The hour is drawing near for Andrea and me to take to the friendly skies for our Holiday trip to Sweden. We’ll leave Phoenix on Thursday morning and arrive in Sweden Friday morning.
It’s a pretty long haul.
The idea of making this journey with a three-year-old has me pretty worked up, but apart from any worst-case-scenarios taking place, I’ll be able to hack it. The key is just to make it to the airport in Stockholm. After that I can fall into a coma and let my parents deal with the little ball of energy.
Deep breaths.
**Soundtrack: **“Starfighters” by Funker Vogt 
Posted Wednesday, 14 December, 2005 by Nic Lindh
Another book roundup, including some stellar athletes and soldiers, what might be the most jaded, soul-weary protagonist ever, and some grimdark fantasy.
The Internet is getting creepy, and Nic is breaking out his tinfoil hat after newspaper paywalls push him over the edge.
Nic is tired of tech sites obsessing over Apple’s financials and business strategy. So very tired.
Nic reads a book about the processed food industry and is incensed.
Computers are complicated. This brings out the irrational in people.
Nic proposes the loan word Rechthaberei be incorporated into American English.
The Core Dump is back! Books were read during the hiatus. Includes The Coldest Winter, Oh, Myyy!, Tough Sh*t, The Revolution Was Televised, The Rook, Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore, Gun Machine, Fortress Frontier, Standing in Another Man’s Grave, and The Memory of Light.
This site will return in February.
From a true patriot to a world-weary detective, a dead god, and a civilization about to sublime from the galaxy, this book roundup spans the gamut. Includes Where Men Win Glory, Wild, Inside the Box, The Black Box, Three Parts Dead, Red Country, and The Hydrogen Sonata.
Springsteen gives a concert in Phoenix. It’s fantastic.