my brain is not my own any more....

You know you're a geek of a certain kind when you subconsciously assume that your world has a 10-month year, and only after the fact realize that it's because it's an agrarian society that would naturally be run more along the lines of the old Roman calender with winter fallow-time being conflated into one period, etc, and you KNEW all this in the back of your head even if you couldn't remember the specific details of WHAT you were remembering...

Now I have to sit down and figure the actual run of the calender. Calenders, and maps, and who the hell else knows what's going to be needed before we're done... oh, and a parallel varietal chart, yeah. Forgot about that. The next person who says that fantasy is easier than science fiction because you don't have to do any research? Is so getting thwapped. Hard.

Also, I need to determine the naming conventions of a small island principality, because suddenly that's become a plot-point. Who knew?
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In foodie news, I seem to be on a fritata kick. The simplest one is, well, almost terrifyingly simple, and cooks up in like two minutes, start to finish. Eggs, milk and cheese, whisked together and cooked in a mini-skillet, quick-finished and served open-faced. Perfect for when that second mug of coffee kicks in and my blood sugar plummets and brain suddenly no-workie. The fact that it's pretty on the plate is just a plus, and one that disappears pretty fast, because mmmm fork it down....

This weekend I'll be playing in someone else's kitchen, for more people, so will see how creative I can get.
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Back to the stables today, after some time off due to schedule conflicts and Extreme Weather. I'm not sure how well I'm going to be able to clear my head properly, but we'll give it a try.... I'm in the stage of writing where anything else seems an imposition, so the gym-work's been suffering, and even now I'm thinking "but, that's 90 minutes out of the work-day...." Need to keep reminding myself that yes, I do enjoy exercise. More, I need it. The writing suffers when all you do is write.

ruh-roh....

Watch YouTube? Might want to do it on someone else's computer...

Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.

Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called the ruling a "set-back to privacy rights".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7488009.stm

So, is this going to change anyone's habits? (I'm not a YouTube viewer, except when directed to a specific link, so it's not affecting me beyond the 'they're doing what?' nerve the government keeps twanging)

ego come, ego go...

Had a pretty good, if exhausting lesson today and came out of the ring feeling reasonably competent...and saw Co-Owner of Stable riding Pop Art in the outside ring. As Co-Owner and Pop Art are off the the Olympics next week, you can imagine that said riding was...impressive. Even if you didn't know what Dressage was, you'd know.

It took nothing away from my accomplishments. But lord, did it remind me of how long a road I've to go!

Will be offline for most of the weekend, so will take this opportunity to wish everyone in the US (and our expats) a good and safe Independence Day. Celebrate Appropriately-- Speak Your Mind!
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And for those of you with a hankering for Stuff To Read, from wheatland_press:

From now until Monday July 7 (at midnight Pacific Time), if you buy any two Wheatland Press titles at the regular price, you'll get one copy of any volume of Polyphony free.

Just order as usual using Paypal and in the comment box of the order form for the second title, indicate which volume of Polyphony you would like to receive.

http://www.wheatlandpress.com

I might add, in passing, that while P1-5 are excellent volumes, Polyphony 6 has my story "Fire Rising in the Moon," as well as a bunch of other nifty and cool stories, and I won't be at all offended if you get it for free.... ;-)