Albuquerque Science Fiction Society Christmas meeting features Dessert Cook-Off and FRANZ KAFKA’S IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Plus, bonus holiday episode of TMI Theater.
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Albuquerque Old Town Holiday Stroll & Christmas Tree Lighting, 6 PM 12-4-09: big fun. Have you seen those TV ads where the little girl puts up posters for her lost puppy? Then some college dude wanders by, snaps a pic of the poster on his phone and sends it to all his friends? And they forward it to their contacts, until it reaches somebody who finds the critter and [...] … of the Uncanny Valley Nursery School.
A Halloween treat for you: sheer, undiluted horror! And sleep no more! Don’t just thank me (you’re not, I know.) Thank James Gunn, the twisted genius behind the delightful Slither. Today he Tweeted a link to an old blog post of his containing an entire pageant of these [...] Note: For some reason this page was totally breaking my blog when it tried to load. So I’ve deleted it. However, so as not to deny you my deathless account of life at Bubonicon 41, I’m reposting it, plus two stirring comments the post engendered before it apparently exploded in flames. Also added the [...] The main reason I’ve been generally incommunicado for a while is that I’ve been afflicted with major computer woes. But first, since computer problems are so seldom visually exciting (unless they involve, say, actual flames shooting out, which fortunately mine have not, so far) a somewhat dark but adorable picture of my cats: Brother and Sister: [...] Yes! At last I’ve scored the final ingredient. Now all that remains is to assemble the pieces I have painstakingly gathered together. Then launch The Process. Next – World Domination! No, wait – that’s when I finish The Dinosaur Lords. Still, I’m really stoked about this Secret Project. Once it gets going I’ll see how my litte cellphone camera [...] Santa Fe journalist and music maven Steve Terrell clued me into what he rightly termed this revoltin’ development from eMusic: they’re raising their prices. Yes, now. What a bright idea! So I was moved to write them the following in response: Dear eMusic: While I’ve enjoyed and championed you service for years despite faults such as dubious tech [...] Yippee-ki-yay!
For all you Princess Bride geeks out there. You know who you are. I’ll spare you the (in)appropriate WAV link. For now. Instead enjoy the great xkcd. And click the image to see the strip full-size. So during the week (when I should have been doing productive things) various items on the Web caught [...] For years when traveling I’ve not paid much attention to the flight attendants’ spiel about using your seat cushions for flotation in case of a water landing. Aside from the fact it’s boring, there isn’t any such thing as a jetliner making a safe water landing. They usually wind up like that hijacked Ethiopian [...] |
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