Peace and Stupidity

Have slept past 9am for the first time since can't-remember-when. It was lovely and I feel ever so much better. I ♥ my bed.

Haven't been here since last Friday morning, and I'm not playing the catch-up game. Have I missed anything you think I should have seen? RSVP!

( Misc peace and stupidity, generally upbeat )

Seeing Things. Or Not.

Haven't read much for the last few years, and have forgotten how splendidly immersive it can be -- a salve for all sorts of mental and physical aches. Yes, am 2/3 of the way through Quicksilver. Flawed! Wonderful! Heavy! What am I doing here when I could be reading the rest? (And The Confusion, bought yesterday. Shall be Strong by the end of the not-a-trilogy).

But now I have a Conspiracy in my head.( meaningless if you haven't already read 'Quicksilver' and 'Cryptonomicon' )

The other Conspiracy, of course, is clearly evidenced by the fact that the Arthur C Clarke Award 2003 went to a book which repeatedly uses 'off of'. Grrrrrr. But have forgiven that nice Mr Stephenson, not least because of Pirates and Astronomers and Actresses, oh my, and knowing what a jib-boom is for.