urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots The Live Journal version Caligula's Home Caligula the cat 2008-05-11T20:58:52Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:413100 2008-05-11T20:58:52Z 2008-05-11T20:58:52Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>Character Flu by Robert Reed</s><br /> <s>Shoes</s><br> <s>Bleach 14</s><br> <s>The Sea Shack</s> (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> Havanna <br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray) <br /> Cannery Row (relay) <br /> Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>)<br /> Castrato (relay) <br /> San Francisco (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/309725.html">Themed Challenge</a>) <br /> Measuring the World (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> She Who Hears the Sun (relay) <br /> Dreamland (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>)<br /> Girl Genius Omnibus (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/04.html#challenge_tldr">Herding Cats</a>) <br /> House of Spirts (relay) <br /> Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England (relay / in their shoes) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> Go Green<br /> Still Hot<br /> ABCs of Fruits and Vegetables <br /> Unholy Domain<br> Flight of the Goose </p> <p><b>Relay priorities:</b><br /> Jewel in the Skull <br /> Image of Josephine<br /> The Poe Shadow<br /> Evergreen<br /> King Solomon's Mines<br /> Salt<br /> Arabella <br /> <br /> <b>F&amp;SF June:</b><br /> Monkey See... by P. E. Cunningham<br /> Litany by Rand B. Lee <br /> <br /> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080505_fsf_june2008.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080511_shoes.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080511_bleach14.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080511_sea_shack.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:412761 2008-05-09T06:13:09Z 2008-05-09T06:13:09Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>The Salting and Canning of Benevolence D. by Al Michaud</s><br /> <s>Color for Thought</s><br /> <s>A Superior Death</s><br> <s>Sister Carrie </s>(relay) <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>)<br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> Havanna <br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray) <br /> Cannery Row (relay) <br /> Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>)<br /> Castrato (relay) <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> San Francisco (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/309725.html">Themed Challenge</a>) <br /> Measuring the World (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> She Who Hears the Sun (relay) <br /> Dreamland (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>)<br /> Girl Genius Omnibus (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/04.html#challenge_tldr">Herding Cats</a>) <br /> House of Spirts (relay) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> Go Green<br /> Still Hot <br /> Unholy Domain<br> Flight of the Goose </p> <p><b>Relay priorities:</b><br /> Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England<br /> Jewel in the Skull <br /> Image of Josephine<br /> The Poe Shadow<br /> Evergreen<br /> King Solomon's Mines<br /> Salt<br /> Arabella <br /> <br /> <b>F&amp;SF June:</b><br /> Character Flu by Robert Reed<br /> Monkey See... by P. E. Cunningham<br /> Litany by Rand B. Lee <br /> <br /> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080505_fsf_june2008.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080508_color_for_thought.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080508_superior_death.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080508_sister_carrie.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:412647 2008-05-06T23:15:37Z 2008-05-06T23:15:37Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>Fergus by Mary Patterson Thornburg</s><br> <s>Open Brand</s><br> <s>Wheels, wheels, and more wheels</s><br> <s>Blind Side</s> <br /> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> Sister Carrie (relay) <br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>)<br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> Havanna <br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray) <br /> Cannery Row (relay) <br /> Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> Castrato (relay) <br /> San Francisco (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/309725.html">Themed Challenge</a>) <br /> Measuring the World (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> She Who Hears the Sun (relay) <br /> Dreamland (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>)<br /> Girl Genius Omnibus (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/04.html#challenge_tldr">Herding Cats</a>) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> Go Green<br /> Still Hot <br /> Unholy Domain <br /> <br /> <b>F&amp;SF June:</b><br /> The Salting and Canning of Benevolence D. by Al Michaud<br /> Character Flu by Robert Reed<br /> Monkey See... by P. E. Cunningham<br /> Litany by Rand B. Lee <br /> <br /> </p> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080505_fsf_june2008.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080506_open_brand.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080506_wheels_wheels_more_wheels.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080506_BlindSide.