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On booking through Thursday and winter reading:
Today’s Booking Through Thursday:
The northern hemisphere, at least, is socked in by winter right now… So, on a cold, wintry day, when you want nothing more than to curl up with a good book on the couch … what kind of reading do you want to do?
There’s something about [...]

One the magnificent world of cold:
The end of Cold: Adventures in the World’s Coldest Places by Bill Streever is probably the best, most affecting part of this wonderful book.  In his final chapter, “June” (each chapter is a month in the progression of a year), Streever briefly discusses global warming and its complicity in the [...]

On missed Bloggiestas, things around your neck, short stories that are too short, first among sequels, dangerous cheese, cleaning up shop, and absolute zero:
Just as I figured, my internet wasn’t fixed until after all the Bloggiesta fun was over.  *tears*  Thank you for all of your well-wishes, though!  And, honestly a weekend without internet wasn’t [...]

On aches, pains, cold, and the Bering Sea:
Well, ladies and gents, I’m 99.9999999% sure that I have the flu.  It’s been about 9 years since I last had the flu, but WebMD tells me that if I have chills (yup), a fever (yup), severe aches and pain in the muscles and joints (yes, indeedy), a [...]

On the Times’ 100 notables of 2009:
Yesterday was a big, fat no man’s land day for me.  I wasn’t a part of the rampaging crowds mobbing the stores on the Black Friday (just the thought of it gives me goosebumps *shivers*) and obviously I didn’t post.  What did I do yesterday?  Read.  I’m pretty sure [...]