PayPal phishing
I get a whole lot of spam that claims to be from PayPal and says my account has been blocked...
Birthday
It's now my birthday. Yay. Birthdays in general are a fairly big deal for me; like having one's own personal...
R.I.P., Stanislaw Lem
According to the SFWA obituary: Polish science fiction author Stanislaw Lem died in his home city of Krakow on Monday,...
Romance meets action
As y'all know, I'm a big fan of Jennifer Crusie's books. What you probably don't know, 'cause I keep forgetting...
Another Year’s Best update
Assorted Year's Best TOCs and news and such: Kathryn Cramer has posted the table of contents for Year's Best SF...
Long week
Assorted bits and pieces from the past week or so (some good, some not):
Tickled
Being an editor has its pleasures. One of the things that makes me happiest about editing is seeing authors expressing...
Hugo ballot released
Cheryl is the first person I've seen to publicly post the 2006 Hugo nominees. I saw them in email earlier...
Vernal
About fifteen minutes from now as I type this will be the spring equinox. Yay spring! (Or alternatively, yay fall...
Check your Strange Horizons Readers’ Choice ballots
Two notes about the SH Readers' Choice Awards: The voting period has been extended to this coming Wednesday, March 22....
Optimism about same-sex marriage
The American Prospect recently published a remarkably optimistic article about same-sex marriage by E. J. Graff. Here's the blurb from the...
Monotheism, Judaism, and Story
There's been a fascinating discussion lately, about religion and the stories by which we define ourselves and the universe, ranging...