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May 22, 2007

Snippets from the blogroll

And baby makes three...
Greg @ Reject Reality (who hasn't updated his blog since January as he's been busy awaiting fatherhood) and his lovely wife Vanessa welcomed Christopher Steven, who is now one week old. Congrats!!! (BTW, it wasn't an iguana.)

Also Down Under...
Belated happy birthday to Mike Macgirvin, who is still settling into his new digs in Australia. Note to Mike: I'd leave a comment or twenty but am somewhat put off by having to register to do so. *shrug*

Oz @ G'Day Mate is moving his blog here. I've a blog in beta over there also, but I've yet to figure out how to make it all work. *sigh*

Authors
Evidently the divine Ms. Zoe of MBIAT sent off her book (My Boyfriend is a Twat: A guide to recognising, dealing with and living with an utter Twat ) to the editor. Congrats, Petunia!

Developed from the hugely popular website My Boyfriend is a Twat, this book is a glorious celebration of living with a complete twat of a boyfriend.

Zoe McCarthy has been living in Belgium longer than she cares to remember, working part-time and spending the rest of her life trying to sort out her three children and partner, the Twat. She doesn't care for politics or religion but is an expert on how to raise children badly and kill off their goldfish.

And speaking of books, Pat aka The Gray Monk not only has a book out titled Out of Time but also has two eStories up -- A Tall Ship and the Wind's Song and Facing the Banshee -- on Amazon Shorts. Here's the book description for Out of Time:

"Out of time" is a story about three young men dragged by a freak accident from the early nineteenth century into the high tech world of the twenty-third. They are transported through time from the gundeck of the 74 gun ship of the line HMS Spartan and into the hangar decks of the huge new starship NECS Vanguard. They must now come to terms not only with the change of time, but with the gap in their understanding of the universe, science and technology - and do this in the midst of a power struggle between those who seek to take over the governments of the free world and those in the political process who through their own corruption and self interest seek to allow this - and those who must prevent it. The Fleet of starships and its dedicated crews must fight to save the freedom of their peoples - and of the aliens enslaved in the service of the plotters. The three are both a target for corrupt bureaucrats and scientists and a key factor in the frustration of these plans. Harry Heron, Ferghal O'Connor and Danny Gunn are taken out of their time and plunged head first into another where they find they have as much to contribute as they have to learn.

Belated congrats on the book Pat!

Heads had to Roll
Susan fires herself and replaces herself with a new version of her old/new self, or something like that. :-)

There was a definite need for some long overdue changes here at Spinning and to prevent restructuring or complete demolition, some heads had to roll. Therefore, a decision has been announced that Spinning will continue. Susan, however, has been canned.

Cindy

Comments

Brain matter deposited by: The Gray Monk on May 23, 2007 6:44 PM

Brain matter deposited by: Kat on May 24, 2007 11:40 AM

Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on May 24, 2007 2:21 PM

Brain matter deposited by: Kat on May 25, 2007 1:51 PM

Brain matter deposited by: zed on May 26, 2007 1:16 PM