Hugo pro artists: more than just what’s in the packet
In this year's Hugo voter packet, five pro artists provided samples of their work. Unfortunately, one of the six nominated...
Hugo rec: Ancillary Justice
As I've noted before, I rarely read novels in time to nominate them for the Hugo or Nebula awards. But...
Hugo rec: Six-Gun Snow White
The deadline for Hugo voting is the day after tomorrow, so I'd better finally post a couple of the things...
Resilience and building in slack
I have an unfortunate pattern of making myself late to things. One part of how I do that is that...
Assorted notes, loosely connected to Sara
A few notes more or less pertaining to Sara: On Thursday, driving home from the memorial service for Sara, I...
Counseling
When Sara went out on leave a couple of months ago, I went to see a counselor. (In fact, she's...
Bad news
I'm very sorry to say that my closest colleague at work, Sara G, has died. I'm not mentioning her full...
Shuffling notes
I've been trying out some boardgames that require a fair bit of card shuffling; in particular, RoboRally requires shuffling the...
Great customer service: Victorinox
A month or two ago, I noticed that one of the wheels on my suitcase was broken. The outer layer...
Some books aren’t in the Hugo voter packet
A couple months ago, I recommended buying a supporting WorldCon membership as a relatively inexpensive way to (a) participate in...
WisCon: gender stuff
I was on three gender panels at WisCon this year. I learned several things from them (and from other WisCon...
How not to ask neighbors to help with termite issues
Empty house next door is getting termite-fumigated. The fumigation company has sent me a “Neighbor's Permission Form” that tells me...