* * * * *

                 Some heavy reading during some heavy weather

I got up way too early today, but the upshot is that we have evacuated the
Facility in the Middle of Nowhere and are now holed up at Spring's [1]
workplace, Negiyo, which is rated for either a Class 3 or a Class 5
hurricane, depending upon who you talk to.

Our current “home” is one of the conference rooms (with two TV (Television)s,
three microwaves and tons of chairs. Eventually I suppose I'll take a nap or
something.

But meanwhile we've got food, drink and I have a stack of books given to me
by one of Spring's cow-orkers: Foucault's Pendulum [2] by Umberto Eco, Timely
Matrimony [3] by either Kasey Michaels (listed author on the book) or Fern
Michaels (listed author at Amazon [4]), Wife in Name Only [5] by Carolyn Zane
and Temporary Groom [6] by either Jayne [DELETED-Addiction-DELETED] Addison
(book) or Joan Johnston (Amazon). Yes, three trashy romance novels, but
together they balance Foucault's Pendulum quite nicely.

> Suzi Harper: Bride of the moment
>
> Finding a man these days isn't easy. So when I found a nineteenth-century
> hunk on a storm-swept beach, I hung on to him! Not only was Harry Wilde
> single, but he needed a wife to help him survive the modern world. I just
> couldn't abandon dear Harry.
>
> Harry Wilde: Groom for all time?
>
> Time travel was quite a shock! Even more so was my impromptu marriage to
> Suzi Harper. The woman was impossible: she spoke without being bidden—and
> waltzed around so scantily clad! But my modern lady stole my heart. If only
> it wasn't my destiny to leave her …
>
> “Timely Matrimony”
>

Hey, who'd a thunk—a trashy romance novel with a science fiction twist!

[1] http://www.springdew.com/
[2] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345368754/conmanlaborat-20
[3] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0373190301/conmanlaborat-20
[4] http://www.amazon.com/
[5] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0373190352/conmanlaborat-20
[6] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0373760043/conmanlaborat-20

Email author at [email protected]