Who watches the watchman?
I do and will.
It should come as no surprise that I've read the greatest graphic novel ever. (I know I'm given to hyperbole, but there are many, many people who would agree with me.) I'm looking forward to the movie adaptation, but I know it will be inferior to the original. There's just some things you can only do in a comic. A film would have to leave those out or fail at attempting them.
I bring all of this up because my sister-in-law is reading the graphic novel now in preparation for the film's release. We've spent the better part of the evening bonding over The Watchman.
Cool.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
WILDLY INAPPROPRIATE!!!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Look Who's Back
No, not me. Phoebe. Check her out by clicking over there. ==========>
When you're done you can finish reading this.
Welcome back! As you can see the camera's battery is functioning again. The battery arrived yesterday actually. I had it shipped to my school so that we didn't have to deal with the Student Post Office here in Sewanee. It normally takes a bit too long to get a package. I couldn't put you through that.
Of course I forgot my keys yesterday and couldn't open my mailbox until today. Typical.
I replaced the battery, turned on the camera, and . . . nothing. I silently swore. I pondered my next move. Where could I buy a camera we could afford? I re-packed the new battery. I put the old battery into the camera, and guess what. I worked. I took a dozen pictures in a row.
Apparently the old battery just needed to know it was replaceable.
Now I'm off to write a nasty e-mail to Roger Ebert.
When you're done you can finish reading this.
Welcome back! As you can see the camera's battery is functioning again. The battery arrived yesterday actually. I had it shipped to my school so that we didn't have to deal with the Student Post Office here in Sewanee. It normally takes a bit too long to get a package. I couldn't put you through that.
Of course I forgot my keys yesterday and couldn't open my mailbox until today. Typical.
I replaced the battery, turned on the camera, and . . . nothing. I silently swore. I pondered my next move. Where could I buy a camera we could afford? I re-packed the new battery. I put the old battery into the camera, and guess what. I worked. I took a dozen pictures in a row.
Apparently the old battery just needed to know it was replaceable.
Now I'm off to write a nasty e-mail to Roger Ebert.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Why I'm Not Blogging, part 2: Technical Difficulties
Even awesome clearance cameras have their shortcomings. Apparently, the rechargeable lithium ion battery powering said camera can only be recharged about 400 times in two and a half years. The battery can't charge the flash and so the camera won't take a picture.
It's not as fun blogging without pictures and stealing other people's pics gets old. That doesn't even touch the mounting disappointment caused by the lack of new Phoebe photo content
Monkey-Girl and I took a trip to Best Buy to pick up some technological necessities. They were able to diagnose the problem, but they didn't carry the battery. This is illustrative of my camera issue overall. I've occasionally made progress, but it has been immediately been followed by disappointment.
That's why this has been dragged out for more than two months.
Fear not, faithful reader, I've just placed on order for a replacement battery. I even sprang for priority shipping. (I just can't trust a shipping service named Rite Way. )
It's not as fun blogging without pictures and stealing other people's pics gets old. That doesn't even touch the mounting disappointment caused by the lack of new Phoebe photo content
Monkey-Girl and I took a trip to Best Buy to pick up some technological necessities. They were able to diagnose the problem, but they didn't carry the battery. This is illustrative of my camera issue overall. I've occasionally made progress, but it has been immediately been followed by disappointment.
That's why this has been dragged out for more than two months.
Fear not, faithful reader, I've just placed on order for a replacement battery. I even sprang for priority shipping. (I just can't trust a shipping service named Rite Way. )
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Why I'm Not Blogging, part 1: Blame Phoebe
There are a lot of excuses for not bothering to blog for over a month. There are so many, in fact, that if I took the time to enumerate them it'd take several entries. (What a great idea!)
At left is public enemy number one.
For my birthday, Monkey-Girl and Phoebe bought me a (product)RED iPod. They even had it inscribed:
For my Daddy
Love, Phoebe
I've been a podcast listener for quite some time, but having a new iPod just sent me to a new level. My new fascination is podcast novels.
For anyone with a commute and an MP3 player I cannot recommend checking out Podiobooks.com enough. The site is a wonderful way to expose yourself to new writers with new stories. Best of all: it's free!
Some titles I heard so far:
Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty - A near-future story featuring super heroes, villains, and the not-so-super everymen caught in the middle. Mur is the host of the wonderful podcast I Should be Writing. I liked Playing for Keeps so much I bought a copy of the published book.
7th Son : Book 1 - Descent by J. C. Hutchins - The first in a trilogy of thrillers involving clones, mind control and terrorism. It's hard to tear yourself away from your earbuds once this thing gets going. The entire trilogy can be listened to for free now. This first book is due in print this fall.
Infected by Scott Sigler - CAUTION. Not for the weak of stomach. This is a violent horror novel about a man fighting a disease that is taking over his body and mind. You will never look at kitchen shears in the same way again. The print version of this book and it's sequel, Contagious, are available now.
Well, that's a lot of links to check. I should stop now so I can edit this up nice for you, my much-loved readers. I promise to return soon.
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