I swear, the last time I checked, we had at least three tube of SuperGlue or the equivalent. But this AM, when I went in quest of some to try to keep my snapped off below the quick nail in place until it grows out a little, the cupboard (well, drawer) was bare. Why is it always feast or famine with some items?

sometimes known as "that one"

gakked from Will(iam) Hussein Shetterly willshetterly

where I had a grand time! I saw many booksellers, inc. Alan from Borderlands and Jack from Dark Carnival, and talked shop and came home with a file full of energizing new ideas for Mysterious Galaxy. Also had time to visit (sometimes far too briefly) with authors galore, inc. Kage Baker, Jane Lindskold, Melinda Snodgrass, Lisa Goldstein, Ellen Klages, Marcia Muller, and Sue Dunlap. But not Christopher Golden, who got stranded by his airline. :(

The highlight may well have been the lunch with Van Horn, author of THE GREEN COLLAR ECONOMY, although the children's breakfast with David Carter, Simms Taback, and Neil Gaiman was a standout as well!

Now I'm home, doing the solo parent thing while Jeff's on the road for "Presidential Material: Barak Obama," and RIVER RUNS RED. And apparently suffering insomnia. :: yawn ::

Is it possible?

Last night Da Boy watched the DVD of "Iron Man." While eating green Hulk "Scary Cakes" and assorted Marvel hero gummy heads. We won't even mention the various comics, action figures, etc. surrounding him on a daily basis... LOL!

In other news, I'm headed off to celebrate book culture with other booksellers, publishers, authors and librarians at the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association trade show.

P.S. -- Hey -- what happened to my Rich Text LJ option? :(

to those observing Rosh Hashanah!

I'm pretty proud of our local Friends of the Library for the below accomplishment:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Douglas, AZ -- What do the national recognition of Banned Books Week, the Friends of the Douglas Public Library, and the Cochise County Fair have in common? These various community elements will come together at the 2008 Cochise County Fair with the Friday, September 26, and Saturday, September 27, performances of juggler James Reid, Juggler Extraordinaire.

Reid will present his nationally renowned juggling skills in two performances on Friday, and one on Saturday. Following the performances, he will distribute bookmarks promoting awareness of Banned Books Week 2008, which begins on Saturday, September 27.

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.

Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where these two essential conditions are met.

James Reid, Juggler Extraordinaire has been delighting audiences since he was just eight years old. Only six months after learning how to juggle in Tempe, Arizona, he began his performing career. Now, twenty-six years later, James has traveled throughout Arizona and the rest of the U.S. performing and teaching with Juggling, Yo-Yo, Diabolo (Chinese Yo-Yo) and more. James has performed for thousands at festivals like Tempe Festival of the Arts and Glendale Glitters and wowed audiences in venues like Gammage Auditorium, Chandler Center for the Arts, The University Theatre at Yale, and so many more. James currently resides in Phoenix and performs throughout the country.  Now James brings his unique fun to the Cochise County Fair. Current favorites in his show include juggling while eating an apple and spinning a hula-hoop, bowling ball juggling, the sports spectacular, and fire juggling!

Friends of the Douglas Public Library President, Maryelizabeth Hart, said, “We were delighted by the synchronicity of the timing. We had an opportunity to help expand the Cochise County Fair’s entertainment line-up, by bringing James Reid back to Douglas following his very well received performance as part of the Douglas Library's Children's Summer Reading Program. And we had a great opportunity to promote one of our nation’s most important freedoms, intellectual freedom, as Banned Book Week begins.”

City Librarian Victoria Yarbrough commented: “Many people do not realize that such practices -- banning books -- still happen today in many libraries and communities around the country.  It is so important not to take our freedoms and rights for granted.  Please come into the library to view (and check out!) our display of often-challenged and banned books!”

To the fabulous 

clochetterd 

nolly

"You made a bear!"

(Gakked from coffeeem </a>. Go ahead, quote a favorite line from Buffy the Vampire Slayer in your journal. Unless you don't have any favorite lines from BtVS. In which case, you probably shouldn't.)

to stypica  -- you youngun, you!

Gray Mouser died at lunchtime today. She had been failing rapidly all weekend, as I mentioned, and today she went peacefully, in her kitty basket. Jeff and I buried her near our outdoors kitten, Mose, who we lost a few months ago. Like Mose, she is buried with some plants on her grave, so we can think of her when we see them.
As we were saying good-bye, the area around the rosebush where we were burying her was filled with at least a dozen brownish dragonflies. We have never seen brown dragonflies here before, only the little blue ones and the orange skimmers. And we have never seen that many all together. They were not gathered anywhere else we could see, even at the pond which is the usual attraction. It was a lovely good-bye.

ETA: Jeff has a nice tribute to her here.