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I am slow and clumsy and stupid today, tired in a way I can't find words for. I'm also considering running out to the mall bookstore to buy all the Dresden Files books I can find; the first one was what I was reading on the road trip yesterday, and it was ridiculously more-ish, like popcorn -- not particularly nutritious, but compelling.

The box art for the next set of Voyage DVDs is up. Oddly, the illustrations look as though they belong to the second half of S3 -- the Mummy and the metallic alien from Deadly Cloud -- but this is supposed to be the first half of the season. Mind you, one of the S2 boxes shows the Flying Sub with the S1/movie Seaview, so they obviously aren't too fussy.

Does anyone know if the fannish use of 'meep' is derived from the watchbear in Vinge's Witling?

( American Accent Meme )

(Belated) Friday Flower

From the hedge on the west side of my apartment complex, taken as I was passing by on my way home from the bookstore trip. (Yes, I am now well-stocked with Dresden books, and am about half-way through the first of the batch.) The oleanders usually have a few flowers year-round, but the main flush is round about now, towards the end of the spring flowering season. The pink and white ones didn't do too badly in the winter frosts, but the yellow ones, which I think are a different subspecies, suffered a lot.

Oleander Blossom Tucson, April 2007