I created a group on facebook for people wanting to lose weight or with other specific health goals. contact me if you want to join.

A couple new things listed on Amazon / B&N / Indies - linking to Goodreads for most choice options & greater likelihood of giveaway notices.

- Cloudbound (September 2016) - Companion novel to Updraft [link]

- The Jewel & Her Lapidary (May 2016) - novella, set in the same world as the gem short story Topaz Marquis - [link] * (*not, in fact, in any way similar to Crystal Singer. grumble)

A belated addition to the the Bernie or Hillary debate. [link] . It is fairly short. One advantage of my not seeing very well is I now write really short posts. If you prefer to read it on Facebook here is the Facebook link [link] . Actually I may be better off as far as getting additional readers go if you look at it on Facebook I think more views may translate into it showing up on more timelines.

The second in my series on the Democratic Primary is up. This one takes on the second most common argument for Hilary - that her smaller bore goals and long experience will let her accomplish more for ordinary people than Bernie could. Here is the Facebook link [link]

Viewing it on Facebook I think helps push this onto more feeds. On the other hand, the Blog version is far better formatted. So here is the direct Blog link: [link]

OK, Facebook appears to be running a scam where they tell you have been infected by malware. If you download the software they tell you to download it replaces your own anti-virus software and makes it extremely difficult to install. Yep the same scam hijack sites run, except in really does come from Facebook. And if you don't download the software they sometimes block you from posting links in Facebook. Here is some discussion of this [link]

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I spaced on returning these skull sneakers (size 9) from Hot Topic after Christmas, and I can't return them now. They didn't fit TCG. If you want them, email me at my profile address. ETA: Claimed.

If they weren't a men's 9 I'd be on them.

TENS unit users: I have several packages of rectangular electrodes for a TENS unit, still in the shipping packages, one of which was just opened half an hour ago. Can they be of use to anyone? Shipping costs only.

While tomorrow is the official first day of Spring, today we celebrate Persian New Year. I want to wish everyone a NoRouz Mobarak. I love this day, a fresh start in so many ways. One of the Persian New Year traditions is to go visiting friends and family. While I can't visit each of you in person - if I could, I would.

This is one of my favorite holidays in that it crosses all religion, it celebrates rebirth and renewal, and it literally means New Day