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Strange interlude - stranger bedfellows

No wonder I couldn’t sleep. There was a dead mouse in my bed.

Besieged at the coffee shop!

My best friend and I get stuck inside our favorite coffee shop by a police standoff across the street.

Christmas, with Metamorphosis

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.

Lighting off Christmas!

Albuquerque Old Town Holiday Stroll & Christmas Tree Lighting, 6 PM 12-4-09: big fun.

Help rescue a stranded Cat

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 [...]

Say hi to the kids...

… 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 [...]

Bubonicon goes well, redux

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 [...]

Computational errors

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: [...]

Seekrit Projekt Update!

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 [...]

My letter to eMusic

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 [...]