Hampton Inn 1, Best Western 0
Word to the wise: When you reserve a room at the Best Western Airport Inn in Albany, you have to...
Author Archive
Judging a person by their book covers
In olden days when people used to read printed books, if you saw someone reading in public, you might be...
Speculative Ramayana anthology
Been meaning to link to this for ages: Anil Menon and Vandana Singh are putting together a Speculative Ramayana anthology....
Sudden travel!
A couple of days ago, I was chatting with Mary Anne, and asked if she was doing anything fun for...
Trying to avoid complaining
After last week's spectacularly great customer service experience with the IRS, I promised myself I would avoid complaining about customer...
My travel year, 2010 edition, part 2
Travel plans are slightly less hazy than they were a few months ago, but only slightly. First week in August,...
Why I’m always late
I think that at a gut level, there are certain things that I believe don't take any time. Pleasure reading,...
Sinbad: The Webcomic
I think it was someone in the Darths & Droids forum who linked a few weeks back to Sinbad Comic....
Communication is hard
Something in email a couple of weeks ago indirectly reminded me of an incident from long ago: I used to...
Items: Video roundup
Assorted videos: Fascinating discussion, with images: Are Anime Characters Caucasian or Japanese? I'm a little dubious about some of the...
Review: Knight and Day
The previews for Knight and Day looked like fun, and I like both Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, so I...
Same-sex marriage news and notes
A few recent events on the same-sex marriage front: Argentina has approved same-sex marriage. (There was some interesting wrangling over...