cynick

...is Librarything.

My personal library is (unsurprisingly) "cynick", but because most of my books are in storage it's rather incomplete at the moment.

However, because I was so impressed with the site (and because no one else had taken the user names), I have two other accounts that may be of interest to my fellow Yoggies:

miskatoniclibrary is a virtual library of the Cthulhu Mythos and assorted Lovcraftiana. I'm sure there's a good few books ...

My father died last week.

Earlier this year, he and my mother went to New Zealand for a long holiday to celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary. Towards the end of their holiday he started experiencing some difficulty with his right hand. They thought nothing of it, putting it down to a mild stroke at the most. On the way home via Sydney airport he started dragging his right leg. The first aid staff at the airport decided he should be taken to hospital to get it checked out. ...

Things I am suffering from at the moment:
Apathy
Lack of sleep
Addiction to Tangency at RPGnet
An emotionally unstable SO
A breathtakingly beautiful girl at work
A HUGE stack of unread books & magazines
Addiction to eBay (over £400 on Cthulhu alone last year!)
A lack of storage space
Directionlessness (I can't think of the real word)

Several of these problems are probably related.

Simplify Nick, ...

Keeping a journal/diary has always seemed to me to be the most egotistical thing a person can do. Why do it unless you intend for it to be read by other people at some point, preferable after your death. -"Wow, wasn't he an insightful commentator on life and society back in the day!".

Plus they can also be dangerous. Mary Astor (1930's actress) had one of her diaries used as evidence against her in a custody hearing. The court deemed it pornagraphic and had it burned at ...