I'm waiting impatiently for Brockmann's novella, All Through the Night. She's posted a link to an audio excerpt of it, read by Michael Holland. He sounds much more like the Jules in my head than Force of Nature narrator. There's a second audio excerpt available at Michelle Buonofiglio's Romance B(u)y the Book, too.
Baseball season is over for Balmer. It was a slow, ugly crawl to the finish. Went to yesterday's game, which was just bad. Let me put this in perspective for non-fans: we left after 6 innings. I'd NEVER left an O's game before the ninth inning before yesterday. I've sat through rain delays (hello, I was there for Eddie Murray's historic HR after two rain delays at nearly midnight). It was just ugly. Pitching by committee, they couldn't get even the Pin-Stripped second string out.
Parking is at a premium in my neighborhood now that the apartment building down the street is nearing capacity -- the residents don't want to pay to park in "their" lot, so they park on the street. Technically under the city code, a car can be ticketed and towed after it has been parked for 2 days without moving. That seems a little short to me. Most of my neighbors use their cars a couple of times a week, which is fine. We all know each other's vehicles and have unassigned but customary parking spots. A car has been parked in front of my house for two weeks without moving. It's not mine, nor does it belong to my neighbors. [I've asked. I've also left a note, asking that they correct the heinous parking job -- they are taking up two parking spots because of how they parked. The note hasn't moved in three days.] I'm contemplating calling the city's parking services and having it towed. Same thing for the Saturn across the street that hasn't been moved in two months. Rude?
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