Showing posts with label Devilreads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Devilreads. Show all posts

Friday, February 06, 2026

My Week XXXI with Pictures

 

Sunday saw the dramatic return of Imperator Bookstooge as he swept back into the blogosphere. Spheres of influence were shaken and the status quo destroyed as he vowed to take over Devilreads and make it safe for everyone, not just illiterate dumb dumbs who wouldn't know a good book if it hit them over the head. The Imperator knows he has a long struggle ahead of him and that defeat is most likely, but this has not deterred our intrepid hero. All Hail Imperator Bookstooge!

Monday was one of those days I got home from work and all plans evaporated because of how tired I was. I had visions of doing laundry, vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, etc. 2 weeks ago we got hit by a snow storm that dumped over a foot of snow on us and it is sticking around. I'm trudging around each day through snow that has piled up to my knees in places. I come home exhausted.

Tuesday I was by myself as Short Round went with his wife to an ultrasound to see their newly conceived baby. It was a nice day (above freezing) and while the job sucked (to be fair, all jobs suck this time of year with this much snow), I still had energy at the end of the day. I did laundry. Go me!!!!! I also listened to a lot of Enya's albums as I needed something very easy and soothing to help me settle down from doing all those laundries ;-)

Wednesday was the day I overcame and did even MOOOOR chores. I hadn't vacuumed our place in over a month (don't judge me) and it was time. I broke out ye olde Rainbow Vac and got a ton of stuff off our floors and out of the carpets. Every time I vacuum, I tell myself I need to do it weekly (I do!) but then a month passes and this situation happens, time after time after time. I guess I just don't like vacuuming. But in my defense, Mrs B likes doing vacuuming even less than I do, so you can consider me the clean freak of the pair ;-) Whilst I was vacuuming, I shanghaied Mrs B into sweeping and mopping. I might be the clean freak, but the freaky deaky has to be shared.

Thursday, well Thursday turned into a good day. It was sunny, it was at the freezing mark (amazing how warm freezing feels when you been below it for weeks) AND I got some Mr Macs Deluxe Cheeseburger mac-n-cheese for lunch. Considering it was between 800 to 1000 calories you know it was good. Mrs B had a good day too, so that made for a good evening together as we enjoyed the general goodness of the day.

Friday wasn't as fun as Thursday.  The job wasn't easy and by the time we were done I was hurting. I was setting pins on a property line and the ground was frozen, so I had to use a power drill and then whale on the pin itself to drive it flush. THEN I had to put a wooden tall stake next to it as a witness. Oh, did I mention I had to shovel out a foot of snow at each point, enough so I could kneel down and do all that work? Yeah, it was brutal. Ended up taking 2 extra strength tylenol for my shoulder and elbow when I got home.


Saturday I have plans.  I'm part of our church's men's group that meets twice a month from 8-9:15am. We're currently studying 2nd Peter. On a good Saturday we'll get through 5 verses :-D  Then my brother is coming over and we'll shoot the breeze or maybe play some Munchkin.  Finally, at 2pm I'm heading out to play some Magic with one of the teens from church. We're going to try some of the "new" Precon Commander decks I have from '21 or '22. I am really looking forward to playing some Magic!

And that's a wrap for the week!


Sunday, February 01, 2026

January '26 Roundup & Ramblings

 

Raw Data:

Novels - 8 ↓

Short Stories - 0 ↓

Manga/Graphic Novels - 0 -

Comics - 0 -

Average Rating - 3.44 ↑

Pages - 3087 ↓

Words - 1133K ↓

January was a quiet blog month, as I only blogged the first week of January and then went into silent running mode. Here are all my posts from then:

I obviously didn't stop reading. Here is a quick grab bag of what else I read in January, but didn't review. Maybe some day they'll get reviews, but not this month.


Mrs Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish by Dorothy Gillman - 4Stars






The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hodgson - 3Stars






Graveyard of Demons by Larry Correia - 4Stars






A Right to Die by Rex Stout - 4Stars






The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley - 3.5Stars







The Stony Man Doctrine by Dick Stivers - 3Stars







Also, I gave in (for like the sixth or seventh time) and joined devilreads. I only rate the books I read, no reviews. Words get me in trouble in devilreads and I want to see if I can go a whole year there without having an encounter with some jackass, or the bleeding staff. I can be found at:
https://www.goodreads.com/botstooge
I make no promises about how long I'll be there this time though. My average is like 4 weeks ;-)

January was quite the month. Workwise, winter is here in full force. We had several snow storms. The latest one, which occurred last Sunday and Monday, dumped about 18inches (45cm) of the white stuff on us. That has made this past week especially tough as we acclimate to very different working conditions. It has also been extremely cold this past week. Friday Short Round and I were working at a house on the side of a mountain and the temps were at 0 and the windchills were -19 (-18C & -28C) all day. I just came home exhausted simply from being outdoors. February is going to be tough, as the temps are predicted to stay cold, which means the snow won't melt away.

I have to admit, I enjoyed my time off from blogging. I hadn't realized how much pressure I had put on my own shoulders until I stopped and threw all that weight onto the ground. I felt more free to comment or not on other peoples' blogs because it didn't matter to my own blog. It was a refreshing time and I suspect I will be repeating January's experience later this year. But I'm back now, so.....

February will be back to blogging regularly. Posts will be at 5pm and I don't plan on blogging on Wednesdays or Saturdays. Mondays will always be Magic Mondays ;-) I aim to slow down my reading AND blogging in 2026 and try to enjoy it instead of just consuming and regurgitating mindlessly.

 

Running Scared (Non-Fiction) 3.5Stars

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