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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 [...]

My Best Friend

Actually, that’s Joseph Reichert. I’ve known him about forty years now. That’s another story – or a volume. Maybe two.

What I was just moved to write about was my other best friend – or as I sometimes refer to him, “my best little friend.”

This would be my orange tabby cat TJ. Which, yes, is short [...]

The thinking behind the thought

As I explained to Ann in the comment to my last post, I intended yesterday’s “thought of the day” as essentially a positive observation. That might seem strange. Heck, it is strange. It might be a bit more accurate to say it was half of a positive observation.

Yesterday I spent some time at my best [...]

Thought for the Day

Maybe we can’t rely on gratitude, but vengeful hatred never fails.

Journey to the Land of the Scorpions

Saturday was the famed Sci-Fi [sic] Night at the NM Scorpions hockey game. It was a lovely late afternoon for a drive – welcome to the actual beginning of New Mexico spring.

I’d downloaded directions to the Santa Ana Star Center and they seemed clear enough. I got a bit of a shock, however, [...]

Crazy Tree Guy

As every schoolchild knows, an invaluable resource for any homeowner is having a Crazy Tree Guy.

A Crazy Tree Guy is … wait. Is it possible there’s some part of that you don’t understand? He’s a crazy guy who works on trees!

More to the point, a Crazy Tree Guy is very knowledgeable about trees, [...]

Worst. Dog Toy. Ever?

So today I dropped a cool $124 and change on supplies at Costco. Eggs, facial tissue, olive oil … that sort of thing. I impulse bought a door mat for $19. Okay, so I’ve needed one for a couple years now. But it’s not a necessity.

On the one hand I suppose I [...]

Spring prepares to!

Well, our New Mexico weather is following its usual pattern. As seems to be the case most places, the seasons change quite definitely on or about the first of the month – not three weeks later, as per the bureaucratic (or fascist) calendar. And you can start sensing the onslaught of the seasonal [...]