Changing one's life...

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. -- John Rogers, on the blog Kung Fu Monkey.

Life in the working world...

My new job (which is more or less a return to an old one, at least on a temporary basis) is more wonderful than I can express, but it does cut into one's LJ-writing time. And reading time. And everything else. Funny how that happens.

Today:

1. Had lunch with gamergrrl at Taste Fusion on Bank Street, where Ichibei used to be. I had Pad Thai; liked the place very much, though I mourn the loss of Ichibei, which was wonderful, and which I associate in my mind with good birthday gatherings. I hope to persuade lunacy_gal to eat with me at Taste Fusion sometime soon.
   
   
2. Dropped into the Silver Snail to buy Iron Man 2.0 #1, and he showed me ( something I now covet... )