Tuesday night: Just some posts . . .

1. Welcome to bakestondone, baronessjuliana, dershmied, and ginamary.

2. She is always looking out for my best interests, so alethea_eastrid forwarded this review to me:

Dirty Water Mary-Ann Tirone Smith and Jere Smith. Hall of Fame (Midpoint, dist.), $22.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-9776240-2-7

Smith (Girls of Tender Age) and son work real-life members of the 2007 Boston Red Sox, most notably David "Big Papi" Ortiz, into a mystery
plot with the adeptness of a successful double steal. The troubles for the team begin with the discovery of an abandoned baby in the Red Sox
clubhouse. When a woman's body turns up in a remote area of the fens near Fenway Park, Boston homicide detective Rocky Patel gets on the
case, partnered by Sgt. Marty Flanagan. Meanwhile, an unscrupulous agent has been trafficking in Cuban baseball stars. The authors know
how to heighten the intrigue, but readers should be prepared for some tiresomely detailed descriptions of street routes and an omniscient
narration that compulsively shares incidental thoughts of insignificant characters. Such filler has all the charm of a rain delay in the middle of a tense Sox-Yankees game. 10-city author tour. (Oct. 29)

3. According to Shop Smart Magazine, the average American consumes:

Coffee: 1,205 cups

Poultry: 16 chickens

Milk: 21 gallons

Chocolate: 12 pounds

Pizza: 6 pies

I suppose that's 8-ounce cups of coffee. A little more than three a day. I am thinking I drink a lot more than that.

4. Total of attendees at East Kingdom Coronation: 470!

5. My local restaurant blog pointed me to Dinner As Brigadoon.

6. Another of my favorite bloggers, Dan Kennedy at Media Nation, reminds us that Google is evil.

7. I do this once in a while. I am planning to abstain from beer during October.

Doing things is good . . .

OK, so today was one of the worst days of work in my whole life.

I think tomorrow might challenge for that "honor."

So I walk into the house, Mr. Cranky, and Alethea jumps out from behind the pantry door and says, "Boo!"

After my heart re-starts, I begin to laugh.

Then she gave me tea.

I love my wife.

Dinner was boiled potatoes and garlic chicken sausage. Yumm.

So what do I do when I am stressed.

Race through the To-Do list

Done
Argyle phone calls.
Angus note
Respond to all e-mail and empty inbox. (Wow!)
Pay one bill.
Pay the propane bill.
Find the car insurance bill.
Post to LJ.
Edit porn for a friend.
Call Dr. Kunz.
Get laundry organized and loaded.
Bug HRM about Pikestaff stuff.
Bug HRM about upcoming events.

Undone
Eddie note
Edit Morguhn stuff
Copy insurance card
Clean kitchen/computer room/hallway.


I also got to listen to the "other" Robin Hood, the one that included Uma Thurman and came out at about the same time as "Prince of Thieves."

Alethea actually saw some trim that she liked and is taking a screen cap of it right now.