Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
Return of the Kings, that awesome book that Jennifer orchestrated for my 45th birthday, is now available as an e-book from Amazon. Proceeds from the sale go to the Leonard Pung Memorial Scholarship for the Clarion Writers’ Workshop. Go buy this. You know you want to read this.
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Here are a couple of recent publications that you should be aware of. First, “Wish-flowers“, by my friend Jamie Thornton, was published in Issue 6 of The Quotable. You should also read the entry she wrote for their blog, “Kill Your To-Do List“. Also, “Return to Sender”, by my friend Leigh Dragoon, was published in [...]
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Monday, June 25th, 2012
A quick post while I’m on break at work… Good things come to those who wait those who work hard and go after them. is the essence of a motivational message I saw posted to Facebook this morning, and it’s something that’s been on my mind for some time now. Consider three of the creative geniuses [...]
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Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
I’ve decided that I don’t really want to be famous, I just want a small but rabid coterie of fans. So get on that, Internet, won’t ya? Current Mood: workingCurrent Music: Various tunes by Nox Arcana
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
This past weekend we flew up to Washington to visit Jennifer’s sister and her husband and daughter. It was an enjoyable time; I like my sister-in-law and her family, and my niece F (not her real name) is a blast to hang out with. A few highlights: During the flight up, one of the passengers [...]
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So, that was my first WorldCon. And now I’m back. All in all, I had a blast. It was different than what I’m used to, con-wise: the last con I was at was Dragon*Con 2006. And before that, Dragon*Con 2005. And before that, Dragon*Con 2001. Dragon*Con is a very different beast than WorldCon is. Since [...]
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
In case you haven’t seen it, here is artist Adam Winnik’s lovely animation of Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot. The voice, of course, is Sagan himself reading from his book. Watch the video, be impressed both by the animation and by the concepts. The takeaway message from this video is obvious: Everything that has ever [...]
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Dear friends and family, Well, here we are at the end of yet another year. 2010 was a good year for us, and we hope it was good for you as well. We both continue to be in good health, aside from the occasional cold or the painful slip on the tile in the downstairs [...]
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
Watch this video: I won’t belabor Louis CK’s point here. He’s right, after all. I have a cell phone more powerful than any other electronic gadget I’ve ever owned, but I get impatient with it when it takes more than a second to render an image on the screen. Seriously, we need to keep these [...]
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