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My aunt Carol sends me…

Click here for the ‘orrible vision!

This is one of the best kinds of personality tests, the kind that tells you something you already know. As predicted by BD, I am a dedicated reader, scoring almost 100% on the “obsessive-compulsive bookworm” and “literate good citizen” ranges, about 50% on the “book snob” range, very low on the “fad reader” range, and

(a.k.a., Char Siu Bao) If you want the real recipe for Char Siu Bao (or at least, a “realer” one than the one that follows), click here. But if you want to use up leftovers, and you have no patience with bread dough (or you’re just in a lazy mood), see below. 2 c. cooked

Randy sent me a Shortpacked cartoon. It struck me as especially funny, so I started reading the series from the beginning. I’m up to here. Ooo! Ooo!

No, no, I’m not headed anywhere. But I love this site, One Bag. Just in case…

Lee took the picture in Dallas last April. YT cropped.

In the spirit of not sitting around doing nothing until November and NaNoWriMo, I am editing Alien Blue again, this time using the techniques I picked up during the for-hire YA. Already, I’m figuring out why things weren’t working and what I could do to fix them. Still hard to make myself sit still and

I’ve hit whatever point it is in the year where my body says, “Autumn. Time to be depressed.” Fortunately, I’m not eighteen any more, and I’m finally figuring out how to cope with these seasonal downs, although not how to enjoy them. I’m writing down what I know now, in the hopes that I can

The most entertaining tuba player since Martin Mull, Oystein Baadsvik, turns his tuba into a the ancestral instrument of an ancient, forgotten tribe of gnomes, the Technochantoechorati. (via Neatorama)