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:412397 2008-05-06T02:54:10Z 2008-05-06T02:54:10Z <p>I am not a LibraryThing member but I like going through their 106 &quot;unread&quot; list once a year. So these are the current most marked &quot;unread&quot; at the site. </p> <p><b>bold</b> are read <i>italic</i> are TBR and links go to the reviews I've posted. </p> <ol> <li>Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell <li>Anna Karenina <li><b>Crime and Punishment</b> <li><b>Catch-22</b> <li>One Hundred Years of Solitude <li><b>Wuthering Heights</b> <li><i>The Silmarillion</i> <li>Life of Pi: a novel <li>The Name of the Rose <li><b>Don Quixote</b> <li><b>Moby Dick</b> <li><i>Ulysses</i> <li><b>Madame Bovary</b> <li><b>The Odyssey</b> <li><i>Pride and Prejudice</i> <li><a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2007/09.html#jane_eyre">Jane Eyre</a> <li><b>The Tale of Two Cities </b> <li>The Brothers Karamazov <li>Guns, Germs, and Steel <li>War and Peace <li>Vanity Fair <li><b>The Time Traveler’s Wife</b> <li><b>The Iliad </b> <li><i>Emma</i> <li><b>The Blind Assassin</b> <li><i>The Kite Runner</i> <li>Mrs. Dalloway <li><b>Great Expectations</b> <li><b>American Gods</b> <li>A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius <li>Atlas Shrugged <li>Reading Lolita in Tehran <li><b>Memoirs of a Geisha</b> <li><b>Middlesex</b> <li>Quicksilver <li><b>Wicked</b> <li><i>The Canterbury Tales</i> <li>The Historian <li><b>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</b> <li>Love in the Time of Cholera <li><a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2007/04.html#brave_new_world">Brave New World</a> <li>The Fountainhead <li><b>Foucault’s Pendulum</b> <li>Middlemarch <li><b>Frankenstein</b> <li>T<b>he Count of Monte Cristo</b> <li><b>Dracula</b> <li><b>A Clockwork Orange</b> <li><b>Anansi Boys</b> <li><b>The Once and Future King </b> <li><b>The Grapes of Wrath</b> <li><b>The Poisonwood Bible</b> <li><b>Angels & Demons</b> <li><b>1984</b> <li><i>The Inferno</i> <li>The Satanic Verses <li><i>Sense and Sensibility</i> <li><b>The Picture of Dorian Gray</b> <li><i>Mansfield Park</i> <li><b>One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest</b> <li>To the Lighthouse <li><b>Tess of the D’Urbervilles</b> <li><b>Oliver Twist</b> <li><b>Gulliver’s Travels</b> <li><b>Les Misérables</b> <li>The Corrections <li>The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay <li><a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2005/04.html#thong_incident">The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</a> <li><b>Dune</b> <li><b>The Prince</b> <li><b>The Sound and the Fury</b> <li>Angela’s Ashes <li>The God of Small Things <li><b>A People’s History of the United States: 1492-present</b> <li><b>Cryptonomicon</b> <li><a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#neverwhere">Neverwhere</a> <li>A Confederacy of Dunces <li>A Short History of Nearly Everything <li>Dubliners <li>The Unbearable Lightness of Being <li><b>Beloved</b> <li><a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2007/09.html#slaughterhouse_five">Slaughterhouse-Five</a> <li><b>The Scarlet Letter</b> <li><b>Eats, Shoots & Leaves</b> <li><b>The Mists of Avalon</b> <li><b>Oryx and Crake</b> <li>Collapse <li>Cloud Atlas <li>The Confusion <li><b>Lolita</b> <li>Persuasion <li><i>Northanger Abbey</i> <li><b>The Catcher in the Rye</b> <li><b>On the Road</b> <li><b>The Hunchback of Notre Dame</b> <li>Freakonomics <li> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance <li><b>The Aeneid</b> <li><b>Watership Down</b> <li>Gravity’s Rainbow <li><b>The Hobbit</b> <li><a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2007/07.html#cold_blood">In Cold Blood</a> <li>White Teeth <li><b>Treasure Island</b> <li><b>David Copperfield</b> <li><b>The Three Musketeers</b> </ol> <p>From this year's list I've read 59 of the books and I have 10 books that are TBR. Of the remainders most are ones I'm not currently interested in reading. That's not say I <i>won't </i>read them; circumstances might change. </p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:412076 2008-05-05T22:31:03Z 2008-05-05T22:31:03Z Ten years ago was my first day on the job as a health insurance coordinator / safety officer at an iron works in Los Angeles. It was a shitty job with crap pay, no training and I had coworkers who called me names in Russian. I didn't last a year. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:411748 2008-05-05T18:07:44Z 2008-05-05T18:07:44Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>The Art of Alchemy by Ted Kosmatka</s><br> <s>A Day With Air Traffic Controllers</s><br /> <s>Big Jeremy </s><br /> Light in August (relay) <br /> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> Blind Side <br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>)<br /> Sister Carrie (relay) <br /> Havanna <br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray) <br /> Cannery Row (relay) <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>)<br /> Castrato (relay) <br /> San Francisco (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/309725.html">Themed Challenge</a>) <br /> Measuring the World (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> She Who Hears the Sun (relay) <br /> Dreamland (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>)</p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> Open Brand <br /> Go Green<br /> Still Hot <br /> Unholy Domain <br /> <br /> <b>F&amp;SF June:</b><br /> Fergus by Mary Patterson Thornburg<br /> The Salting and Canning of Benevolence D. by Al Michaud<br /> Character Flu by Robert Reed<br /> Monkey See... by P. E. Cunningham<br /> Litany by Rand B. Lee <br /> <br /> </p> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080505_fsf_june2008.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080505_day_atc.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080505_big_jeremy.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080505_light_august.