Today I took off work to partake in a little spa day: massage, facial, soft, warm robes, and champagne. The Woodhouse Spa always does a lovely job. In other Today news, we also had a new furnace installed. Its predecessor was 21 years old, short cycling, and much too big for this house. May this new furnace last another 21 years.
The furnace guys apparently liked our tiny knives.
LINKS:
- Jim Butcher on the latest Dresden Files book — the 18th! — and the first one in six years:
“We’ve got six or seven books left, so that’s forced me to figure out where all of my story threads are so that I can keep them all woven together and bring in these new things for the end, as well.” (At this rate, it’s very well possible I’ll be 60 when I’m reading Dresden’s grand finale) - Big day in biological taxonomy news — from the article’s lede:
“Before trees came along some 400 million years ago, our planet’s landscape was dominated by enigmatic, spire-shaped life-forms that towered more than 25 feet above the ground. […] The authors of the new study, published today in Science Advances, conclude that Prototaxites was likely a distinct lineage. That would place it on an equal footing with the six currently recognized kingdoms of life: those of plants, animals, fungi, protists, bacteria and archaea.” - 7 Rules If You’re An Ex
READING: TWELVE MONTHS, the new Dresden Files book, came in at the library, so I’m temporarily setting aside THE LOTTERY
LISTENING: LOST IN ALPHAVILLE, The Rentals