19:02 I’m ordering Chinese food and thinking about what cocktail I’ll have with the debate. How about you? # 21:42 Let’s talk about the important issues. McCain’s tie is too long and his suit is ill-fitting. # 21:43 If you want to see a breakdown of the differences in their tax plans, check out this […]
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I’m a visual person, so I find charts like the one that chartjunk put together enormously helpful. I’m not seeing the tax increase that McCain said Obama was giving me. Maybe he’s just worried about the one that happens for the people up at the top of that thin, thin line.
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17:17 I’m doing paper-mache rocks now. # 19:55 Trying to decide if I should watch the VP debate at home or keep working & listen here. Either way, it’ll be streaming. At home I can drink. # 20:33 I’ve decided to go home so I can listen to the debate with Rob. # 22:03 God.
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The election results were announced today at the business meeting. President: Russell Davis VP: Elizabeth Moon Secretary: Mary Robinette Kowal Treasurer: Amy Casil Eastern Regional: Bud Sparhawk Overseas Regional Directon: Ian Whates Because the current secretary, Alma Alexander, couldn’t be here, I dived right in by taking minutes of the meeting. Fortunately, I don’t have
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Jim MacDonald posted a reminder on Making Light A reminder: The ballots for the SFWA presidential election must be received by 19 April 2008. Mail early! And weigh the envelope — it’s on the border of needing two stamps.
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For those of you just tuning in, here’s a link to my platform. Please feel free to ask me questions here or there. The code for the banner, should you be willing to pass it around is: <a href=”https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/i-am-running-for-sfwa-secretary/”><img src=”https://cfa57c.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/MRKforSecretary.gif” alt=”Mary Robinette Kowal for SFWA secretary” /></a>
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For the past several months, I’ve been helping out by recruiting volunteers for SFWA. As I do, it becomes apparent to me that the organization faces several hurdles. 1. It lacks continuity. 2. There are no clear lines of communication 3. The public interface is out-dated. 4. Volunteers’ time is not efficiently managed. Here is
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Rich Horton has commented on the preliminary Nebula ballot. Including this, about the short story selection. Given the stories listed, my choices come down to “Always” and “For Solo Cello, Op. 12”, both of which are in my SF Best of the Year. I think those two stories are outstanding (and I’m delighted to see
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In the comments thread on Scalzi’s write-in bid for president of SFWA, Catherine Mintz, the current SFWA Secretary says: If you are an active member and have lost/tossed your ballot, you are entitled to a replacement, and I urge you to ask for one and vote, no matter who your choices might be. SFWA needs
Early on, I talked about the importance of selecting the right piece for a reading. Some pieces of fiction naturally lend themselves to being read aloud, while others are meant to stay on the page. In John Scalzi’s The Sagan Diary, I ran smack into that difference. Scalzi asked me to read the preface, which
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My brain is a little mushy because I just came home from recording an audio gig. It is a very, very cool one and I loved doing it. I’ll be able to point you to a link to it soon, but for the moment, just know that I think you’ll like it. I had a
Well, gentle readers. I’m cleaning house and have a whole passel of puppetry t-shirts ranging from new to very used, and they all have very cool illustrations. Rather than taking them to Goodwill, I thought I would see if any of my puppetry readers wanted them. I’d like to see them go to a good
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I’ve been thinking about discussing reading aloud for a while now and John Joseph Adam’s recent post about Harry, Carrie and Garp brought it to mind again. I know it seems like reading aloud ought to be self-explanatory, but I’ve heard a lot of authors who should not be allowed to read their own work.
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John, Rob and I went to Kevin’s woodshop. They are just starting a new project, so kept apologizing that nothing was happening. The shop is well-equipped and has lots of tools that I’ve never seen before. And routers. I’ve seen them before, but now I covet one. After that, Laura, Rob and I went into
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Rob and I went to the Celsi’s last night for pizza and a movie. I had ordered Strings from Netflix as part of a trial membership so that was our selection. It is visually stunning. The world-building is unbelievable, but there are places where the sheer bombastic melodrama overwhelms the story. Even so, it is