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Lengthy notes on stuff I like in fiction. (More...)

12 May 2008, 8:00 PM | Comments (0)

I meant to post an entry this morning to say: Happy Mother's Day to all of you who are mothers!... (More...)

11 May 2008, 11:50 PM | Comments (0)

A while back, I saw that Netflix had the complete 14-disc set of all the Monty Python episodes. I have,... (More...)

11 May 2008, 11:29 PM | Comments (2)

US postal rates are changing on May 12. Some prices are going up, some are going down, but the most... (More...)

4 May 2008, 4:53 PM | Comments (3)

Happy belated May Day/Beltane/International Workers' Day to all! And especially to Kam. (Who got up ridiculously early this morning to... (More...)

2 May 2008, 12:32 AM | Comments (1)

Over at The Morning News a few years ago, the Non-Expert provided a walkthrough of the IKEA adventure game: IKEA... (More...)

30 April 2008, 10:39 PM | Comments (0)

I tried a new (to me) cereal this morning: Kellogg's Smart Start. I had tasted a couple of pieces of... (More...)

30 April 2008, 8:16 PM | Comments (1)

One last reminder: you have less than 24 hours left to submit fiction to Strange Horizons before we close to... (More...)

30 April 2008, 1:34 AM | Comments (0)

Yesterday, I needed a tape measure so I could cut a hole in my new bookcase to accommodate an electrical... (More...)

28 April 2008, 11:52 AM | Comments (5)

Been meaning to mention for a while now that TypeKey and other forms of authentication for my journal comments don't... (More...)

28 April 2008, 9:12 AM | Comments (0)

Someone mentioned this to me the other day, but I couldn't bring myself to go look it up. Luckily, Liz... (More...)

28 April 2008, 2:38 AM | Comments (1)

We've been seeing a lot of giant-monster stories lately. I've been assuming that most of them were rejected by one... (More...)

27 April 2008, 12:44 AM | Comments (3)