Read-a-thon: I wish I didn’t know how to quit you

I am really sorry, guys, but I am going to have to step out of the event. I’m feeling tired and queasy, so I’m going to focus on getting better. It’s not unlikely that I will do some reading in the process, but it’s no read-a-thon for me this time around. Hopefully I’ll feel better [...]

Read-a-thon: The prep post

For the June Read-a-thon, I signed up weeks in advance and spent a lot of time planning what to read, what to eat, how to get home in time for the start of it &c.
This time around, I signed up just a few days before the event, and I didn’t actually discover the date of [...]

Read-a-thon

I just signed up for the Read-a-thon which is being held again this weekend. You can read all about it over on Dewey’s blog, and the sign-up page is here (and if you click on the image, you will get to the Read-a-thon FAQ, just in case you don’t know what it’s all about).
I [...]

Stray Talk, the video blog: part the first

I finished a book last night. True, all there was left in it was the last chapter, but I finished a book for the first time in over a month. And even though it wasn’t a very good one, it felt like an accomplishment.
That being said, I thought I would introduce this new idea I [...]

Not dead

So, long time no see.
I’m still alive and I have my internet back (have had it for over a month now), but things have been pretty bad in my life, and still aren’t super good (I’m dealing with a stressinduced depression and am on sick leave from work part-time), so I really haven’t felt like [...]