I'm home

I'm 4-F for JB Hunt. Has to do with their Road readiness test, and the fact I woke up deaf Sunday and can't hear anything for shit.
They set the metronome at 96 beats/minute and we had to step up and down on a stair for 3 minutes. I almost passed out at 2:15.

And they would need me to have a hearing test, a complete neurological work up and a sleep study before I could be hired. (none of those would be a bad idea anyway)

On the positive side, i wrote over 5000 words. Some Peregrine. Some for the Nikolai universe. And a REALLY good start on the Chasers.

50 book update

30) Gai-jin by Marc Olden. Another book for the strong of stomach. In 1983 Hawaii, former code-breaker Alexis Bendor encounters her old enemy, Rupert deJongh, an Englishman turned yakuza. The rest of the novel is a tale of revenge and deceit played out between Japan, Hawaii and New York City. Gruesome, gripping and very violent.

29) The Protector's War by S.M. Stirling. Second in the Change series, this lets us see how things have progressed since we left our heroes, and villains, eight years ago. It's the middle book of the trilogy, and feels like it. That's not a compliment. It was riveting though.

28) The Freakshow by Bryan Smith. Now Bryan is a very sweet guy, and so quiet. It's always the quiet ones. In this really gruesome nightmare, he gives us a freakshow that is busily taking over a small town, killing and torturing the inhabitants. The eye bit... ewwww! *Shudder* Very good for those of strong stomach.

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