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MyrnaLynne · 08-19-2008, 05:56 AM

Read a great book last night - and I mean I sat down and read the whole book (~300 pages)!

Mr ML Jr had bought it recently and read it and said it was good. Called 'The Automatic Detective' by A. Lee Martinez - It's a very Blade Runner-esque sci fi/detective thing about a sentient robot in a messed up futuristic city trying to help some people in trouble. My son said this guy has written some other books before this one, about different things, that were also good.

So that's what I did yesterday after work!

What we didn't do was go out and get a birthday cake for MLette. Oh well, we'll have to get it tonight. I hung up the 'Happy Birthday' decorations this morning.

Poor kid got home soooo late again - had to take another patient to the hospital and be there for hours and hours.

She shares her birthday with Bill Clinton and Fred Thompson, Tipper Gore, Gerald McRaney, and somebody else I just saw in a magazine but now can't remember (d'oh). Hmm checking - the Angela's Ashes guy Frank McCourt, Willie Shoemaker the jockey, Renee Richards the transexual person, Diana Muldaur, Lil' Romeo, and Matthew Perry from friends!

Quite a random assortment!

Well, I just read that more people have their birthday in August than any other month. Guess that's because around Thanskgiving and Christmas people say "Hmm, wouldn't it be nice to have kids?"

My two vampire boys Alex O'Loughlin (Moonlight) and Kyle Schmid (Blood Ties) both have birthday coming up Sunday, Aug 24. Kyle's going to 24; not so sure about Alex - he's 30something but reports vary; maybe 32 or 34? ;p Oh well, I guess they are both 'former vampires' at this point.

Think it's very cool they both have the same birthday and were both playing in vampire TV shows at the same time. But I'm easily impressed!

Bummer about the spacing key Poddy. Always something!

Boss's secretary came back from vacation today - still no sign of the Boss, but she's coming back soon. Oh and

Mr Boss called about the Evil Chapter again yesterday - it's ba-a-ck! Well, almost back - they want him to make changes on it (hmm, couldn't have anything to do with being 3,000 words too long and 30 references too many - ahem). The Chapter That Will Not Die! He had me send it to him (again) - just sent it to him last week, both by email and a hard copy, but of course he can't find it now.

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Next day...

MLette's birthday party was very nice! Ice cream cake and tiny cupcakes and lots of cards. She really seemed very happy with everything. The boyfriend was there. Mr ML got her some flowers while we were picking up the cake - he was going to get her a book, but his choice in gift books has generally been disaster (Milton Berle jokes, anyone?

). sigh.

Evil Chapter is here and I can't make head nor tail of it. Instead of giving it to me to make the changes, he did them himself and now I have no idea what he did (but it looks wrong - very very wrong).