We just returned from the winebar Vino, run by Rob’s old chum Chuck Furuya. May I say, that if you are in Honolulu and want to have a nice range of wines and a pleasant evening, go to Vino. We’re hoping to take Rob’s folks back to the main restaurant, Hiroshi’s on Saturday. We also […]
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Look! The Dr. Who anthology that I’m in, Destination Prague, came out today. Oh my goodness. I’m such a geek, because you know, Dr. Who! I think that my early watching of Tom Baker’s Dr. Who really marked the beginning of my geekhood. (Dad? Care to comment?) It is especially apropos that Destination Prague comes
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If you can, today, seek out a puppet show whether that’s a live show or something on video or film. Puppets are one of the oldest forms of theater and have had so many different incarnations, it can’t be hard to find one. You just have to look for them. Don’t know where to start?
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We had a very relaxed day today. I wrote for a bit until I felt the need for a nap. Then we went out and had udon at Rob’s favorite udon restaurant. He took me on a drive up a very long, very winding drive up a ridge, but I can’t remember the name of
I just got a rejection note today which included the line, “On an unrelated note, I wanted to say great work on the Scalzi/SFWA video! Very nicely done.” Why thank you, thank you very much. Here’s another. (Yes, Eric, I know I need to add the fast voiceover at the end.)
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Our flight out was utterly uneventful. We both napped some. Rob read the NY Times. I wrote and got about 2000 words in. And then we waited for our baggage to arrive. The staff seemed to be engaged in a slow motion Laurel and Hardy film, which anywhere else would have involved much running around
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Modern Mechanix » Puppets Made from Light Bulbs Guido Daniele does amazing body paint. See that picture of the athlete? She’s naked. (Thanks to momk for this) The Cube – An hour of experimental television produced by Jim Henson before the Muppets. (Thanks to Jeremy Tolbert for this one.) We’re boarding now.
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I’m sitting in the Portland airport and just realized that I left my spare computer batteries at home. I have a total of three batteries. This one has two hours of life. I’m figuring between this and my palm pilot I ought to be able to write for a good chunk of the five hour
Just a reminder, Rob and I leave for Hawaii tomorrow to visit his folks. I should be online, but probably not as frequently.
We’re in the studio and Rob is editing the chapter I recorded. We recorded a page and then had to go back and re-record because my voice is too low for consistency with the earlier chapters. I’ve been raising my narrator voice above my natural speaking pitch because there are a number of male characters
Oh happy day, I’ve been looking for a while for a Word Press progress meter that doesn’t require me to update the code all the time. Behold Deborah McDonnell made ProgressFly, which is available on her site, scribbling damselfly which does everything I could ask it to do. There’s an easy control panel for customizing
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Apex has released their next issue, which has my story “Locked In.” It looks like a good line up, huh? “The Sum of His Parts†– Kevin J. Anderson “The End of Crazy†– Katherine Sparrow “The Gunslinger of Chelem†– Lavie Tidhar “Locked In†– Mary Robinette Kowal “Projector†– Daniel LeMoal “At the
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So, I’ve added two new things to the website, plus some back end and minor revamping. First, you might notice little “Share This” buttons at the bottom of posts. These are for those of you who use things like technorati or like to email articles to other folks. I think they are fairly self explanatory
Thank heavens for antibiotics, that’s all I have to say. Things in my head are largely clear now, which is such a relief that I can’t even tell you.
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