I knew I was screwed

[cornerofmadness]

The moment I saw the salt truck had spun out of control and was over the hill O_o Once again (third week in a row) I've missed my morning nursing lab because of a 2 hour delay. This was stupid. They should have canceled. Yes, the school's county was only getting rains BUT Vinton, Athens, Meigs and Jackson counties where most of the staff, faculty and students live were under level 2 snow emergencies (and I would have known this if I hadn't been watching BBC America). But I did make it there and back. Another sign that no one would have been out? The 18 wheelers didn't try to push me into going faster. So I went outside my apt and had about three inches of water on top 4-6 inches of snow and then ice on top of that. Fun times. I don't mind snow but ice can go fuck itself.

Last night I mentioned one nasty sentence can send you into a tail spin. On the other hand sometimes a kind word goes a long way. Today a student told me she wished I taught all of her classes because I make things fun and understandable. It really made me smile.

well that was creepy. A friend was asking me about my apartment in Fishkill NY back in the 90s and I wanted to Google Earth it to see what she's talking about. I couldn't remember my address there so I thought 'hmmm wonder if it was online.' I wish I hadn't done that. because I found 'advanced background checks' that had all my addresses starting with NY (and some that weren't mine) my age, my current abode, my parents names and aliases (I have aliases??) Now I'm really creeped out. If I had been a stalker I'd have everything I need to come and kill me. As far as I'm concerned none of this should be out there for free. I had to pay to get criminal activity etc but I am NOT cool with this level of info out there.

That Reading Wednesday Meme:

What I Just Finished Reading - Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea M. Campbell. You can read my full review here . This self-pubbed book is better than a lot I've gotten from big publishing houses lately. It's snarky teenaged fun that plays with the Superhero genre. Imagine if Edward Elric had been raised by Father and you'd have Damien, snarky son of a super villainess given to moralist Superman to live for 6 weeks and you'll have this. I enjoyed it.

What I'm reading now: Runby Ann Patchett. I got it from the library as part of their 'blind date' Valentine's promotion. It was wrapped up and it could stay that way so far. It's contemporary literature. Sigh. About the four things I loathe talking about the most, religion, race, politics and money.

What I'm reading next: Cracker: the best dog in Viet Nam by Cynthia Kadohata, which is the second blind date book I've gotten...and it's half in the dog's thoughts, another not so favorite trope for me and The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr because I should read a little non-fiction every so often.

Declutter day 200 items tossed -Cranberry tablets why kept-Better for a UTI than drinking the juice why tossed -So old they had gone grey

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I wanna read Renegade X. :D

And yeah, after you showed me that site, EWWWW. That really disturbs me. Maybe I'm lucky I have a common name, but seriously. Ugh.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

It was fun.

yeah that just creeped me the fuck out

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

It sounds like it'd be a fun read.

And ditto.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

It's been a while since I've enjoyed a self-pubbed book

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking I should order a copy of Brian's...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah i get that

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

The weather was bad here also, but I wisely stayed home.

I was supposed o go to my endocrinologist today, but when I tried to cancel no one picked up so I'm assuming they didn't make it in either.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I'm so hoping this doesn't happen for my endocrinology appt next monday.

I wasn't as smart as you.

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Oh, I read The Killer of Little Shepherds. Good book.

The main roads here are okay, but walking from my parking lot to work (a couple blocks), you practically have to climb over icy snow banks to cross the streets. There's one little street I take to swing around to the main street to get to the parking lot, and it's like driving on a country lane right now. No snow/ice removal has been done on it at all.

That is creepy about the online search. Why does the NSA even bother tapping our phones when they can just do a Google search? /facepalm

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Good to know.

I was trapped in the parking lot today and barely got out. Blech.

Seriously, this was no even funny how much personal info people could find. They could come right to my door.

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

Let me know if The Killer of Little Shepherds is good. I've been flirting with getting a copy, but I'm afraid of spending money and being disappointed (Kabuki Boy, looking at you).

Those little nuggets of praise are what keeps us sane. Even better, it's the truth--you are an excellent teacher. I've never audited one of your classes, true, but from what I've heard about them, the only excuse anyone has for not excelling in your classroom is their own laziness.

The weather sounds nasty. Maybe the college should just declare a "snow week" until it settles down. This snow! rain! ice! more snow! stuff is screwing everything up, and obviously nobody has a handle on it.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Give you a hint, I was going to send it to you for your birthday but decided to keep it. the stuff about the killer is ho hum but the stuff about the forensic medicine is fascinating.

You are not wrong about my classes and thanks

Yes I'd go for spring break right now

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

Heyyy, you kept my birthday present! *Pouts* The forensics is exactly what I was interested in, more so than the killer. In historical mysteries, there's this tendency for writers to create unrealistically forward-thinking, prescient medical types so that, basically, they can solve their plot problems with modern forensics. That's lazy, and it's cheating, and it takes away from the period feel of the story. I'm looking for what a progressive doctor of the 1880's could reasonably be expected to know or extrapolate given the medical knowledge of the era. I'm hoping this book would help me with that.

The other book I'm eying is _Man and Wound in the Ancient World: A History of Medicine from Sumer to the Fall of Constantinople_. It's mostly for my own curiosity's sake, but partly because a couple of the fantasy writers in my local group seem to have no grasp of what medieval-type weapons do to a human body or how the damage might be treated. They could find books like this on their own, of course, but it doesn't seem to occur to them to look.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I did and notice I haven't figured out what to put in its place. I'm an ass that way. It's definitely going to be useful. I'm shocked, as I was in the Poisoner's Handbook (i believe you read it but if you haven't DO) how much just one or two men added to the whole of forensics.

Oooh that does sound fascinating and I'm sure they've seen far too much Hollywood and think their knights can walk away from a halberd to the head