Plus, Iowa thoughts, financial crises, Camry crap (including Haynes errata), other wrenchin', job changes, birthdays are over, vacation and the following long list of media:

Pattern Recognition, Cetaganda, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Batty's operation Barbarossa and Dien Bien Phu, Spearhead from Space, Pyramids of Mars, The Family, The Haunting in Connecticut, Harry Potter and the Previously Hidden Cleavage, The Fifth Continent, Outliers

Poll: What to do on vacation?

Just a different kind of busy.

Plus Return of Irish_Girl, The Changeling, Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller, Into the Woods, Two down (and up) One up, schooling in a coal mine, Eisenhower, People's History of the United States, post apocalyptic planning, gaming meet, hardwired Wii, easy come easy go, Rahm is not so smart and less.

Multipoll: What to look for post-apocalyptic potential?

It's not Sunshine Cleaning.

Plus Clash of Wings, Across the Street Thaw, like a permanent two year old, I wish I were William Gibson, Kindle on droid, A Short History of Nearly Everything, the Big Apple, props to Apple, pretentious viewing, not so good wine, gaming day and 7 wonders and less.

Poll : Most Pretentious TV to watch?

I want to cancel my netflix as soon as the month I just paid for runs out, but there is no method of doing so. There is only the option of immediate cancellation with no refunds for partial months. I will likely forget by the time the exact day rolls around. They really should work with their customers here and have a method of saying, "Hey, I want this to be my last month of Netflix, so once this month runs out, let's just stop this thing." Fine. I'm setting up an e-mail alert on my calendar.

poke the "new diary" button.

Amelie