I’m having a ridiculously good time figuring out the seating chart for the dinner that Lady FitzCameron is throwing to celebrate the completion of the mural in her dining room. I collect etiquette books and every year throw a black-tie optional dinner party with place cards and everything. The rules for figuring out precedence or […]
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After Orycon, I went to see Dean play in Kill Henry Sugar. If you didn’t buy their album the last time I said they were fantastic, you should go do it now. Richard A. Lovett took me up on the invitation to go to their gig. Before the show, he asked me “What kind of
More than survived, really. I had a great time, although I was a little stressed juggling some transit issues. Rob and I had made the decision before going to Iceland, that we would sell the car and try being carless when we came back. What this weekend has taught me is that carless is fine
Today is our fifth anniversary. Happiness! Rob is in Iceland. I’m in Portland. Sadness.
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Here’s my schedule for Orycon. Come see me! Fri Nov 17 2:00:pm Constructive Critiquing 4:00:pm Other Worlds or the Same Ol’, Same Ol’? Sat Nov 18 10:00:am We Don’t Need Another Hero 11:00:am Remember to Breathe- The Secrets Behind Great Public Readings (Workshop on reading aloud) 1:00:pm Turkey Readings 4:00:pm Juggling Jobs: Survival Tips for
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I’ve been using the English place name generator for the estates and towns in a couple of stories. I just asked it for one for Mr. Dunkirk’s estate and it offered me, “West Rootsex.” No. No, I don’t think so. Edited to add: The next one was “Sex cot in the Vale.” Really, it’s usually
Oh my. I just realized that, in Shades of Milk and Honey, I’ve created a world where it’s quite likely that shadow puppetry would never have arisen. In fact, I think that puppetry and mask work may only have come up as a form of sham glamour. This is very strange for me. I’m thinking
Today I waited around the house for my DSL connection to be hooked up because Qwest said that I had to be home between nine and five, which was a nice, narrow window. It was okay, because I also had to be here for the gutter guys to come give me an estimate, and to
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Andrew at PuppetVision has a great post on the giant marionette that was supposedly in Reykjavik which has some cool behind the scenes photos of the standard sized marionette on a greenscreen.
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This is one of my two cats. He’s a mask artist. When he was a kitten I gave him one of those string ornaments to play with. He used to bite the edge of it, and it would flip, almost going over his head. One evening, as I was hosting a dinner party, one of
Your Vocabulary Score: A Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary! You must be quite an erudite person. How’s Your Vocabulary?
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Three people today have sent me emails saying that they hope I’m surviving the rain and storms. It’s sunny with blue skies today, and only scattered clouds. So, I’m fine. No problems to report here, no matter what the news agencies tell you.
Modern Mechanix » Typewriter Spaces Words To Fill Lines Really. What girl wouldn’t want one of these? Such a cool gadget. Although, it does make me very conscious of all the retyping people used to have to do. I dimly remember this from when I was typing on our IBM Selectric, but we had some
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