Harmony
Meant to add this to the previous entry (about the concert): In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in 1950, William...
Concert etc.
I skipped tonight's story reading to go see Kallet/Epstein/Cicone perform in Medford. The only previous time I saw them live,...
Why Asimov’s was founded
Interesting tidbit in the June 2003 issue of Asimov's, in an article by Sheila Williams about the 2003 Isaac Asimov...
What are they afraid of?
Vardibidian notes: "Ed Gray, a sports columnist for the Boston Herald, has come out of the closet." Nice column. But...
Cheryl on TorCon
The latest issue of Cheryl Morgan's Hugo-nominated Emerald City is out, giving a long and detailed con report for TorCon....
Sick
Woke up Sunday morning with a bit of a sore throat, but it went away within an hour or so,...
Relief
Alex G. showed me how to hook up to his cable modem, so (for the moment) I have Net again!...
Quick update
On the one hand, only minimal Net access. Also, as far as I can tell, all the mail that I...
Without a Net
Made it safely to Swarthmore last night, had a chicken parm sandwich and cheese fries for dinner. Yum. Unfortunately, my...
More on recall
Welcome to irony world: Darrell Issa (the main guy behind the recall effort, who dropped out of the race a...
Greens win online votes
There are at least two sites that are providing "ballots" on which you can "vote" for candidates in the California...
Recipe law
I hadn't known how intellectual-property law worked with regard to recipes for making food, but during a conversation with Mary...