Woofer, Twitter, Squeaker
Courtesy of links from a discussion thread on Otavia's recent Facebook post: Woofer: Just like Twitter, except that any given...
A bit fragile today
Today would have been my father's 70th birthday. Hard to imagine him being 70. But then, even while he was...
Six free Mac apps
There's this company/organization called MacHeist that, every so often, provides a bundle of half a dozen commercial Mac applications for...
How to Write Your Own Gilbert & Sullivan Opera
While I was driving yesterday, Anna Russell's "How to Write Your Own Gilbert & Sullivan Opera" came up on my...
Where protags have no names
Have you ever written fiction in which the protagonist doesn't have a name, and/or in which the protagonist's name doesn't...
More soldier homecomings
Another news video segment showing soldiers returning home to their kids, this one from Christmas 2007. The narration is kinda...
Two brief but moving soldier stories
A month ago, my brother posted about his meeting a Samoan soldier returning home to try to help out after...
More on Referendum 71 in Washington
Referendum 71, approving strong "marriage in all but name" domestic partnerships in Washington state, looks likely to pass. There's been...
Sad about Maine
I was watching various websites Tuesday night as the Maine results came in. It was looking good for defeating Question...
WFC good but odd
As noted previously, I skipped Friday at World Fantasy entirely. Saturday morning, woke up late and groggy. Stumbled around the...
Another excellent and moving Maine video
Mainer, Catholic, and Vietnam vet Paul Redicker spoke in favor of marriage equality at the Maine marriage hearings in August....
Mainers and Washingtonians: please vote today!
In both Maine and Washington, turnout may well be the deciding factor for the future of state recognition of same-sex...