Moderately lulz-y

[annathepiper]

I got a giggle this morning out of this article up on cracked.com, wherein they asked readers to send in Photoshopped versions of the inboxes of villains. I particularly like the Dalek one, and the one for John Locke of Lost.

Meanwhile, I shall note that I've been fairly quiet around here lately aside from book posts, but in general things are well. Work is good. Been working on adjusting my thyroid meds to improve my sleep; as a general Note to Self, I should remember that if I'm having trouble sleeping, chances are actually pretty damned high that my thyroid levels are off. *^_^*;; Last couple of nights I've slept better than I have in weeks. Let's see if I can keep that up, especially heading into surgery.

solarbird and I are hoping to go see the Lucy exhibit at the Science Center tomorrow afternoon, before it vanishes on the 8th. Most of the exhibit is apparently about the history of Ethopia and then you get to see the bones, but it sounds interesting in general. And I'd like to see the bones. For SCIENCE!

Tomorrow is also the day this month's Drollerie Blog Tour posts go up. So watch this space for that.

Sunday, there will be Jam.

And I have now purchased antonstrout's Deader Still, bringing the yearly tally of Books Purchased up to a scant seven. It would have been nine, but I couldn't actually find mdhenry's Road Trip of the Living Dead or Catherynne Valente's Palimpsest at Third Place. I shall have to punt to B&N for these!

Comments

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

So this is probably a big 'duh', but you are saving all of your receipts for books, for last year and this year, yis? Cause they are TOTALLY tax write-offs. Research. :-)

[annathepiper]

Are you sure about this, hon? Dara disagrees with you. (I appreciate you thinking of me, but she's way more versed on these things than I am, plus, she's the one that actually goes and deals with the accountant. *^_^*;;)

Besides, I'd not feel proper claiming books purchased for entertainment purposes as research. 'Cause they ain't. But if I wind up needing to buy an actual book for research purposes (hey, it might happen, e.g., a mythology book), I'll definitely save that receipt.

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Yep! Dara and I are going to have to disagree on this one. Books that are in the same genre as what you are writing can be considered 'research' because it's important to stay current and know what is going on in that area of publishing. I pretty much deduct anything I buy that involves art and imagery. I have a friend who is in theater who used to deduct all of his movie tickets for the same exact reason. Research.

Whether or not you (or Dara) feels comfortable with this or not is up to you. But most artists that I know do deduct for those sorts of expenses. You might think they are just entertainment, but they really are more than just that.

[annathepiper]

I think it'll be safer if for now we stick with the advice our accountant guy gives us. Again though thanks for thinking of me, I do appreciate it. :)

[denelian.livejournal.com]

hey, is that Etheopia as in "The former Axum (or Askum) Empire? the one that traded with Byzantium and parts of India? the BEST Navy in the word in 550AS?"

just wondering...

[annathepiper]

I have no idea yet--I haven't seen the exhibit, and I am also entirely unversed with the history of the country of Ethiopia, which is part of why I want to go see it. solarbird and I will go tomorrow. :)

[denelian.livejournal.com]

please post info! pics! or a way to look at the website if they have one!

i ran into the Axum Empire in the Belisarius series by Eric Flint and someone - its based on real actual history, just becomes alternate history, and it was really really intriguing, so i ended up doing a couple of papers and such about them. its a really interesting history, especially the religious aspects (Etheopia was converted to Christianty around 400, and so *I* think that they are Catholic, but they were Orthodox for awhile after the first split, but then they didn't change when the Orthodox changed... nifty stuff)

or rather, if it isn't too much bother, please post stuff. i'm way over in Ohio, so i can't go see it... but if its a big hassle, no biggie :) enjoy!

[annathepiper]

Here is the writeup post I did yesterday; we couldn't take pictures, they didn't allow cameras in the exhibit. Especially in the room where the actual fossil was on display.

And yeah, the Aksumite Empire was part of the first part of the exhibit, covering Ethopia's history. Its early conversion to Christianity was touched on and there were quite a few examples of Ethopian religious art.

The web page for the exhibit is here. Pictures seem scanty but it looks like they have links of to plenty of other info elsewhere, so this should be entertaining to look at at least for a bit. :)

[denelian.livejournal.com]

ohohohohoh!

*history dance*

thank you! sucks about the pics, but now that i think about, i seem to remember that being a common restriction nowadays. i should have remembered. i saw the write up, but i haven't had a chance to comment on it (too much school work. this is me not writing a PSA that is due thursday)

i HAVE to go to a museum with this display! or a similar one. maybe they will have one in Cleaveland soon, Cleaveland tends to get odd things...

again, thank you!