Third Place

Got a bit loud at times. The 'meeting room' we've been using lately is an echo chamber. People speak loud to be heard over the others, which leads to more loudness, which leads to speaking louder. I ran away a couple times in search of quiet.

I ended up paging through a short story collection called Tales Of The Slayer 2. I enjoyed "The New Watcher" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Set in 1864 Atlanta, the slayer, Pauline Francis Bernard, is passing herself off as a man under the name of Frankie Massey in order to serve in the Union army. Her Watcher had enlisted with her, despite being British. She'd recently staked him after he'd been made a vamp by Southern vampires.

A new Watcher, again British, arrives in her town in search of a woman. The major-general suspects he's a spy and calls in one of his aides, Frankie Massey. After sending the Watcher off as a possible spy (doesn't help that the Watcher says "You can't understand the forces you're dealing with here!") he reveals that he's had Frankie followed. He compliments her on the nest she took out, says that his spies report more vampire nests formed of Southern soldiers are in Atlanta and to the South and East, and that he plans to use fire to take out the nests. She confirms that fire will kill vampires, and comes to the conclusion that General Sherman is going to be her new Watcher.

I didn't like "War Between The States", set in 1922 NYC. It had a Southern-born woman admiring a flapper, single-white-femaling the flapper, and then finding out that the flapper is the Slayer.

So, 1 for 2 so far...may need to look at it again later.

Another smile from The Onion

Christ Returns For Some Of His Old Things
JERUSALEM—After being away for nearly two millennia, Jesus Christ triumphantly returned Monday to pick up some of His old belongings. "I realize this isn't exactly how the world's Christians were imagining it, but I left a really comfortable pair of sandals in Galilee, and I wanted them back," said Christ, who died for our sins. "Also, I'm pretty sure I lent [Apostle] Simon Peter my best goblet at the Last Supper." This marks Christ's first return since 76 A.D., when he thought he'd forgotten to turn off his coffee pot. - The Onion

Quiz

I've always had problems with the question: "Do you make decisions based on a) thoughts and logic or b) feelings and sentiment?" The answer, really, is c, all of the above. Taking a hint from moonstaff, I answered first a, then b, and got the following results:
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Jesus Christ.


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Wednesday

Wonderfully cool day today. Even upstairs, after having the oven on for an hour, it's only 70 degrees. Oh, and Jesse made chili for dinner with ground turkey and yellow tomatoes. I made dinner rolls to go with the chili in a variety of shapes, did some stretches and walked a mile despite feeling sore and grouchy, and finished the book. Not bad...