• Cold hands, warm heart …

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    Here’s a random fact about me: I have cold hands almost all the time.

    Like super-cold hands. Hands that are so cold that Wheezley tells me that I have “ghoul touch.” Hands that are so cold that people actually recoil in terror rather than shake them. Seriously. I don’t know why. Just cold-blooded, I guess. 😉

    So you can see why I was amused yesterday when my friend Super Librarian Amy sent me this link for USB heating gloves. I don’t know about actually being tethered to the computer, but I might try these for $22.

    Maybe then, my hands will finally be warm. While I’m working on the computer at least …

  • Facebook and more …

    While the Web site was down, I finally broke down and joined Facebook, like so many of my friends and other authors have done. I have to admit that I’m totally addicted to it. It really is a cool way to keep in touch with folks. 

    You can follow me here on Facebook. I usually do very short posts over there, but I’ll be sharing news both on Facebook and here on the blog — can anyone say cross promotion?

    And hey, if the Web site ever goes down again, you can still see what I’m up to on Facebook. (Hopefully, that won’t happen, though!)

    Also, starting in November, I’ll once again be sending out my monthly e-newsletter full of my latest news, reading recommendations, recipes, and more. Go to the Contact page and click on the tab at the right to sign up for it if you haven’t already. Did I mention that I also give away free books every month? 😉

  • The most wonderful time of the year … already …

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    So I went to the mall this weekend and was rather bummed to see that some of the stores had their Christmas decorations out already. It’s not even Halloween yet! But there the decorations were right next to the Halloween costumes.

    I don’t want to start thinking about Christmas yet. Sigh …

  • And that’s a wrap (for now) …

    Okay, I think that’s enough book reviews for today. I still have about 20 more to catch up on, so you’ll be seeing more of them in the next few weeks.

    So enjoy! 😉

  • Fall TV …

    So one of the things I’ve been doing while the Web site has been down has been sampling all the new fall TV programs.

    Meh. Overall, I’ve not been that impressed with this year’s crop of new shows.

    I’m really enjoying The Good Wife, and NCIS: Los Angeles is slowly growing on me. Melrose Place is okay, but they really need to start moving things along with some of the characters. C’mon. Let Violet go all Sydney Andrews-crazy on somebody already. 😉

    But other than that? I’m not watching anything new. I gave The Vampire Diaries a try, but I just didn’t get hooked. Eastwick is really fun, but I think it’ll probably get canceled soon (Leno beat it in the ratings last week, not a good sign). Modern Family and Cougar Town were both okay, but not nearly as good as How I Met Your Mother.

    So overall, just … meh.

    I’m thinking about buying some stuff on DVD, though. Everyone keeps raving how good The Big Bang Theory is, so I might treat myself to the first season of that sometime soon.

    What about you guys? What programs are you enjoying this fall? Share in the comments.