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:411532 2008-05-02T06:39:31Z 2008-05-02T06:39:31Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>Hungry Hungry Sharks</s><br /> <s>The Magic School Bus: The Great Shark Escape</s><br /> <s>Bleach 13</s><br> <s>Expecting Adam</s> (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) <br /> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> Light in August (relay) <br /> Blind Side <br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>)<br /> Sister Carrie (relay) <br /> Havanna <br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray) <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> Cannery Row (relay) <br /> Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>)<br /> Castrato (relay) <br /> San Francisco (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/309725.html">Themed Challenge</a>) <br /> Measuring the World (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> She Who Hears the Sun (relay) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> Open Brand <br /> Go Green<br /> Still Hot <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080501_hungry_hungry_sharks.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080501_great_shark_escape.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080501_bleach13.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080501_expecting_adam.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:411159 2008-04-29T20:06:27Z 2008-04-29T20:06:27Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer</s><br /> <s>Space</s><br /> <s>The Seven-per-cent Solution</s> (relay) <br /> <s>Harriet the Spy</s> (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> Expecting Adam (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) <br /> Light in August (relay) <br /> Blind Side <br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>)<br /> Sister Carrie (relay) <br /> Havanna <br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray)<br /> Cannery Row (relay) <br /> Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>)<br /> Castrato (relay) <br /> San Francisco (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/309725.html">Themed Challenge</a>) <br /> Measuring the World (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> Open Brand <br /> Go Green<br /> Still Hot <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080429_Little_Baby_Snoogle_Fleejer.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080429_space.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080429_Seven-Percent_Solution.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080429_harriet_spy.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:411086 2008-04-28T04:34:48Z 2008-04-28T04:34:48Z <p>Harriet likes to play Stuff on my Cat with Caligula. <p> <a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/pussreboots/pic/000c4y2f/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/pussreboots/pic/000c4y2f/s320x240" width="320" height="240" border="0" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:410845 2008-04-27T01:09:28Z 2008-04-27T01:09:28Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>The Road From La Cueva</s><br /> <s>Alphabet City</s> (Themed Challenge)<br> <s>Junie B. Jones First Grader: Boss of Lunch</s><br> <s>Miracle on 34th Street</s><br> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> Harriet the Spy (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> Expecting Adam (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) <br /> Light in August (relay) <br /> Blind Side <br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>)<br /> Sister Carrie (relay) <br /> Havanna <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray)<br /> Cannery Row (relay) <br /> Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>)<br /> Castrato (relay) <br /> San Francisco (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/309725.html">Themed Challenge</a>) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> Open Brand <br /> Go Green<br /> Still Hot <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080426_road_la_cueva.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080426_alphabet_city.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080426_jbj_boss_lunch.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080426_miracle_34th_street.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:410323 2008-04-26T22:48:38Z 2008-04-26T22:48:38Z <p><lj-embed id="13" /> <p>Hat tip to <a href="http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2008/04/and-now-for-som.html">Greta Christina</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:410011 2008-04-26T03:12:29Z 2008-04-26T03:12:29Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"> <p>Anyone else having trouble today with Livejournal logging them out repeatedly? <p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>A Day in Space</s><br /> <s>Puss in Boots</s><br /> <s>Catty-Cornered</s><br> <s>WLT</s> <br /> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> The Seven-per-cent Solution (relay) <br /> Harriet the Spy (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> Expecting Adam (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) <br /> Light in August (relay) <br /> Blind Side <br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>)<br /> Sister Carrie (relay) <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> Havanna<br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray)<br /> Cannery Row (relay) <br /> Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>)<br /> Castrato (relay) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> The Road From La Cueva<br /> Open Brand <br /> Go Green<br /> Still Hot <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080425_day_space.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080425_puss_in_boots.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080425_catty_cornered.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080425_wlt.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:409378 2008-04-23T02:28:20Z 2008-04-23T02:28:20Z Harriet has just dubbed him "Dude-Guy." urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:409259 2008-04-22T00:57:08Z 2008-04-22T00:58:13Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>Dark Summit</s><br> <s>The Magic School Bus: Going Batty</s><br /> <s>Junie B. Jones Sneeky Peeky Spying</s><br /> <s>Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened</s> (Relay)<br /> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> WLT <br /> The Seven-per-cent Solution (relay) <br /> Harriet the Spy (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> Expecting Adam (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) <br /> Light in August (relay) <br /> Blind Side <br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>) <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> Sister Carrie (relay) <br /> Havanna<br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray)<br /> Cannery Row (relay) <br /> Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> The Road From La Cueva<br /> Open Brand <br /> Go Green<br /> Still Hot <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080421_dark_summit.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080421_msb_going_batty.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080421_jbj_sneaky_peaky_spying.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080421_postcards.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:408857 2008-04-21T03:55:12Z 2008-04-21T03:55:12Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>Bleach 12</s> <br> <s>Nettie's Trip South</s><br> <s>Seduction by Design</s><br /> <s>The Crew</s> (relay) <br /> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> Postcards: True Stories That Never Were (Relay)<br /> WLT <br /> The Seven-per-cent Solution (relay) <br /> Harriet the Spy (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> Expecting Adam (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) <br /> Light in August (relay) <br /> Blind Side <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>) <br /> Sister Carrie (relay) <br /> Havanna<br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray)<br /> Cannery Row (relay) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> Dark Summit<br /> The Road From La Cueva<br /> Open Brand <br /> Go Green<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080420_bleach12.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080420_netties_trip_south.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080420_seduction_design.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080420_crew.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:408100 2008-04-17T17:28:59Z 2008-04-17T17:28:59Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>Circle by George Tucker</s> (FSF)<br> <s>Are You My Mother?</s><br /> <s>The Five People You Meet in Heaven</s> <br> <s>Stone Gods</s> Review copy <br /> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> Postcards: True Stories That Never Were (Relay)<br /> WLT <br /> The Seven-per-cent Solution (relay) <br /> Harriet the Spy (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> Expecting Adam (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) <br /> Light in August (relay) <br /> Blind Side <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>) <br /> Sister Carrie (relay) <br /> Havanna<br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray)<br /> Cannery Row (relay) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> The Stone Gods<br /> Dark Summit<br /> The Road From La Cueva<br /> Go Green<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080330_fsf_may.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080417_are_you_my_mother.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080417_five_people_meet_heaven.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080416_stone_gods.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:407919 2008-04-14T22:45:54Z 2008-04-14T22:45:54Z Harriet discovered ice today. It has been hot so I was drinking ice water. She wanted to touch an ice cube. I gave one to her and she called it a "cold cookie." urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:407571 2008-04-13T20:50:13Z 2008-04-13T20:50:13Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>Traitor by M. Rickert</s> (F&amp;SF)<br> <s>Deserts</s><br /> <s>Ghost Cat</s><br /> <s>City of Light</s> (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/309725.html">Themed Challenge</a> / relay)<br> <br /> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> The Crew (relay) <br /> Postcards: True Stories That Never Were (Relay)<br /> WLT <br /> The Seven-per-cent Solution (relay) <br /> Harriet the Spy (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> Expecting Adam (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) <br /> Light in August (relay) <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> Blind Side <br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>) <br /> Sister Carrie (relay) <br /> Havanna<br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> The Stone Gods<br /> Dark Summit<br /> The Road From La Cueva<br /> Go Green <p><i>Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction</i> May 2008:<br /> Circle by George Tucker <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080330_fsf_may.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080413_deserts.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080413_ghost_cat.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080413_city_light.