Falcon
I was at a friend's place, sitting at their dining-room table. Looked up and suddenly there was a falcon, covered...
Convention Anti-Harassment Project
The folks over at Girl-Wonder.org have started a project to reduce harassment, especially sexual harassment, at conventions: the Con Anti-Harassment...
Benchley on Great Literature
As Robert Benchley once said: Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is...
Forthcoming Macs and iPods
There are rumors and other indications that Apple will be releasing upgraded Macs and iPods in late September. So if...
Absent-minded
Finished up something on the computer this morning, went off to shower. My towel was wet. "That's odd," I thought;...
Weekend
Friday evening, Kam and I watched National Treasure 2. It was fun and silly; perhaps not quite as much fun...
Game store in South Bay
For years, a store called Gamescape (in Palo Alto) was where I always went to buy games. I didn't buy...
Femme2008 queer Femme conference this weekend in Chicago
Mary Anne is attending an interesting-sounding conference this weekend: Femme2008, a queer Femme conference run by the Femme Collective. It...
Deaf town/state?
Happened across this just now in a timeline of deaf history: 1850's: John Flournoy, a former pupil of the Connecticut...
Marriage has never changed in any way
According to various folks opposed to same-sex marriage, the definition of marriage has been a constant forever. The idea of...
What kinds of stories am I looking for?
This morning in the dealer's room at WorldCon, I was introduced to an Australian author who was interested in submitting...
Hugo and Campbell winners!
It's been entire minutes since the Hugo ceremony ended, and yet none of the usual suspects have full detailed results...