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Gaby is finally choosing to curl up in her new bed. First she lay half-in half-out. Then, after some skeptical sniffing, she finally crawled in and curled up. It's a nice mini-sofa with high sides and back, and I hope she takes to it. It has to be more comfortable than the bed she was using, which was Mickey's old bed. In decent enough shape, but starting to flatten out. Also, a little big for her.

King seems to be opting for his new bed more and more as well.

I think we avoided the snow up here--for once, they're getting more south and west of the city. Wind chills over the next few days will be killing, though. -30 to -40F (-34 to -40C) tonight. Then it warms to the 20s and 30s over the weekend, which will feel downright tropical.

And finally, do you confuse lie and lay? I still can't get them straight, even though I look them up repeatedly and can repeat all the rules. I took this quiz, got a perfect score, and I still get confused.

It's sad. There are also words that I can't spell. I look them up repeatedly, and still can't remember. Even when I get them right, they look wrong. "Achieve" is my biggie in that regard.

Are there any words you can't spell to save your life? Grammar rules you can't get straight?

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Gaby is finally choosing to curl up in her new bed. First she lay half-in half-out. Then, after some skeptical sniffing, she finally crawled in and curled up. It's a nice mini-sofa with high sides and back, and I hope she takes to it. It has to be more comfortable than the bed she was using, which was Mickey's old bed. In decent enough shape, but starting to flatten out. Also, a little big for her.

King seems to be opting for his new bed more and more as well.

I think we avoided the snow up here--for once, they're getting more south and west of the city. Wind chills over the next few days will be killing, though. -30 to -40F (-34 to -40C) tonight. Then it warms to the 20s and 30s over the weekend, which will feel downright tropical.

And finally, do you confuse lie and lay? I still can't get them straight, even though I look them up repeatedly and can repeat all the rules. I took this quiz, got a perfect score, and I still get confused.

It's sad. There are also words that I can't spell. I look them up repeatedly, and still can't remember. Even when I get them right, they look wrong. "Achieve" is my biggie in that regard.

Are there any words you can't spell to save your life? Grammar rules you can't get straight?

The thing is...

Because I've seen it crop up on other lists, it's time to post here.

...there is a requirement that books nominated for the PKD see their North American release in the year of the award. For this year's award--the 2008 award--that means that the books need to have come out in 2008.

ENDGAME came out in November 2007.

I don't know how the judges wound up getting the book, but once I realized what had happened, I let someone know, and they let someone know.

I am disappointed because I like this book a lot, and because it was the last book in a middlin' series that came out about three years late...well, I was glad to see it get some attention. And I was very happy that fellow pros thought it worthy of nomination. But rules is rules.

And so it goes.

The thing is...

Because I've seen it crop up on other lists, it's time to post here.

...there is a requirement that books nominated for the PKD see their North American release in the year of the award. For this year's award--the 2008 award--that means that the books need to have come out in 2008.

ENDGAME came out in November 2007.

I don't know how the judges wound up getting the book, but once I realized what had happened, I let someone know, and they let someone know.

I am disappointed because I like this book a lot, and because it was the last book in a middlin' series that came out about three years late...well, I was glad to see it get some attention. And I was very happy that fellow pros thought it worthy of nomination. But rules is rules.

And so it goes.

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Patrick McGoohan is gone.

Damn. I always liked him. Secret Agent. The Prisoner. His Columbo episodes.

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Patrick McGoohan is gone.

Damn. I always liked him. Secret Agent. The Prisoner. His Columbo episodes.

Drowning my sorrows in soup

I wound up with about 5 or so cups of turkey stock after Sunday's cookathon. Today, I skimmed off the very thin layer of fat. Added a can of Rotel tomatoes with green chiles, a can of garbanzo beans, two cups of frozen corn, and about a cup of diced white meat. I'll have it later with some bread and butter. Maybe a glass of wine.

I thought we had avoided the snow up here, but we got a couple of inches. I had to shovel. The city snowplow just came through, and I'm afraid to look.

Now we're under wind chill warning. Coldest temps in 12 years. Blowing and drifting snow. I wonder how much I will have to shovel in the morning?

I have had it with winter. Just saying.

Drowning my sorrows in soup

I wound up with about 5 or so cups of turkey stock after Sunday's cookathon. Today, I skimmed off the very thin layer of fat. Added a can of Rotel tomatoes with green chiles, a can of garbanzo beans, two cups of frozen corn, and about a cup of diced white meat. I'll have it later with some bread and butter. Maybe a glass of wine.

I thought we had avoided the snow up here, but we got a couple of inches. I had to shovel. The city snowplow just came through, and I'm afraid to look.

Now we're under wind chill warning. Coldest temps in 12 years. Blowing and drifting snow. I wonder how much I will have to shovel in the morning?

I have had it with winter. Just saying.

Snug

Puppy pics.

Gaby in her new bed:



And HRH, *not* in his new bed:

Snug

Puppy pics.

Gaby in her new bed:



And HRH, *not* in his new bed: