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Michael Livingston

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Idle Hands and My Mobilepro

Not too long ago I decided I was unhappy with my laptop when it comes to writing. It isn’t a bad laptop — a lightweight, compact, fairly recent Sony Vaio — but there are things about it I don’t like. Like a hot lap, for one. Waiting for it to …

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 …