[LMB] (news-chat) Miles in Love in Print

[alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca]

On Mon, 31 Dec 2007, Lois McMaster Bujold wrote:
>     And Happy New Year's Eve! -- or New Years, for some.

I hope it's wonderful for you, too.
 
> I have a copy of _The Elegant 
> Universe_ from the library, a stack of other books, and a home office 
> due for its annual shoveling-out, so I won't lack for options.

Sounds good. I finished reading _The World Without Us_ (by Alan 
Weisman) last night -- while it's very well written, and increases my 
already-high respect for the maintenance staff of New York City, it really 
is incredibly depressing. I couldn't decide which was the worse chapter: 
the one on plastics or the one on nuclear waste.

>     Tonight: pizza, wine, and DVDs with a couple of close friends, very 
> low-key, which is just about my definition of an ideal party.

Mine too. Right now we have excellent Canadian jazz on the stereo and will 
shortly start making homemade BBQ chicken.

>     And better still, my right ear functions again.  Like Miles, I now 
> have a prosthetic bone transplant.  I have back about 80%, a trifle 
> muddy when listening to music tho' that may yet clear out some more, but 
> just fine for conversation, which had become a strain in monaural.  
> Hooray for 21st Century surgery! 

That is so excellent -- I can just imagine the annoyance of not having it 
and having to explain its absence. What a relief!

-- 
Alayne McGregor
alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca

"I propose a new standard by which to judge mainstream literature. The 
more often a fantasy reader thinks, 'Oh, just forget all that and go save 
the world, will you?' the lower the quality of the book." -- Janni Lee Simner