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Independence me

How am I, this Fourth of July? Alive and kicking!

What Can I Do For You?

Plea to my beloved readers: please tell me what you want to read on this blog!

Blogging dilemma

I need to blog more. But I need to spend less time and effort when I blog.

Hear my midnight confession

Yes, I admit it. I went there. I named my subconscious.

What I can’t believe is that I blabbed about it.

(And yes, I know it’s not midnight here. Indulge me. If you read Wild Cards, you know I have no power over Sixties rock lyrics.)

Anyway, Emma Dog and I went to walk in one of our [...]

Model summer

My happiest summer: building WWI airplane models as a kid.

Home again

Rumors of my death are scarcely exaggerated. Home now, and doing much better.

Detox

So it’s been one week.

Last Saturday afternoon I suddenly decided, and announced on Twitter, that I was embarking upon a fast on news and opinion. By that I meant I wouldn’t voluntarily seek out news or opinions on current events or (especially) politics, online or in any other medium.

As I said at the time, I [...]

I hate puzzles

That’s not code or a euphemism or anything. Sorry. I just hate puzzles.

Screw you, Sudoku, and the horse you rode in on.

Why that should be I’ve no damned idea. In general I really love figuring things out. But as for puzzles per se, I suppose my attitude is, Oh, fucking get on with it.

If [...]

Ch-ch-ch-changes

I’m sorry, I just can’t get over those damn talking ants.

RED QUEEN: Go, my children! Raid the Black nest, slay their workers, and bring me their succulent larvae that I may sate my hunger upon them!

RED SOLDIER ANTS: {brzzz, brzzz} (Doing best Them! imitation.)

Pictured: Just any ant.

So there’re probably more suitable public domain [...]

I want this shirt

And yes, in fact, I do still want my flying car:

Occasionally at SF cons I get somebody, at a panel or something, tasking me with the genre’s various failed predictions. “Where’s my flying car?” they ask. And I tell them, “Hey, I’m still waiting too, y’know!”

Actually, I’m quite enamored of many of the [...]