Planes and automobiles
Got next to no sleep Wednesday night--I was up late packing, blogging, and rejecting stories (rejected over 70 stories Wednesday...
WisCon ho!
I'm getting on a plane to WisCon in about 7 hours. Somehow I'm not as excited about it as I...
Parental blogging
It occurred to me the other day that a fair number of people I know blog occasionally or regularly about...
Lay on, MacBook!
I'm sure most of you who care know by now that Apple has released its latest laptop: the 13" MacBook,...
Reviewed without venom
For over three months now, I've been meaning to post a note about Liz Henry's excellent SH review of Touched...
Slate on the death of independent bookstores
Tyler Cowen weighs in with an article titled "What Are Independent Bookstores Really Good For?" and subtitled "Not much." The...
Call for subs: Men Speak Out
Shira Tarrant is editing an anthology of essays titled Men Speak Out: ProFeminist Views on Gender, Sex and Power; below...
Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly
Back around the end of March, I bought Willie Nelson's recording of the catchy gay cowboy song "Cowboys Are Frequently...
Non-technical PSA re GFI
If you live in the US, and your home has a modern electrical system, chances are good that you have...
Doctoral
Many many congratulations to Dr. Susan Marie Groppi, who acquired her Ph.D. (complete with puffy hat and spiffy robes) yesterday...
If I won the lottery…
. . . I would buy this house, or maybe this one. There's a cluster of four or five big houses that've been...
LiveJournal commenter authentication
LiveJournal users can now authenticate (to post comments on my older entries without a delay) by entering their LJ usernames...