I just finished reading Rest You Merry by
Charlotte MacLeod. I picked it up as it was listed as one of the "archetypes" of
the Cozy, the Aunt Dimity books being another. I was
a bit turned off by the cover, though. Why do mystery novels have to have skeletons on them? I hate skeletons. Do
publishers really say "If it doesn't have a skeleton on it, how will anyone know it's a mystery?" There weren't any
skeletons in the actual book, thankfully. Corpses, when they appeared, were quickly disposed of in the proper fashion.
I braved ahead anyway, and am glad I did. It was lots of fun, with quirky and witty characters. I think I'm going to
hunt down other books in the series, although this is the only one I've been seeing in stores. (Yes, tink, I could try
the library... But libraries want books back, and I usually just don't read that fast).
Parents are bringing lots of short people into the office this afternoon and I've stocked up on chocolate. Just to be
safe, I got quite a lot. The kids won't mind if I have a few...
Also! I picked up my Count Duckula DVD today. I think I'll be
watching that tonight. It seems appropriate somehow...
I haven't really decided what I think of Halloween nowadays. I think I'd be more into it if I had kids around. It's
their day, after all. I haven't really done much with it since I was about 12. I did dress up for a CTRL-A show
once, but that was a complete bust. I think I'll just enjoy the chocolate and leave it at that.
Yes, I've been kind of busy the last few days. This site may disappear for a few hours/days. I'm going to be updating
it. I've temporarily moved the database off to my (other) linux machine. So now I've got everything on the server backed
up and safe and nothing's going to change there until I've got the upgrade done.
After that, I've got plenty of little changes in mind. Now more than ever, I really want to do a "pointless updates"
section off to the side or something. I'm liking this idea.
Besides computer stuff, I've been reading a lot more, too. I read
through Promised Land,
by Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice, the collaborative team that brought us Light Raid (I
never did finish that). This was probably the better book. Still really predictable and fluffy, but that was what I was
after. So, in the end, I was happy.
After I finished that, I read through volume 2 of Utena the other night. I
love that series. I'm also occasionally skimming a book I found (at the
soon-to-be-closed Waterloo Computer Books store)
on Generative Programming, which is less fun,
but still interesting.
