and make some headway on the next issue of Fairy Locks.

Played Crusader Kings 2 for the first time in a while; worked my way out of the war declared on my mid-ninth century Irish king by a local rival, raided throughout the Mediterranean, and united Ireland by 876. I now also have a foothold in Wales thanks to an advantageous marriage. I'll probably try and conquer Britain…

I just watched Broken Arrow, with Jimmy Stewart and Jeff Chandler, about Cochise and Tom Jeffords. 1950, so I guess that qualifies. Progressive enough for its time but weird knowing the Camp Grant Massacre was going to happen a year after the movie's events (Karl Jacoby's Shadows at Dawn is waiting for me to read…

Is that Foner? I mentioned on the Avocado that I had to shelve Peter Cozzens' book on Chickamauga after the election because I couldn't deal with reading about another Confederate victory.

Someone on the Avocado's been reading that; definitely piques my interest further.

Rowan said there are usually two reactions to the reveal of Lily’s killer: guessed it a fair bit in advance, or completely surprised but it makes total sense.

Good for you. I always make sure I take two extended non-family breaks off during the year. Unfortunately, one of them is getting swallowed, Cronos-like, by my mother this year, but I've been putting it off forever and hopefully afterwards I'll never have to go visit her in Wisconsin again unless she moves there…

Last week; I'd done it once before but wanted to see if it held up, and man. It's basically like a tart mixed with deep dish.