Bleak midwinter, you betcha
Dec. 18th, 2006 08:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
truepennySo, Wednesday night our furnace died.
Our oil-burning, asbestos-swaddled furnace.
Thursday (starting at a quarter after midnight) and Friday, when not gallivanting about with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
heresluck, were spent largely on the phone, calling people to come look at the furnace, to come look at the asbestos, to deal with the asbestos, to install a new furnace, etc. etc. etc. I'm in fact still trying to find someone to come pump out the fuel tank. On the other hand, the new gas furnace should be arriving with its entourage in about half an hour, and that's good, because we have space heaters and the house holds its heat remarkably well, all things considered, but the thermostat says 54 this morning, and I'm cold.
You will not be surprised to learn that we had four-cat bed-and-heater detente most of yesterday afternoon.
Short review of The Virtu, and ditto of Mélusine.
Review of The Virtu at myshelf.com.
A thoughtful review of Mélusine.
oldcharliebrown quotes the IROSF review of Clarkesworld Magazine 1.
The Bone Key is available for preorder from Clarkesworld.
Our oil-burning, asbestos-swaddled furnace.
Thursday (starting at a quarter after midnight) and Friday, when not gallivanting about with
heresluck, were spent largely on the phone, calling people to come look at the furnace, to come look at the asbestos, to deal with the asbestos, to install a new furnace, etc. etc. etc. I'm in fact still trying to find someone to come pump out the fuel tank. On the other hand, the new gas furnace should be arriving with its entourage in about half an hour, and that's good, because we have space heaters and the house holds its heat remarkably well, all things considered, but the thermostat says 54 this morning, and I'm cold.You will not be surprised to learn that we had four-cat bed-and-heater detente most of yesterday afternoon.
Short review of The Virtu, and ditto of Mélusine.
Review of The Virtu at myshelf.com.
A thoughtful review of Mélusine.
oldcharliebrown quotes the IROSF review of Clarkesworld Magazine 1.The Bone Key is available for preorder from Clarkesworld.
