Free Music!
Did you folks know that Amazon has hundreds of free MP3s available for download? I had no idea, or else...
Author Archive
Tied for first
This past week, submission volume went down a bit after Monday, but we still received an average of over 9...
Moore’s Law
Something occurred to me the other week: In January of 1984, you could get a just-introduced brand-new Macintosh with 128K...
R.I.P. Leo McKern
Just learned from Ansible that Leo McKern died a few days ago. He was best known in sf circles as...
Blogsweeper
I try not to read blogs (unless you count a few online journals of friends of mine), because (like MUSHes...
Titles
It seems to me that we've been getting more stories with unusual titles than usual. The unusualness of the titles...
Timing is everything
It is now Mary Anne's birthday, in the location where she now resides. It has been her birthday for a...
Driving wisdom
Why is it, I remarked to myself one day not long ago as I was driving from somewhere or other...
Office Space and other stuff
Someone at work decided to have a movie night, so he brought in Office Space tonight. I decided to stay...
Never say “New”
I just came across a site where the front page features the word "New" fairly prominently in a couple of...
Reading list
In the past three weeks, I've finished reading five short-story collections and anthologies, and acquired two new ones. I thus...
Squeak
I got new shoes a few weeks back (never did get around to writing up an entry on the harrowing...