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Happy Easter

It’s spring and thoughts do turn to new beginnings. Sometimes those new beginning are new relationships. Here’s a video that shows that love, ingenuity, and some teamwork can conquer just about anything. Do you think I should have given a spew warning first?

A Curious Statistical Anomaly is One Lovely Blog

I was thrilled when Velvet of vvb32 reads told me she was naming A Curious Statistical Anomaly as One Lovely Blog. While I put a lot of thought and effort into this blog, I don’t often get a lot of feedback and it was nice to know someone (other than family) thought is was worth […]

On prejudice and preconceptions…

I got a link to this video today from a friend.  It’s on “The Future of Publishing”.    If you’ve been seeing the recent bru-ha-ha about ebooks and their various readers and the pricing of ebooks for consumers, it’s possible to get the impression that books and reading are a thing of the past.  Roll this […]

Did you ever wonder…?

As readers of this blog may or may not know, we collect bears.  We also have a number of Tigers living in our house.  If any of you also have stuffed furry friends in their abodes, you may know just how often having a few critters about can be handy when things go wrong or […]

The zines. The zines. They be up….

Finally, and in a blaze of stress and last minute finangling, the online magazine are up. SFReuv: science fiction and fantasy books review along with a review of Skin Horse Volume 1, and some suggestions for Hugo Nominations for short form. Gumshoe Review: Has an interview with Rhys Bowen and a review of her new […]

Review: Cowboy Trouble by Joanne Kennedy

Cowboy Trouble by Joanne Kennedy. ISBN: 978-1-4022-3668-6, 416 pages. $6.99 mass market paperback/ $4.79 Kindle edition. On sale March 2, 2010. Libby Brown always wanted to have a farm. That was definitely impractical while working as a journalist in Atlanta — not much scope in farming on your balcony. However, when her love life goes […]

Busy Tuesday — really it was…

My busy day I’ll admit is not the same as most people’s busy days. But for me I did a lot. (Remember I’ve got that whole lack of spoon things still going on.) Well, I did the wash, dried,  folded, and put it away. I made bread. Okay so we’ve got a bread machine but […]

An Interview with Marsh Altman, Author of Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape

A Contest: The Sourcebooks, the publisher of Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape, is willing to support a giveaway for the US and Canadian readers of this interview. Leave a comment on the post and I will chose a random comment author on Sunday February 7th. I’ll contact the winner to get their snail mail address. Winner […]