January 2011 Archives

it's been real nice here with temperatures approaching mid 70's ... and the oranges won't get any more orange, haha.

seen downtown Tempe. Check out the silver skull on top of the dashboard. It's an ornamental reference to the "Day of the Dead" a spanish holiday (Día de los Muertos) and neat looking mexican folk art.

The latest novel in the "Culture" series by Iain M. Banks.

"The Hells existed because some faiths insisted on them, and some societies, too, even without the excuse of over-indulged religiosity.
Many species and civilisations objected profoundly to the very idea of Hells, no matter whose they were."

A story about the fight between pro and anti-Hell fractions embedded in Banks' well narrated space opera setting.

You can find the print or Kindle edition at Amazon.