Quote of the day

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.

Terry Pratchett
- Monstrous Regiment

I'd like to post much more, but busy busy busy today!

Eggses

I have just had SUCH a Miles Moment.

I have been running various and sundry Prepping For FenCon errands today. The most recent of these was a grocery run; the list included eggs. I'd been thinking I wanted more than a dozen, was expecting to get 2 - then I saw they had packages of 18, fine, that'll do. I noticed they were on sale. 10 packages for $10. 180 eggs?

I instantly thought of Miles in _Memory_. "How many marks had they been paying for eggs? --oh. That was twelve dozen eggs to a crate, not twelve eggs. Miles tried to imagine what he could do with a hundred and forty-four eggs. Maybe back when he'd been thirteen years old. Some opportunities just came too late in life."

I withstood the temptation.

Icons

I need a Bujoldian icon.

Not that this is sensible, since at the moment I'm full up on icons.

But still.