Awards and stuff
On the one hand: Sadness! Tim didn't win the Nebula! :( On the other hand: Cool! Carol Emshwiller won not...
Author Archive
Head in sand
(It just occurred to me that the phrase "no news is good news" could be interpreted very pessimistically, as in...
Rejection
Meant to mention that I got a rejection slip from Analog this afternoon. Not entirely unexpected; it's not like I...
Bunny sadness
After various people commented on the cats-with-hats I pointed to the other day (I can't believe it didn't occur to...
Goldbergian
Fred points to this totally cool two-minute Honda ad (requires Flash 6 to view), titled "Cog," presumably an homage to...
Distressing day
I'm not gonna go into it in detail, but here's a bit of sample dialogue from this afternoon's altercation with...
Blah
Have been fighting a cold all week. Was feeling fairly good last night, but this morning, I think it won....
Tidbits
I was going to mention earlier that it had been a full 36 hours since we'd had any submissions, but...
House rules
While I was digging through piles of paper earlier, I kept coming across fortune-cookie fortunes. I once wrote a column...
Taxes and rebates
My usual strategy is to wait 'til tax day (or very close to it), then dig through whatever pile of...
Review: Spirited Away
Finally saw Spirited Away. Sadly, I was not as enamored of it as everyone else is. It has, as one...
Why Paint Cats
Last night I picked up a copy of Why Paint Cats, the latest bit of deadpan inspired silliness from Burton...