S.M. Stirling's A Meeting At Corvallis also includes skulduggery, treachery, ambuscades, crackerjack engineering, and enough action to satisfy just about anyone. I'm going to be recommending this series to a lot of folks who might not normally read this sort of thing, because it's just that good. It renews my itch to get maps of the area done in PRESTAGS scale, which is one of the things on the long long list of Stuff I Want To Do When I Have Time and Money.
Made a loaf of oat bread, but it didn't turn out well; I suspect it needed a touch more sugar and maybe some eggs.
Inexplicably tired; am going to shoot up and go to bed a little early.