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Random Words

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Snow

Well we got the first real snowfall of the season today. Back when I was a kid, I would have been thrilled.  I, who was a homebody even then, would have been out playing in it. Throwing snowballs, making snowmen, and just generally having fun.

Today, I'm more into cursing snow. Now I have to shovel it and drive in it, neither of which are any fun. Unlike as a kid, I don't get the day off just because we had snow. They never cancel my work no matter how much it snows.

About the only thing I like about snow these days is how happy it makes my dog, Quinn. He's a Siberian Husky, so this is really his type of weather. He loves rolling around in snow, and digging in snow, and just generally being in snow. It's good that at least one of us is happy about today.

Random Rambling #2

Once again, I am short on ideas, so I went with the prompt generator:

"If I were a superhero, I would be..."

If I were a superhero, I would be very bad at my job. I'm fat, lazy, and I genereally prefer keeping to myself. Realistically, putting on a pair of goofy looking tights and running around battling other people in goofy looking tights just wouldn't appeal to me. Sure, when I was a kid, I thought it would be fun, but these days, I know it's not for me.

I'd much rather be a villain of the criminal mastermind type. That sounds like a much better sort of gig. You've got minions to do the fighting and goofy costume wearing. You get loads of money. You get all the best women, except for the female super heroes. If you're really good at it, no one will even know who you are, or what you look like, so you just need to get your minions to delay the heroes long enough for you to get away.

Just to note, I wouldn't want to be the sort of villain who goes around killing people. I don't really care for unnecessary violence. I would much rather be the sort of villain who pulls off really cool robberies.

Cars

I think it's soon going to be time for me to replace my car. It's not giving me any problems, yet. Even so, it's a used car that's would be old enough to drive if it was a person. I've always bought used cars, because I don't really make enough money to buy new ones. Most of the used cars I buy are older models, because I usually wait until my car is either dead or dying to replace it, and therefore don't have the money to buy something nice.

This time, I'm not waiting. Well, I am going to wait for spring, because it's too cold for me to go looking at cars when I don't have to. So, why am I blogging about it now? Mostly because I can't think of any other topics, and I promised myself I'd try to blog every day.

Preordering Books

I can't really think of anything better to talk about today, so I figure I might as well go over some of the books I have on preorder and why I preordered them:

Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz.I love the Odd Thomas series, and I decided to take advantage of the free month of Amazon Prime I got with my Kindle to order this with free two-day shipping.

Art of Molly Crabapple Volume 1: Week in Hell by Molly Crabapple. I was one of the Kickstarter supporters for the project, so I decided to buy the book to go along with my snazzy artwork. Also, Molly has a contest for preordering this.

Clickers vs. Zombies by J. F. Gonzalez and Brian Keene. I love the Clickers series, and I love Brian Keene's zombie novels, so this was a must. Sure, I will be getting a copy of the trade edition from my J. F. Gonzalez lifetime subscription, but that won't be for a year or so, and I couldn't wait, so I preordered the limited.

Undead (limited edition) by John Russo. I love zombies, and these are by the gut who helped write Night of The Living Dead, and this omnibus includes his novelization. Mind you, if I'd done my research, I'd have known that there is a trade edition, already in print, and I would have ordered that.

The Woman by Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee. Sure I could have ordered the paperback of this, and I'd have it already, but that's put out by Dorchester Publishing. Dorchester is evil. So, I preordered the hardcover instead.

The Horror Hall of Fame: The Stoker Winners edited by Joe Lansdale. I like collections of award winning fiction, and I got this one fairly cheap with a coupon.

Time

I got a new watch today. I don't know why it is, but I just never feel right if I leave the house without wearing a watch. I lost my old watch last week, and ordered a new one from Amazon the very same day. I just felt weird whenever I went out without one.

I really don't know why. I might glance at the watch once or twice, but I'm not an inveterate clock watcher. I guess I just like to be able to know what time it is whenever I want to. Sure, my cell phone always has the time, and I always have that with me too, but I hate getting it out just to look at the time.

Also, this watch is a calculator. I don't need a calculator watch, but I used to have a calculator watch when I was a kid, and I just couldn't resist getting another one. It wasn't as cool as my Legend of Zelda Game Watch, but I don't think I'd really want a watch that can play an inferior version of an old video game. If I want to play video games when I'm out, I'll just load up Angry Birds on my Kindle.