We won’t order gargoyles for you, but we will charge you
Remember how a couple weeks ago, I called Bloomster's (a San José florist) to find out what was up with...
Excellent webcomic: The Secret Knots
A while back, Jhayne pointed me to a webcomic called The Secret Knots, by Juan Santapau. I just finally got...
My best Halloween costumes
A friend asked on Facebook what were the best Halloween costumes we'd worn. I started to reply there, but this...
Weekend plan
For once, I have no social plans at all this weekend. So I'm gonna stay home and try to make...
Assorted updates
A few assorted life updates: Day job I've been at my current day job for nine years as of today....
The case of the missing gargoyles
Two months ago, I ordered two Campania garden gargoyles from the local retailer, a place called Bloomster's in San José....
Escape Pod and Podcastle need your help!
The three sf fiction podcasts run by Escape Artists (Escape Pod, Podcastle, and Pseudopod) are in dire need of donations...
Strangers making connections
Jhayne points to a fascinating and odd 3-minute video about a photographer who gets strangers to pose with each other...
Dangerous Beauty
The other night, Kam and I watched the 1998 movie Dangerous Beauty. I had seen it before, in 1999; Kam...
The best-sounding new book I haven’t read yet
I was in Borderlands Books yesterday, and I saw a book on the shelf called Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie,...
Cup game, cup song
I vaguely heard of the cup game years ago, but never tried it before, and I'm not sure I've ever...
“What a Good Boy” and gender expectations
I've had several interesting conversations about gender roles in the past few days. Not gonna write a real entry about...