The snow is reportedly headed our way. Austin is already getting it, and it’s sticking to the ground and trees there. At best we’ll only get an inch or two, but that’s novel for this part of the world.
I received a nice check in the mail today. It’s from the Canadian Public Lending Right Commission, an organization that distributes annual payments to Canadian authors for the presence of their books in Canadian public libraries. You have to register every year, and they haven’t yet gone electronic for their registration process, but it’s well worth the time and the postage stamp. For just a single book my check was nearly $350.00. They distributed nearly $10 million to over 17,000 authors for 2009. Every five years a book is registered with the PLRC the base rate drops, but it’s still a nice little lagniappe.
Watched part of the Canada/Finland hockey game last night. The Canadian women have scored a goal in every period they’ve played thus far, and have outscored their opponents by a cumulative total of something like 50 to 5.
Men of a Certain Age had a good season finale last night. Joe (Romano) makes me so nervous with his gambling–I hope he gets a handle on it next season. I think the realization that his actions were impacting other people–his employees, his son–is what gave him the swift kick he needed. Owen’s situation with has father was resolved well, and Terry’s mid-life crisis went into full bloom after he got a face full of crap. Literally. I’m not sure he’s cut out to be a car salesman, but it should make for some funny scenes if they stick with it. The best scenes on the show are the ones where the three of them are together, though, because they cut each other absolutely no slack and give each other no end of grief.
