For reasons not entirely clear to us, though the landlords had kept the recycling and trash bins in front of the house, the compost bin was in the back garden. Today is compost-collection day, so last night Ted brought the bin in through the kitchen (the only way it can be brought in) out to the front. In the brief time it took to do that, one jillion fruit flies swarmed out of it. We set out hole-punctured plastic-wrap-covered jars of cider vinegar, which got most of the little fuckers,…
Year of Miracles commission & more
I’m running an ad for “Year of Miracles” over on Bitten by Books, so I thought I’d put it up here, too. What the heck. :) It links to a new page on cemurphy.net with both the teasers, so if people want to boost the signal, that’s the perfect place to boost to. And there’s this shiny ad here you can use to boost it with! :) On a totally different subject, I also posted a teaser chapter for TRUTHSEEKER, which is out on September 1! Also, Young Indiana and…
first day
Today is Ted’s first day of work. I’m alone with the baby for, oh, 10 or 11 hours. Things I would like to accomplish today: – writing 1K – pilates – going for a walk Things I will be satisfied with accomplishing: – not dying
I have my hippo dignity!
Young Indiana would like to take this opportunity to mock you with his monkey pants:
I dreamed last night…
…I got on a boat to Heaven–and by some chance, I had brought my dice along! No, no, wait, that was another life, another day (which phrase makes me sure I should be able to come up with a second musical song to break into, but I’m totally failing my roll, here. Something from Rent, maybe?). Last night I dreamed I’d developed a mutant power. It was–are you ready for this? It was the ability to create biodegradable green packing foam with a touch. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, my mutant…