Played hooky

S, D, and I zig-zagged across town on trolleys and cable cars, touching down at the Hyatt with the cool lobby and the cable car museum before coming to light on the Hyde Street Pier. They have some spiffy sailing vessels at the Hyde Street Pier. Then (as I had tired of waiting in the drizzle for transit) we got a cab over to Green Apple. Bookshopping ensued. We went back to my place. K&D went to M's; S and I took naps. AL showed up and we went to M's for pizza. yum.


Today's earrings: fire extinguishers, fire trucks

Bedtiem reading: Night Shift, Terry Pratchet

"Like Little Ducks Each Day"

Jonah Hirnbrecher was doing something with his hands, on or behind the shoulders of Jim Snapjudge. He seemed to be unfastening an invisible something, probably a garment. Then he drew it off and folded it carefully with his ritual hands. The object was still invisible, and yet its shape, including the very fancy fringes of it, could be guessed from the movement of those Jonah hands.

"I am removing your Prophet's Mantle, Snapjudge," Jonah said then in a liturgical voice. "It is best removed some hours before death, for the prophetic faculty is already lost when the doubting and questioning begin. When one dies and the Mantle has not been symbolically removed, then the trees in the sacred talking groves (there are still some in nearby Scioto county) will wail out 'A Prophet is dead!' and I hate to hear grown trees cry."

- - R.A. Lafferty

Today's earrings: gingerbread men, fire trucks

Bedtime reading: Iron Tears, R.A. Lafferty

Secrets of getting lots of responses to a classified ad

Include a picture and lowball the asking price. It's really just that simple.

Rather more difficult is getting stuff sold when your spam trap decides to hold all those responses hostage. *sigh*

On the bright side, today I got to look at ferries with Tiger. :)


Today's earrings: fire extinguishers, fire trucks

Bedtime reading: The Ruins of Earth, Thomas M. Disch, ed.

1 window seat emptied

I had etiquette, games, and humor shelved in the front. I don't think they're all going to make it to the new place. If anone wants a copy of Coyote v. Acme, let me know.

Inside were the old books with our relatives' names written inside, the fragile ones wrapped in newspaper. I'm keeping those. I'm just not sure where.


Today's earrings: fire extinguishers, fire trucks

Bedtime reading: Hip Deep in Alligators, Robert Campbell