Escape

Since Frenzied Feline posted a huge and interesting update, that inspired me to post at least something! Although I don't really have much to share. I'm sort of in a waiting mode now. Numb even.

I'm still playing FarmTown on Facebook. I'm not playing World of Warcraft much. In fact, I don't think I've been on WoW for about three weeks now. FarmTown isn't as exciting as Wow, but it's nowhere near as frustrating. FT is a good escape.

Early Thursday morning, of course, is my 'scope. I'll be at the hospital in OKC. If everything goes okay, I'll should be home sometime Thursday afternoon. If things get complicated, they'll keep me overnight and then I'll be home sometime Friday. I'm not looking forward to it -- who would? -- and I'll be glad when it's over.

Still reading a bunch. I'm hoping a book I ordered from Amazon (The Doomsday Key by James Rollins) will come in Wednesday. I like Rollins's work a lot, although I don't enjoy the Sigma Force series as much as his other books. Sigma Force reminds me too much of Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt and NUMA, and no one is as good as Pitt! Sigma suffers by comparison. Well, Pitt's earlier adventures. Lately the ones featuring Dirk's son -- also named Dirk -- and daughter (Summer) have lost some of the excitement of the previous books.

By the way, I just found out that Murder by the Acre is now on sale in India. I find that curious and somewhat offsetting. Don't know why exactly, but it seems odd to imagine a curious Indian picking it up and reading my book. I hope they enjoy it.

Speaking of writing -- well, let's don't. At the moment, my life is on hold until this health situation is resolved or moves forward or whatever. As always, I'm grateful that my salary doesn't depend on my ability to write. Otherwise, I'd on the street. May yet be if Congress doesn't pass some sort of healthcare reform that will allow me to buy, beg, and/or steal health insurance. Bring on socialism! Or some other healthcare related -ism! Just anything to help me and all those other like me who can't buy health insurance even if we could afford it because the health insurance companies won't sell it to us. I'm not particular these days. Any port in a storm.

Finally saw Taken and The Dark Knight a few days back. Really enjoyed Taken. Didn't enjoy The Dark Knight much. The ending of The Dark Knight was particularly contrived and empty. I did like his Batcycle, though. That was cool.

And I've been enjoying Space Week on the Science Channel. There should really be a Space Channel. All space all the time! I'd watch it. My roomie and I disagree on space travel. He thinks it's unnecessary and expensive. "We have enough problems on Earth to deal with." I support space travel because it's an amazing dream, and we have so few amazing dreams left. I suspect it's a doomed dream, but it's not a bad windmill to tilt at.

And now I have to go to work. Y'all have a good day, ya hear!

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