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Not-a-review: A Very Hungry Girl

I wrote yesterday that I was 39 pages into Jessica Weiner's A Very Hungry Girl (beware: affiliate link!). I went ahead and finished it last night. I'll admit that I was a little disappointed by the book, as it soon began to describe Weiner's work in far more detail than her personal ...

The un-grumpy edition

I've been struggling to write something constructive here all day. I'm recovering from a two-day migraine that is merely a splitting headache at this point, and I'm on my last thread dealing with my current job. If my last day here weren't tomorrow, today would be. So while I'm ...

Search-building: custom or Google

Until earlier this week, I had a lousy site search in place. It was one of Google's Custom Search Engines, barely configured and only on its own page, due to it's hefty (and blocking!) JavaScript. I'd long since disabled Wordpress's search since my stories aren't being run in ...

Weekend linkage

Just a few, since I'm so far behind on my reading (down to 425 unread items!) and I just posted a set on Friday. Enjoy. How to Help Your Kids Build $25,000 Stock Portfolios - This is a tempting idea even with regards to something like weddings. "Help us ...

Chapter 10 of Witches posted!

Chapter 10, "Opening Salvo" is posted: "What brings you to my world, little bug?" the colorful woman asked Hardi and Robert. Her glance flitted between both of them before settling on Hardi. "Well?" she cooed, head tilting. Her accent was much lighter than Lucia's. Hardi straightened in her seat. "We're looking for ...