Upcoming events and other stuff
Suddenly it seems like there are many Things going on around here: This weekend in Vallejo: NorCal Pirate Festival. Entertainers,...
Biggest time-sink ever
I have been meaning for years to link to TV Tropes, a wiki that provides a vast and entertaining and...
Mini-Review: The Lost Thing (short film)
I've been reading and watching the Hugo nominees, and just got to the 15-minute-long movie The Lost Thing, based on...
The portal in the basement
I think it was the first night of WisCon when I had this dream: Mary Anne and I (and someone...
Items: Assorted
More window-closing, this time with no particular theme: Man arrested at Large Hadron Collider claims he's from the future. When...
ecomics: Birds of Prey
DC Comics is rebooting various series and characters, and Dave S linked the other day to a good article by...
Items: Art and images
Closing some browser windows. Links to various pieces of art and image-related stuff: Cute prank/art subway signs: Spoiler Alert, Please...
The curious incident of the cough in the night-time
Sunday and Monday nights, I woke up every one to three hours for a several-minute coughing fit. My cough syrup...
Home safe
Had a good trip. WisCon; Chicago; Swarthmore. Good to see people. Am unlikely to write up a full report of...
Buy books, get a free Hugo vote!
It's Hugo Award voting season again, and WorldCon (with the permission of the nominees and their publishers) has again provided...
Gender options for video game protagonist
First, a bit of background for those who don't know it: There's a popular series of science fiction video games...
Travel day
When I bought my WisCon plane tickets, I knew that the connection in Denver was a tight one, and I...