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Aug. 5th, 2004 12:02 amAfter seven hours of no power, BG&E finally got their heads out of their collective arses and got power restored. To the folks who'd been looking for me this evening... well, short of trying to figure out a geothermal power solution using candles and a pot of water, there was no way in hell to get up online.
Of course, the laptop with the wireless card was dead, and it would've been a fifteen mile hike to the nearest unsecured node. Not something I'd undertake, especially in the rain. It would've been a soggy hike indeed; my boots are in the car. With Megan. At work, almost 20 miles in the -other- direction.
I'm trying to catch up, thankful that the computers and associated gear now have go-juice again. Hopefully it won't take forever. At the moment, I've got March of Cambreadth running on single repeat; with the power out, I lit a semi-circle of candles and sat here reading more of John Ringo's There Will Be Dragons; it's an addicting, fascinating read... one I'm taking my time with. Normally I blaze through books... most of them are so shallow they take very little thought, at least for me. Even with such a fast pace, I retain most of what I read... likely a perk of learning how to speed read at the age of ten, to compensate for dyslexia. I've never been one to permit things to stand in my way, once I figure a way over/under/around an obstacle.
Though sometimes my path is -through- it, generally to the detriment of who/what was in my way. At any rate, this particular book is more than a simple tale for entertainment. No, rather than send me trite fantasy fiction,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
m_masque sent me a tale shot through with musings on various governmental structures and layered heavily with different (and often conflicting) philosophies of life. While it -is- a very entertaining read, it requires a slower pace to properly absorb. Yes, Masque, that means I like it. :p
'Reader crack' indeed. Collaborations with David Weber (another much favored writer) -AND- a Bolo novel. I need to get the NT machine up and rummage through my eBooks and see if there's more Ringo material there. I've got roughly a hundred pages left, and then I'm going to be hungering for more. At any rate, more to catch up on.
Of course, the laptop with the wireless card was dead, and it would've been a fifteen mile hike to the nearest unsecured node. Not something I'd undertake, especially in the rain. It would've been a soggy hike indeed; my boots are in the car. With Megan. At work, almost 20 miles in the -other- direction.
I'm trying to catch up, thankful that the computers and associated gear now have go-juice again. Hopefully it won't take forever. At the moment, I've got March of Cambreadth running on single repeat; with the power out, I lit a semi-circle of candles and sat here reading more of John Ringo's There Will Be Dragons; it's an addicting, fascinating read... one I'm taking my time with. Normally I blaze through books... most of them are so shallow they take very little thought, at least for me. Even with such a fast pace, I retain most of what I read... likely a perk of learning how to speed read at the age of ten, to compensate for dyslexia. I've never been one to permit things to stand in my way, once I figure a way over/under/around an obstacle.
Though sometimes my path is -through- it, generally to the detriment of who/what was in my way. At any rate, this particular book is more than a simple tale for entertainment. No, rather than send me trite fantasy fiction,
m_masque sent me a tale shot through with musings on various governmental structures and layered heavily with different (and often conflicting) philosophies of life. While it -is- a very entertaining read, it requires a slower pace to properly absorb. Yes, Masque, that means I like it. :p'Reader crack' indeed. Collaborations with David Weber (another much favored writer) -AND- a Bolo novel. I need to get the NT machine up and rummage through my eBooks and see if there's more Ringo material there. I've got roughly a hundred pages left, and then I'm going to be hungering for more. At any rate, more to catch up on.
