We moved into the guest room, which now has the distinction of being the only room in our house without boxes. We also moved the new tansu in there to use for our clothes, figuring that we’ll just pack the clothing in the tansu for the move. So, while the room has our bed, rug, […]
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I’ve pulled up the linoleum in two rooms now. The wood underneath is in surprisingly good shape; in fact the worst damage seems to be the two or three place where I’ve gouged it trying to pry linoleum up. The interesting thing is that the stuff in the office just came right up, really quickly
My brother gave me a copy of this for Christmas and I’ve only just gotten around to reading it. I thought it would last me a couple of days, since I’m confining my reading to limited periods because of the move. Wrong. I was totally sucked in and found it impossible to set down. I
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This is a short silent film of San Fransisco before and after the earthquake. In 1905, an unknown cameraman rode the Market Street line, filming the length of it. After the earthquake, he rode the line again. Matt Lake has created a haunting composite of the two films.
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I am cleaning house. I have two pairs of beautiful kid gloves, that actually fit, with tiny pearl buttons at the wrists. More amazing, I have worn both pairs for an event. The expression “fit like a glove” comes from gloves like these, which must be carefully eased onto the hand and are so snug
Opera length kid gloves Read More »
Curious about what is happening inside your computer? This is not where my computer issues are, but it’s interesting nonetheless. I have a non-functional DVD/CD drive.
A laptop hardrive at work Read More »
I’ve just backed up my computer and it’s going into the shop for some minor repairs. The DVD/CD drive stopped working last year and I haven’t had enough down time to take it in. The shop tells me that they’ll have my computer for five or six days. We have Rob’s computer, of course, but
I spent most of today running errands, although I did take time out to have lunch with Ken Scholes. Such a sweetheart. Today was really gorgeous, so I did all of my errands via bike. Lovely day. We also recorded the last of the pickup lines for Subterranean Press. I’m uploading the audio book now,
As I mentioned, Rob and I went to the farmer’s market yesterday and picked up some mushrooms. Then, today, in a splendiferous surprise, our plaster repair man came by and gave us a quart bag of morels. It seems that he always picks a freezer full of them when he goes on his vacation. He’d
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Today was a really wonderful day. We went to pick up a tansu chest that replaces the dressers we had in our bedroom. Our goal is to only have furniture that we both like. There are a couple of exceptions for sentimental reasons, but very few. After that, we biked down to the farmers market.
Farmer’s market, yardsales and a movie Read More »
Matt Wallace reviewed Apex #9 and had this to say about my story. Next up, flash fiction from Mary Robinette Kowal. It pains me to say this, but “Locked In” really didn’t get it done for me. It certainly didn’t have the impact that it seemed to have on others. I love Ms. Kowal to
Prime Codex is for sale! And you have multiple reasons to want a copy. I’ve sort of kept mum about one of them, I realize. You already know that my story, “Rampion” appears in the anthology. But there’s this other thing I forgot to mention. After I sold them “Rampion,” I had one of those
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LIVE! Streaming! Now! Go, go watch! Eurovision Song Contest – Helsinki 2007
Eurovision Song Contest – Helsinki 2007 Read More »
We recorded the last of the chapters for the Subterranean project today. Rob still has to finish editing it, but my end is mostly done. I’m a little worried that we may have to go back and re-record some of the Spaniard’s lines in the pre-Ricardo Montalban chapters for consistency, but hopefully not. I am,
Finished recording Read More »