Gaming: Chris's game last night. We found the commander, with a few diversions. We fought duergar and only one got away. He's outlined in faerie fire so he may not escape entirely. Xiana (Rosemary's character that I have yet to get the name right) proved herself boom-y when she killed 2 of them with arc of lightning followed by ring of blades (which doesn't care if they're invisible - just that they're only 5' away) and then the other 2 guards & 2 trolls finished off with suddenly empowered fiery burst. Boom! I took some damage and wounded a couple guards. That's pretty much it.

book: I bought & read Legacy, book 2 of The Sharing Knife yesterday. I got it for half-price between my discount & the frequent reader card. You know Bujold, she reads fast. I also finally finished the Game Master Emulator. I think I'm going to try using it for a solo adventure tonight.

tatting: I gave up trying to get that knot out. I managed to make a ring anyway, by getting that knot in one of the double stitch/knots. It looks a little lumpy but it's not egregiously noticeable. I have now started the bottom leg of the cross.

Weather: Thunderstorms last yesterday. I managed to get home just as one was starting. I need to check to see where we are on the rain gauge. We may be only 3" behind now. I can't find that information but the lakes vary from 2" to 26" below full.

clothes: black ~slippers, jeans & belt, Vorkosigan black/brown polo, silver clip watch, flower band ring, hematite ring, Celtic Knot ring, triangle triskele pendant, knotwork earrings, & ponytail bun held with black hairstick with brown bead.

Well, my first blog. Things I've done in the last 4 days: played board games at a friends' house to meet their friend with the same name, baked brownies, gotten lost in Apex, attended a family reunion, wrote up a character for a friend's game supplement (she's written it & now she's going to test the adventure in it on our gaming group), watched The Gamers, worked on a character for Buffy the Vampire Slayer the Roleplaying Game ( http://www.btvsrpg.com/about.htm ), and worked.

Plus written in my hardcopy journal & written a letter to my niece. In between those other activities I read 3 books, maybe 4.

I don't think I'll be drawing in the readers in droves, not with material like this.

However: I did see this article (the link was posted on the Lois McMaster Bujold fan list):
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/09/24/wow.tech.santa.printer/
more info I found while looking for the previous link:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_737424.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery

I sat outside to eat lunch today (as I do almost every day that the weather is nice). The jacket was a necessity as just shirtsleeves was a bit too cool, even when sitting in the sunshine wearing black. I read a little, people watched a little & then looked through the textbooks for sale in the Pit. I bought Chan Insights & Oversights, Jambalaya: the Natural Woman's Book, & The Longman Handbook for Writers & Readers, 2nd ed. Then I bought a book at the Bullshead too. Though I managed to resist buying Call of the First Rider by K. Britain. It's still in hardback ($24.95) and I'm saving money for Christmas presents.