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Aug. 18th, 2018 03:49 pmIt has gotten hot and HUMID here again, but the weather guys swear we will have relief by Monday, and that after Monday, we may not hit 95 degrees again. Is the season finally turning? I mean, I know it will be hot again, but to break out of this cycle of 98- to 100-degree temps is something to be devoutly hoped for.
Was interested to see NPR's list of 100 favorite horror stories, and I actually ordered a couple of paperbacks from the list (The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle, and The Elementals, by Michael McDowell), but I will say that any horror list that doesn't include Nathan Ballingrud's North American Lake Monsters is not a COMPLETE list. Lake Monsters is an absolutely amazing read, and the very first story in the book, "You Go Where It Takes You," is straight-up one of the best short stories I've ever read, and I'm including Raymond Carver and Annie Proulx in that company. Folks who love creepy, deeply unsettling tales should buy this book. // end of rant // :D
In other news, the heating element (it looks like this) in our oven blew up last night. Well, it didn't really blow up -- it went FZZZZZTTTTTTTTT!!!! and I said "WHAT WAS THAT?" and we opened the oven door and it was the heating element (it had been glowing red and was now ... black). So we said okay then and shut the oven door and took the chicken we'd been about to bake and made chicken and dumplings instead. So, anyway. The new heating element will be here Monday (Mister Nightdog_barks has replaced it once before).
And that's life. *g*
Was interested to see NPR's list of 100 favorite horror stories, and I actually ordered a couple of paperbacks from the list (The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle, and The Elementals, by Michael McDowell), but I will say that any horror list that doesn't include Nathan Ballingrud's North American Lake Monsters is not a COMPLETE list. Lake Monsters is an absolutely amazing read, and the very first story in the book, "You Go Where It Takes You," is straight-up one of the best short stories I've ever read, and I'm including Raymond Carver and Annie Proulx in that company. Folks who love creepy, deeply unsettling tales should buy this book. // end of rant // :D
In other news, the heating element (it looks like this) in our oven blew up last night. Well, it didn't really blow up -- it went FZZZZZTTTTTTTTT!!!! and I said "WHAT WAS THAT?" and we opened the oven door and it was the heating element (it had been glowing red and was now ... black). So we said okay then and shut the oven door and took the chicken we'd been about to bake and made chicken and dumplings instead. So, anyway. The new heating element will be here Monday (Mister Nightdog_barks has replaced it once before).
And that's life. *g*