This week's warm weather and clear-sky Santa Ana was ushered out today in a big way with rain showers (and even hail!) and a cold wind from the north.
The change in weather was a good demarcation point to change from Thanksgiving into Christmas, which we're getting an early start on this year. Of course, the first course of action is to get the tree.
Now Penny has never had a tree in the house, and I'm not sure she entirely knows what to think about it. Wait until we put the lights and decorations on tomorrow!
Well, I did survive Thanksgiving after all, above is the Fisherman's Memorial at Point Judith, it inserted itself there by accident!
Finished UR by Stephen King. This is a novella he did exclusively for the Kindle. (Thank you again, family!)
A college professor orders a Kindle and discovers it's special. It has books that technically haven't been written (in our reality, anyway). And, as it happens, that's not the only thing that makes the Kindle unique...
I'm not a huge fan of short stories or novellas, as a rule, but I really enjoyed this one. (And I will admit to being disappointed that I can't read as-yet-unwritten novels by authors I love.)
Connection to other King Stories: There are references to Hearts in Atlantis (specifically the low men in yellow coats) and the Dark Tower series.
Movie version: No (not yet?).
Finished A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein.
It reminded me of Jane Hamilton's A Map of the World and also a little of Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin. (Not so much content, but more of the relentless sense of foreboding and wrong-ness that isn't really justified until the last few pages.)
This book jumps around a lot, but it's about Pete, his wife Elaine and their son Alec, and then their best friends, the Sterns. Joe and Iris have been best friends with Pete and Elaine since college. The Sterns' oldest daughter, Laura, is dating Alec. Normally, this would be a good thing (who doesn't want their kid to marry their best friends' kid?) but in this case, not so much. First, Laura is 10 years older than Alec and second (but much more importantly) Laura has a past. And I don't mean "she dated a lot" or "she has poor credit."
According to the jacket flap, she has "a history so shocking it's never spoken of." (Reviews will tell you, but I think if you learn about it from this book, it'll have more of an impact.) You learn about it fairly early in but still.
I really liked this book, and I will definitely be looking for her other novel. (She's also written a collection of stories, but I don't read those unless they're by Stephen King.)
- 02:12 @Darla_Crane - sounds like it was a fun evening..., #
- 02:13 Went out with friends, meant to leave by 2300, it's now 0200....oi #
- 02:43 I like to hit on older women with lots of tattoos. If I can't find any, I'll just have a few drinks and settle for varicose veins. #
- 05:07 Wanting to mess around in #Photoshop #
- 05:31 The weekend could start early for you with the Moon in your 5t... More for Sagittarius twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=9 #
- 10:31 Waiting for the Nebraska-Colorado game to start.. #
- 10:33 Wonder what the black Friday deals are at the guitar center? Hmmm #
- 10:35 I should hide my credit cards... I really want that SG Diablo. Either that or the Explorer... :-/ #
- 12:19 @chicrunner - ewww #
- 12:21 I want the Power Mat #
- 12:22 Cincy up 28-17 over Illinois in the 2nd. #
- 12:26 Another Cincy TD? #
- 12:26 This game is just a filler until the #Nebraska game starts... #
- 12:27 @BigRedinTejas - heck ya! Almost want to take the #FamilyGuy #PeterGriffin approach and just hand them a blank check with my name on it. #
- 12:45 Talking to Leslie, always great to hear from her. #
- 13:35 I winder if thats the black friday price drop? RT @AppleiPhoneNews: Rich? Buy the iPhone 3GS Supreme for $3 million bit.ly/6TWPcA #
- 13:36 Solich's team wrapping up the game.. twitpic.com/r74lw #
