House-hunting, sort of
It occurred to me a couple months ago that it was probably time to refinance. I got a very good...
How Iowa was won
It's easy for those of us (including me) who weren't paying close attention to Iowa to conclude that the same-sex...
Tennant & Davies on leaving Dr. Who
The Times Online last week had a fun interview with David Tennant and Russell T. Davies about leaving Dr. Who....
Now entering week 3 of technofailure
Today at work, I found out that I had missed the announcement of a change to the internal email system....
Belief and bias confirmation
I've observed for a while now (or perhaps I should say "believed") that people generally tend to notice evidence that...
PEBKAC
Sometimes, customer service and/or tech support are the problem. But sometimes, I'm the problem. I have to reconfigure my work...
Amazon: Possibly not evil?
The Internets have been full of panic and outrage today over Amazon allegedly instituting a new policy that any book...
Last month’s SH fiction
I've dropped the ball on my plan to post every week about what we're publishing at SH. Apologies to the...
Technofailure continues
This week's technology failures haven't been as bad as last week's, but they've continued to be annoying. For example, the...
Great harmonies and catchy melodies
I just put together my first iMix. One of my favorite musical trios--Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein, and Michael Cicone--does gorgeous...
A couple of recent pregnancy announcements
Mary Anne has just announced that she's pregnant! She's due in early October. Congratulations to her and Kevin, and if...
How do you recognize a One True Pairing?
In conventional romance novels, you can always tell who the female main character is supposed to (and going to) end...