Drat it.

[nuranar]

No sewing tonight. Got a bad headache at work. Made it through the rest of the day, the drive home, and class, but now Mums is sending me to bed.

I didn't get any studying done last night, either. Nor have I yet ordered that blasted textbook. Bah.

I did read nearly an entire Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine, though, trying to get to Dickson's "St. Dragon and the George."  jordannamorgan, 'twas good and 'tis going on the wishlists.

And I did at least mark the hem. Good, since it was more of a pain than I thought it'd be.  But because I have to go to bed I won't be finishing it tonight to wear tomorrow.


Severe thunderstorm up on the Red River tonight - very large hail and potential tornado last I saw.  We largely missed out on yesterdays's unessential excitement, along with the essential rainfall.  Less than .5" in that whole mess of storms. Double Bah.  And Winter Rides Again tomorrow.  Tonight's low: 63.  Tomorrow's high: 62.  (Figure that one out.)  Temperature falling to 44 by 5 pm.

Texas doesn't have a real Spring season.  It's called a couple of months of Extreme Weather Seesaw.

Comments

[jordannamorgan]

*shrieks* "St. Dragon and the George" was in one of those magazines? I didn't notice that at all--how completely awesome! :D

I first read it in a book of dragon stories (itself a library find which I later bought). It is indeed the story on which Dickson's Dragon Knight novel series is based. The first book is, of course, a hugely expanded version of the short, with some necessary changes to allow for ongoing adventures. There were nine books in all, with the last one published in 2000--shortly before Dickson's death, alas, so the series doesn't have the epic/100%-wrapped-up ending I would have wished for.

On my fanlisting for the books, I give the back-cover summaries for them all here. (IMHO, the first four are very much the superior books, peaking with The Dragon at War. I think there was a bit less humor and charm after that.) They can be seriously odd sometimes, but that's part of their nice quality of not taking themselves too seriously, even though their historical information/technicality is impressive. :)

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

*chortle* I was really surprised you hadn't mentioned it! It was very enjoyable, and I'm definitely looking forward to reading more. Thanks muchly for the tips on the series; I'd wondered how the quality had varied over the run of it. I've had some surprises with Andre Norton before now. Frankly, that made me a little shy of trying any of them right away.

[jordannamorgan]

(Also, I just saw you have Alias the Saint on your wishlist. There's a copy here on PBS--which has been the only thing to come up on my "saved search" of Leslie Charteris for months.)

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Alas, I'm utterly destitute on PBS and have been so for months and months. I had to buy credits to do the big Saint deal, and that was a long time ago. I hardly ever go there now. Thanks for letting me know, though!

[jordannamorgan]

Hmm... ;)

While we're talking books, have you ever come across the short story "Christmas on Ganymede" by Isaac Asimov? I first found it in a same-named collection of Christmas-themed scifi stories (most or all of which must be vintage). I would never have expected it from Asimov--but it's far and away one of the most hysterically funny things I've ever read. :D

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure... It sounds awfully familiar, but I think that's just because I've heard it mentioned several places. Absolutely no plot comes to mind. I've really only scratched the surface of Asmiov's work, but I've long been impressed by his versatility. I can totally believe it's a funny one! I'll keep an eye out for it now.

[vanguardofhonor.livejournal.com]

Ahh yes the wonderful Texas weather. The one thing that you can expect about a Texas spring is lots of quick change. Texas is the one place where the weatherman can be 80% wrong and still keep his job.

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

I know it! Stay warm - the wind is now roaring around the building. Supposed to be a high of 53 tomorrow, still windy.