Book-shifting day, plus the Chicago Seven trial
This morning, I went over to Pam & Arthur's to help them move furniture and books; they're rearranging a bunch...
Memoriam
Tomorrow/today (Saturday the 11th) would have been my father's 67th birthday. It's also the 26th anniversary of my mother's death....
Borderlands this weekend
Reminder about two events this weekend at Borderlands Books in San Francisco: Saturday, November 11, 3:00 p.m.: Ellen Klages, reading...
R.I.P., Jack Williamson
To quote Locus Online: "SF Grand Master Jack Williamson, born 1908, died this afternoon at his home in Portales, New...
Online magazine seeks donations
The Strange Horizons fall fund drive is nearly over, and I still haven't managed to post about it. I suppose...
Some voting resources
Before I go to sleep, here are some websites that might be helpful in researching stuff on ballots, primarily in...
Measure A
I received five glossy full-color flyers in favor of Santa Clara County's Measure A, a land-use initiative that puts limits...
California bond measures
The San Francisco Chronicle recommends voting yes on all the bond measures. Excerpt: The governor backs the bonds, and so...
Austen on journaling
I've finished Mansfield Park, which I'll write more about later, and have started Northanger Abbey, which contains more lively and...
Cool online games/toys
Be prepared to spend quite a lot of time on these. (The first two require Flash; the third is a...
Kawaii!
An assortment of mostly cute photos, mostly of animals: JustALittleGuy, which is sort of like Cute Overload except that the...
Travel, comics, TV, spam, Halloween, birthdays
Sorry so out of touch lately. I have dozens of things I want to post about, as always, but somehow...