I've been a bad journalist.

Or should that be "journal-keeper"?

Anyway, I have not been posting much.

So here we go.

Last weekend yolen and I went to 1cmf & onecrazymother's May Day party, and it was good. I won't bother listing everyone who was there (you know who you are), except to give thanks again to thudthwacker for giving us a ride.

Unfortunately, Yolen seems to have caught the bug I had last week, which involves stuffy sinus and sore throat. Hope she feels better soon.

Been reading the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud; currently about 1/3 of the way through book 3, and I'll give the series a thumbs-up. It takes place in a almost-modern but magical Britain, where magicians rule, though all their power comes from summoning and controlling demons (djin, imps, etc). The titular character is a djinni, who is a humorous (unreliable?) 1st person narrator of about half the chapters (the others being third person limited omniscience). He also writes amusing footnotes.

It is almost my birthday. Still need to figure out what I want.

More later.

Two quick links

Very cool:

The 100 year old photo blog
http://www.shorpy.com/

High res scans of old (100) and oldish (50+ years) photos. F-listers with kids will be horrified at some of the child labor photos, though then again, they are ammunition for "see how much better you have it?" talk with your kids.

Interesting for NJ residents
NJ Tax records search Curious as to what your neighbors paid for their house? Wonder who owns the place over yonder? Know what county your house-owning friend lives in but need to look up their street address?

Sometimes the Internet is both cool and frightening.