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Michael Livingston

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Gnome Season (Listen!)

One of my favorite genre magazines is Shimmer Magazine. General Editor Beth Wodzinski and her staff have truly terrific tastes — they’ve bought three of my pieces so far (the latest of which was commissioned) — and the art direction, by Mary Robinette Kowal, is simply second to none. Seriously. …

Testing.

Testing again. More testing. Sigh. — Michael Livingston, Ph.D., Cpt. (UMSC) Department of English MSC 144, The Citadel Charleston, SC 29409 USA FAX: 843-953-1881 HOME

Project LJ: Stage 1

Project LJ Stage 1: Cheap improvements with big upside (items covered in detail below). $153 — JKS Quicker Swaybar Disconnects. $113 — Rocky Road Outfitters 2″ Budget Lift Kit. $45 — Auto Ventshade Bugflector II. $40 — Miscellaneous tools. $10 — Homemade window pouches. $5 — Homemade tool roll. . …

Project LJ Defined

Jeeping and Me I’m proud to say that responsible Jeeping runs in my family. A native of Colorado, I grew up going on camping trips that inevitably involved some four-wheeling in the Rocky Mountains or in the nearby semi-desert canyon country of places like the Canyonlands. Decades before every soccer …

What Else I Did This Summer

There’s an old Merle Haggard song called “Colorado,” which has the following line in its chorus: “And if God doesn’t live in Colorado, I’ll bet that’s where he spends most of his time.” (See full lyrics, and guitar chords, here.) Well, if God does live (or at least vacation) in …