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...
IT’S VERY LOUD IN HERE
I've been having an increasingly hard time with noise levels at sf conventions and restaurants and such lately. (Before I...
On first looking into The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time, as most of y'all probably know, has been nominated for a Hugo award, in the Best...
“Wakulla Springs”: sf or not?
A couple of friends have indicated that they're a little hesitant to vote for “Wakulla Springs” for a Hugo, on...
Susanfic
I hadn't realized there's a whole genre of Susan Pevensie fanfic. Here's one I just came across: “Between,” by genarti,...
WisCon: general
My WisCon was pretty good overall, but also stressful and tiring. The very difficult situation at work that I mentioned...
Some links about Narnia
I just read a lovely, excellent piece by Molly McArdle on the joys, and failures, of Narnia. “I write as...
Stop it with the all-white panels on diversity
At WorldCon in Glasgow in 2005, there were two panels about cultural appropriation in writing. In my memory (which may...
WisCon: be brave
Here are links to this year's WisCon guest-of-honor speeches, plus a couple of other items that seem to me to...