Ahira's Hangar

We were notified today that Beorn has been recognized as an . Next step, National AP Scholar. He's taking five more APs next year, so it is possible. But he already has one "3" from ninth grade and his one "5" on the Physics AP won't offset any others. He'll need to score "4" or "5" on the ones he'll take next year.

...sounds pretty tough to me.

Belated congrats, Menolly!

So I got an e-mail from the programming chairman for the World Fantasy Convention yesterday. He's inviting me to be on a panel (I get to pick which one), and encouraging me to participate in the mass autographing session Friday night.

I mean, he's sending the same e-mail to all the other authors who are attending, too. Like, for instance, SRD. 8O 8O 8O

Anyhow, other than being tickled pink as well as a smidge intimidated...I thought I would let y'all know that the paperback version of my book is now available from Joy's site. I think a couple of people were interested in buying it. And if you were to get a copy, and bring it along to WFC, then I could sign it for you Friday night and I wouldn't feel like a loser with no fans.

I will definitely check into it. And while I will not be there Friday night, I will bring it to be autographed on either Saturday night or Sunday morning.

Speaking of Joy's publishing company - I have been meaning to ask anyone in the know - are her e books compatible with my Sony Reader??

edited to add:
ordered print copies of Maiden's War and Xar's North Star. Hopefully Aliantha's will get here by the Columbus weekend. Though I probably will not have time to read it before I see her.

That's okay, Duchess. If you read it and hate it, you might decide to fling it at me rather than have me sign it.

As for the Sony Reader: I have successfully read pdfs on my model 505. So yes, the e-books that Joy sells will work. It wasn't as straightforward to get the pdf into the Reader Library software as it is to buy books straight from the Sony Store, but I followed the directions that came with the Reader and it worked fine.

Packing to go down to Columbus this weekend. Ali's book was the first thing in the bag.

And yes Danlo - I will nag at the kids to get in their football picks by Sunday.

Thanks for the plug, Duchess.

Dlb forgot to bring his copy, so I guess I'll have to sign it for him in Albuquerque.

Went to my younger son's high school soccer banquet tonight. Eighth and last soccer banquet I have attended as a parent...

(It is also why my hub did not get in his Thursday night football pick. He got home in time to change in to a clean shirt and jump in the car... ).

Congrats Mr. S! cali, don't worry this stuff happens every year during the switch to Thursday Night Football. (like the another freak, almost same time last year, coming to my door in the dark, scaring the crap o/o Tam and giving us some bogus story about living right down the block and needing gas money for an emergency involving a 25 mile round trip...grrrrrr )

Today, I intend to do nothing.

--A

In what now seems like a blurry bad dream, this morning I went in to town to do jury duty - this despite them having sent me a letter telling me I was medically exempt (might as well get something out of being so sick for so long, eh?). So I get there, show them the summons, show them the exemption letter. They check the computer, see I had medical documentation and had been declared ineligible to serve on juries. Apparently the person who made that decision and sent me the exemption letter had not checked the proper square to tell the computer I was unable to serve, so I got summoned anyway. So they sent me home. I then went back to bed and slept for seven or eight hours. Still very tired, and in one of those exhausted states where I am not quite sure what is real and what is not real.

Am planning on reading the next chapter in Earthsea during the football game tonight. (It is Monday, isn't it? ) Maybe caffeine will help!

Went to the Henry Ford Museum today with my older son. He had to go there for a class project for one of his education school classes. Had a good time. It is an incredible place for anyone into history. Every time I have gone there and sat on the Rosa Parks bus, I have cried. Today was no exception. They were having a special exhibit featuring George Washington Carver. While I knew he was a great scientist I never knew what a gifted artist he was. They had one of his botanical sketches and it was so good our mouths dropped open.

Driving home from Dearborn this afternoon we passed under I-275 in Canton and on the side of the freeway underpass we saw a peregrine falcon eating a pigeon. I know it is a species making a big come back from near extinction, and we even had one visit our bird feeder once, but I am still surprised every time I see one - even though I know they have nesting pairs who live on tall buildings' ledges in Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Grand Rapids. Now that the poisons that nearly made the birds of prey go extinct are working their way out of the ecosystem, the falcons are proving to be a very adaptable species, living and thriving in the biggest cities, eating pigeons rather than songbirds.

Big snow storm coming in tonight and all day tomorrow with very cold temps and heavy winds on Monday to blow all of the snow around. Winter is definitely here!