- 13:37 Still no score for Gill's squad twitpic.com/r74qb #
- 15:02 Touchdown!! #
- 15:14 @nhorn - no way #
- 15:16 Woooo Touchdown Nebraska! #
- 15:16 Way to set it up #
- 15:17 #Nebraska taking it to the Buffs #
- 15:19 It's confirmed! TD #
- 16:26 Uh oh #
- 16:32 Thought Suh had the int #
- 16:39 Suuuuuuuuuh #
- 16:39 Damn, Colorado was able to score #
- 16:41 Hopefully Lee will be back under center... #
- 16:44 Lee and Burkhead, good combo #
- 16:44 Still favoring his knee... #
- 16:45 Wow, Burkhead slammed up the middle for 12 #
- 16:52 Suh with the tackle #
- 16:54 Wtf #
- 16:55 RT @CornNation: where's the Heisman for SUH???? Put that on the list! #
- 16:56 Come on #Blackshirts #
- 16:56 Whew #
- 16:57 Intentional grounding #
- 16:57 Nice #
- 16:58 @SashaGrey - did you get it? #
- 16:58 Intentional grounding, loss of down, FG sails wide left.... I'll take it #< /li>
- 16:59 Helu up the middle #
- 17:00 4th quarter, here we go #
- 17:03 Let's Geaux Huskers! #
- 17:04 WTF #
- 17:04 Review it #
- 17:04 Crap #
- 17:06 Come on #Blackshirts #
- 17:06 Sweet #
- 17:07 Hook that FG #
- 17:07 Ha! Called it! #
- 17:08 @nhorn - it was okay, yours? #
- 17:16 Nebraska is chewing that game clock by RUNNING the ball... #
- 17:19 First down! #
- 17:19 RT @BigRedinTejas: Dear ABC Sports Tickers Guy, Yes we get it. Tiger Woods was in an accident. Released. Sincerely, I don't give a shit. #
- 17:20 @BigRedinTejas - Awesome! Hahahahahaha! #
- 17:20 Burkhead is tearing it up #
- 17:21 Great 2nd effort #
- 17:21 Touchdown! #
- 17:22 Nail in CU's coffin! #
- 17:22 Burkhead went untouched #
- 17:24 Way to #PoundTheRock #Huskers #BigRed #Nebraska leading by two scores #
- 17:26 WTF #
- 17:26 C'mon Asante, play smart #
- 17:27 Ugh #
- 17:27 WTF!? Again? Defensive foul? #
- 17:29 Asante saved #
- 17:33 #Blackshirts need an int #
- 17:33 Or force a fumble #
- 17:34 Here we go #
- 17:34 Sweet, delay of game #
- 17:35 Movement #
- 17:35 Nice start to your 2010 season #sCUm #
- 17:36 4th and 20 #
- 17:36 4:17 left in the game #
- 17:37 @nhorn - it's the same with every family right? #
- 17:38 Holy hell! #
- 17:38 Wooooo! #
- 17:38 Nice return #
- 17:39 Protect the ball #Huskers #
- 17:40 Bwahahahaha! RT @BigRedinTejas: CU just asked Prince "Is this what it sounds like when Buffs cry?" #Huskers #
- 17:42 Buffs get the ball back on their 20 #
- 17 :43 1:23 left #
- 17:44 :59 left #
- 17:44 Suuuuuuuuuuuuuh #
- 17:45 Looking forward to the conference title game next week! #
- 17:47 Looked like a hold there #
- 17:49 Game over #
- 17:50 28-20 #Nebraska wins #
- 17:50 @BigRedinTejas - ouch #
- 17:52 RT Final score: Nebraska 28, Colorad o 20. Huskers head to Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship game with 9-3 record, 5 game winning streak. #
- 17:58 @ckelpin - wooooohoooo! Geaux big red! #
- 19:09 The stage is set fragpic.com/34cr #
- 19:26 Your Time Is Coming Tonight, You'll Be Killed At The Speed Of Light. Destiny You Can't Fight, Crushed By Comets... ♫ blip.fm/~gyn8d #
- 19:33 WTF is up with the #facebook app for the #iPhone it keeps asking for me to log in. twitpic.com/r8qwb #
- 19:34 RT @CNETNews: AT&T has refurbished 16GB iPhone 3Gs for $49 bit.ly/6OuYJB #
- 19:35 @txnewsgirl - ahhh the joys of married life! Ha #
- 19:38 @LaceofBase - just experiment with the privacy features #
- 21:10 @LaceofBase - LoL I know what you mean in regards to that topic... #
- 22:31 @LaceofBase - Redline does it for me when I need my fix...lol #
- 22:33 Going through my images on #Flickr and adding tages to them... #painintheass #
- 22:53 Thought about going out tonight. Going to stay in play my #guitar and mess around with #Photoshop #
- 22:54 Still have to find a parking pass for the #BigXII title game. #
- 23:19 RT New post: ESPN's Tim Griffin on why the Pelini Brothers were so angry about that last-second Colorado touchdown bit.ly/6oHKXs/ #
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Next Saturday, Arlington...
Geaux Big Red!
