Yeah, in the north as long as your heater is working, pipes don't freeze. (At least not in my experience.)

I like the Cubs. So I hold out hope that some day my great-grandchildren might live to seem them win the World Series....

Have you read Matt Fraction’s letter to his son about being a Cubs fan? The postscript cracks me up every time.

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I had Mormons come by once. I think one of the guys was fresh out of training, because when I said I was an atheist he looked completely thrown and hesitantly offered, “Oh. Well.... that’s... not very good?” I said it had been working out for me so far, and I believe that concluded the conversation. Then I spent a while giggling, because I've never seen someone so flabbergasted.

My novelette e-book got a reader review. Fun, especially since it's a story I never had any plans for. It's sort of a concept story in the setting for my next novel.

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I had mormons come by my house once. I had just finished Mikal Gilmore's book, Shot in the Heart, about his brother and Mormonism, the history of it and everything. It is a great book! So I was all excited and asked the missionaries if they'd read it and told them how great it is. They had no idea what I was talking about. I think I scared them away.

Have you read Matt Fraction’s letter to his son about being a Cubs fan? The postscript cracks me up every time.

Heh - that was fun.

I think one of the guys was fresh out of training, because when I said I was an atheist he looked completely thrown and hesitantly offered, “Oh. Well.... that’s... not very good?”

My friend Miriam has a coworker from the Philippines. Her co-worker was amazed that Miriam was Jewish. She was all, "You celebrate Christmas, right? You still believe in Jesus, right?" Apparently, co-worker had never met a non-Christian before.

It is a great book!

It is a great book.

I have working brakelights! Broke down and did it myself. Removing the broken bulb in this cold and wind was not fun, though. Slowly regaining sensation in my fingers (hurts!) and I managed to NOT slice my numb fingers up.

My friend Miriam has a coworker from the Philippines. Her co-worker was amazed that Miriam was Jewish. She was all, "You celebrate Christmas, right? You still believe in Jesus, right?" Apparently, co-worker had never met a non-Christian before.

I had a friend in college who was very surprised to find out, junior year, that Jews don't believe in Jesus. And she was from the US.

And you don’t boo your own team. Get sad, get mad, get angry, get blue– there’s a reason our guys wear that deep Cubbie blue, son– but don’t boo our guys.

....Philly.

OMG my brain. There's a thing here that puts Kanye West into my head every time I see it, which is every day. @@

I had a friend in college who was very surprised to find out, junior year, that Jews don't believe in Jesus. And she was from the US.

Huh. That's just... weird. At my Christian grade school, we learned that right away. Assuming she went to a public school, I'd still think she'd learn about that somewhere. Was she a fundamentalist?