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:407512 2008-04-12T20:25:11Z 2008-04-22T02:29:54Z <p>Harriet was an early talker and probably has a 100+ word vocabulary but it wasn't until recent weeks that she has really started trying to communicate. Although she has a big vocabulary she has taken to using a short list of words to mean a number of things. <p>For example: <table> <tr> <td>Harriet's word</td><td>Possible meanings</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">night-night</td> <td valign="top">Go to bed<br> Her favorite blanket (usually as "my good night-night")<br> Any blanket<br> Nap time<br> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">juice</td> <td valign="top">juice<br> milk<br> water</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">fish</td> <td valign="top">fish<br> toothbrush (usually as "brush fish")<br> anything with scales</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">cookie</td> <td valign="top">cookie<br> cracker<br> candy</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">socks</td> <td valign="top">socks<br> pajama feet </td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:407155 2008-04-11T19:23:55Z 2008-04-11T19:23:55Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>A Church of Her Own</s> (review) <br /> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> The Crew (relay) <br /> Postcards: True Stories That Never Were (Relay)<br /> WLT <br /> The Seven-per-cent Solution (relay) <br /> Harriet the Spy (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> Expecting Adam (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) <br /> Light in August (relay) <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> Blind Side <br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>) <br /> Sister Carrie (relay) <br /> Havanna<br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> The Dive From Claussen's Pier (Ray) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> The Stone Gods<br /> Dark Summit<br /> The Road From La Cueva<br /> Go Green <p><i>Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction</i> May 2008:<br /> Circle by George Tucker <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080411_church_her_own.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:406983 2008-04-11T07:03:31Z 2008-04-11T07:03:31Z <lj-embed id="12" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:406725 2008-04-11T02:30:07Z 2008-04-11T02:30:30Z <table width="350" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"> <font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:black; font-size: 14pt;"> <strong>You Belong in 1985</strong> </font></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <center><img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatyeardoyoubelonginquiz/80s.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center> <font color="#000000"> Wild, over the top, and just a little bit cheesy. You're colorful at night - and successful during the day. </font></td></tr></table> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatyeardoyoubelonginquiz/">What Year Do You Belong In?</a></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:406501 2008-04-10T23:40:47Z 2008-04-10T23:40:47Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>Thrilling Wonder Stories by Albert E. Cowdrey</s> (F&amp;SF)<br> <s>Mercury and Venus</s><br /> <s>Lost and Found</s><br /> <s>Treasure</s><br> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> City of Light (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/309725.html">Themed Challenge</a> / relay) <br /> The Crew (relay) <br /> Postcards: True Stories That Never Were (Relay)<br /> WLT <br /> The Seven-per-cent Solution (relay) <br /> Harriet the Spy (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> Expecting Adam (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> Light in August (relay) <br /> Blind Side <br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>) <br /> Sister Carrie (relay) <br /> Havanna<br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> A Church of Her Own <br /> The Stone Gods<br /> Dark Summit<br /> The Road From La Cueva<br /> Go Green <p>Library: Due (4/5):<br /> Ghost Cat<br /></p> <p><i>Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction</i> May 2008:<br /> Traitor by M. Rickert<br /> Circle by George Tucker <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080330_fsf_may.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080410_lost_and_found.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080410_mercury_venus.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080410_treasure.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:406242 2008-04-07T17:57:42Z 2008-04-07T17:59:29Z <table> <tr> <td width="319" valign="top"><p><b>Finished</b><br /> <s>Peace: 50 Years of Protest</s><br /> <br /> <b>Reading</b><br /> City of Light (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/309725.html">Themed Challenge</a> / relay) <br /> The Crew (relay) <br /> Postcards: True Stories That Never Were (Relay)<br /> WLT <br /> The Seven-per-cent Solution (relay) <br /> Harriet the Spy (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) <br /> Expecting Adam (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/352642.html">In Their Shoes</a>) <p><b>Starting Soon</b><br /> Light in August (relay) <br /> Blind Side <br /> Lady Chatterley's Lover (<a href="http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/tag/decade+challenge">Decades Challenge</a>) <br /> Salt (relay) <br /> Havanna<br /> The Sea Shack (<a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2008/03.html#spring_reading_thing">Spring Reading Thing</a>) </p> <p><b>Books for Review/Raffle:</b><br /> A Church of Her Own <br /> The Stone Gods<br /> Dark Summit<br /> The Road From La Cueva<br /> Go Green <p>Library: Due (4/5):<br /> Ghost Cat<br /></p> <p><i>Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction</i> May 2008:<br /> Traitor by M. Rickert<br /> Circle by George Tucker <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p> </p></td> <td width="204" valign="top"><img src="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/photos/fairview/bookcrossing/20080407_peace.jpg" width="200" height="200" border="1" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></td> </tr> </table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:pussreboots:405800 2008-04-07T02:36:41Z 2008-04-07T02:36:41Z I was going through my list of "<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/122647?shelf=currently-reading">Currently Reading</a>" at GoodReads and realized I'd missed a bunch of planned reviews for my main <a href="http://www.pussreboots.pair.com">blog</a> and now I'm going back and putting them where they should have been. Yay for the power of back dating. But boy am I mad at myself.