Temporary mail outage
My mail system has thrown away most of the mail that it received in the past four to eight hours....
Mothers
This morning, I was half-listening to iTunes on shuffle play again, and one of my two or three favorite pieces...
Fathers
I recently discovered that the Uncle Bonsai albums are available on CD. They're still not available via the iTunes Store,...
Writing challenge/exercise: long titles
Not sure what to write next? Here's a challenge: Come up with a title that's at least seven words long...
Three Strange Horizons items
Three quick things as I rush off to a meeting: Susan's been nominated for a Special Award in the World...
Blog Against Racism Week
This past week has been International Blog Against Racism Week, and I've been so out of touch that I nearly...
Defensiveness
Every now and then, someone says something online that upsets me or hurts my feelings, because I am a delicate...
Arcade games (and pinball) in San Jose this weekend
This weekend in San José is California Extreme 2007, "an annual celebration of coin operated pinball machines [and] video games,"...
Flash, Java, and JavaScript games/toys/puzzles roundup
Assorted interesting and/or cool online games, toys, and puzzles: Gimme Friction Baby, which Charles D described as "sort of a...
Gabrielle’s story
On December 1, 1997 (almost ten years ago), I received an odd piece of email, from someone I didn't know,...
Haven’t you always wanted a monkey (on a plane)?
Various news sources seem uncertain whether to treat the news of a man bringing a pygmy marmoset on a flight...
Bridges and collapse
I was very sorry last week to hear about the bridge that collapsed in the Twin Cities, and relieved to...