Year’s Bests
Just finally got around to updating the Strange Horizons Awards page with the info I know so far about the...
Author Archive
Illegal art
Following a link provided by Aaron led me, slightly roundaboutly, to Illegal Art, a fascinating site featuring various kinds of...
Perennial Hugo voting quandary
I suspect, from what I've heard about it, that "A Case of Conscience" would probably be my first choice for...
Dishwasher
Ever since I moved in, the little cup in my dishwasher that's supposed to spring open halfway through the cycle...
Last call for Hugos
Today's the last day to vote for the Hugo Awards. I finally finished the short-fiction reading yesterday, and voted last...
Hooking up
I think that for most people my age and older, the phrase hook up means almost exactly the same range...
Cheerfulness (Crusie)
A couple weeks ago, some of us were discussing romance novels, and Twig loaned me another Jennifer Crusie book, Faking...
Words easily misspelled #13
I know it's only been a few weeks since the last list, but shortly after I posted the last one...
Delivery anti-demon
One area where my customer-service demon really falls down—or is extra-tricky, depending on your viewpoint—is the matter of service calls...
Oops
Apologies to the LJ folks who got spammed with three copies of my Hugo voting entry. Sigh. I almost always...
HB MM
Almost forgot to say: happy birthday to Mary Anne!...
Impending Hugo deadline
One of the things I keep meaning to mention is that the voting deadline for the Hugo Awards is nearly...