Friday round-up

Thanks to all those who recommended their favorite mystery authors. My quest to buy one book for my sister as part of the Buy a Book, Save the World campaign wound up with me purchasing a half-dozen, and for this I blame you. And the always evil fireun who was at Waldenbooks when I stopped by and worked her wiles upon me.

My sister, who had learned of my cunning plan, called last night to say how excited she was at the prospect of having new authors to read.

And the thought for the day-- while Google alerts can be informative, there's nothing like opening up the daily digest with your morning coffee only to come across an obituary with your name on it. After close reading I'm fairly confident that I'm not the Patricia Bray mentioned, but it still sent a shiver down my spine.