When you type in "Alethea" to Google search, my website is the fourth one down. The first two listings are for Baby Name sites. The fifth is for the "Kung Fu" episode I’m named after. And the third is for a chocolate store in New York state, founded by a Greek woman from Kozani. For years, I’ve wanted to…
I forgot how much the population of the gym at work explodes every January. Last night I had a hawk-eyed older woman breathing down my neck while I signed up for my slot at the elliptical machines every night but Thursday (Sk8 Nite!). I couldn’t write fast enough. And then she whispered to her buddy that showed up later…
The next Smyrna Adult Skate Night will be held on Sunday, January 11th. Which JUST SO HAPPENS to be my birthday. And that means: BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE SKATING RINK and you are ALL INVITED! Woohoo! Where: Smyrna Skate Center 1505 Plaza Dr Smyrna, TN 37167, (616)459-7655When: Sunday, Jan 11th 6:30 – 9:00pm (ages 18 and older)Admission: $8.00 (includes skate rental) No Presents required — just bring…
In honor of J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday today, and next week being my Hobbit coming-of-age birthday (not eleventy-first; the other one), I am partaking in the second annual Lord of the Rings marathon. Beginning with the Rankin & Bass production of The Hobbit. I invite you all to join in on this, the Greatest Adventure.
On this, the last morning of 2008, I have made a brilliant discovery that will affect the rest of my life forever: Wheat is one of my migraine triggers. If you’d like to know more about migraines (and some of the foods that are major triggers), you can read about them online (like here). Dr. Theda also highly recommends…
For Christmas, my sister (who owns this place) sent me a bunch of DVDs. So instead of waking up Saturday morning and calling my family and thanking them properly for my gifts, I finished PS, I Love You (the book) curled up on the couch, and hid from the world for 48 hours…well, until Kelli Dunlap called me and…
Merry Christmas, everyone! What made me happy today: Emily. She’s certainly not the only thing that made me happy today — phone calls from family and far away friends, meeting Mary Robinette’s grandmother, the infamous centenarian, and feasting on homemade pickles and sausage balls while Mary and I sat on the well in the sunshine. It’s Christmas, after all,…
The "best" way I’ve found so far of curling my hair has been sleeping in perm rollers with newly-dry just-after-a-shower hair. The unfortunate thing is that these are twenty-year-old perm rollers, so the ones that don’t tear half my hair out end up breaking when the elastic loses to the strain of too many years. Last night I stopped…
Thing that made me happy today: caffeine. Which reminds me…what exactly *is* on the end of the Starbucks swizzle stick? Is this a mermaid with a cup of coffee? Really? Is she flying? Coffee doesn’t steam underwater… Discuss.
Mary Robinette Kowal tagged me on her blog:The rules on this one are simple. For 8 days, post 1 thing every day that made you happy. David Tauriainen, a friend of mine from Mo*Con, had asked me to sign a copy of AlphaOops for his niece Alexandra. I did it up in true Lee-Signature style, along with a note…
Dearest Squad, A new chapter is now live! Chapter…
Dearest Squad, A new chapter is now live! Chapter…
Dearest Squad, A new chapter is now live! Chapter…
