Why is it...

...that the more efficient you become at clearing work, the more work they dump on you? Fuckers.

Hope everyone who went had a good - or adequate - GAFilk.

Over the weekend

Books entering the queue:

Holy War: The Crusades and their Impact on Today's World by Karen Armstrong
The Crusades through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
Sherman's March by Burke Davis
King Arthur in Legend and History by Richard White

CDs recently acquired:

Calling the Names by Heather Dale
The Trial of Lancelot by Heather Dale

These CDs I ordered after being pointed to an MP3 of "Modred's Lullaby" by cadhla, and I decided to get them after applying my stringent and exhaustive formula for buying a CD. That is, I thought Heather Dale looked hot. This is Celtic/medieval music, along the lines of Loreena Mckennitt and Enya.

"Names" consists of songs about her SCA kingdom - good stuff, but gets on my nerves after a while. There's only so many songs about shieldwalls and cousins joining the fray I can take. "Lancelot", on the other hand, is shorter, but much better sounding. It brings you selected bits from the Arthurian cycle retold in song, and is ethereal enough to transport you away into that cycle.

And she's cute. So there.

Nothing so strange

Here. I'm not going to say, "Oh, if it were only true..." but I do like the way they've managed to create the websites and the links around it, including Amazon.com pages. Less glossy than The Blair Witch Project was, but more content...

Nothing So Strange: the film
Bill Gates Is Dead
The Wired article

Oh, very well...

Which drink are you?

I'm partial to strawberry daiquiris, myself... back when I was still drinking, that is.