Comfort food
My husband just brought me a tray with a cup of tomato soup, a grilled cheese sandwich and a plate of slice pears. I’m sitting in bed with the computer on my lap and a cat by my side. I’m still not well, but I am comforted.
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Mr. B–‘s arrival.
Mr. B– arrived safely last night. We stayed up talking until much too late. He and Rob are out exploring the neighborhood and I’m hunkered down with a relapse. I started going downhill yesterday afternoon, sadly. Today it is occurring to me that it might be that my cold is being compounded by allergies. It’s
Ten days to Spring
But who’s counting. Look how beautiful the view of our back yard is from the dining room window. We are engaged in deep cleaning of the house, because tonight, Mr. B– arrives. This is the man with whom we are doing the house swap beginning in May. I suspect that it will rain while he’s
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Submitting to non-paying venues
While I’m posting free fiction, I’d also like to say why I generally don’t. I’ve been a puppeteer, professionally, since 1989. When I first started out, I did some freebies for exposure and you know what? I didn’t get a single gig from any of those. I have yet to see a venue that offered
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Svankmajer: The Unknown Horrors
Oooo! Wired has a great gallery up of Jan Svankmajer’s films In honor of the DVD release of one of cinema’s unsung heroes, we revisit the films of the Czech surrealist animator Jan Svankmajer, who has been making bizarre, grotesque, hilarious and unforgettable movies from Prague since 1964.
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Just Right
John Scalzi has posted the first chapter of The Android’s Dream on his website, with the following notice. Happy March 12! As you all undoubtedly know, March 12 is the day that Coca-Cola was first sold in bottles, which means, for a Coca-Cola fiend such as myself, it’s pretty much a national holiday. As you
Spank the kitty
And I thought my cat was strange…. Does it make anyone else vaguely uncomfortable to watch the cat…enjoy herself?
The Slush God Speaketh: Shimmer: The Pirate Issue update
You can read the full update at The Slush God Speaketh: but meanwhile, here’s the short form. Okay, so I’ve waded through most of the submissions now. I’ve still got 27 in my inbox that I haven’t read yet. Everything else has either been rejected or been set aside for further consideration (or possibly inexplicably
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A Head Full of Brains – A Throat Full of Gurgles
Modern Mechanix has an amusing 1922 ad from the Perfect Voice Institute IS THAT the way you go after a job? You may have a fine set of brains but you must have a voice to prove it. If you are not as successful as you might have been, start out right by confessing to
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Feeling much better
I spent yesterday huddled under the covers and alternated between idle, mindless surfing, and typesetting. Rob picked up some hot and sour soup for me, which is my favorite comfort food for when I’m feeling ill. Toward bedtime, I thought I was probably starting to turn the corner, because I had the urge to write,
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Uber-flexible seating.
Some of you may not know this, but I have weakness for folding furniture. I collect it, in fact. So, you know I want one these collapsible sofas.. FlexibleLove™ experimental furniture incorporates an ‘accordian-like, honeycomb’ structure to create durable furniture pieces produced from widely-available, low-cost recycled materials. FlexibleLove™ furniture pieces, such as FlexibleLove 16™, are
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That’s right, feeling icky means you get fluff posts
Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™ Off with you now, follow the memey trail. I’m going to go have some hot soup.
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Waking up sick
Yesterday I began to have suspicion that the vocal fatigue I’d experienced Thursday night was actually the beginnings of a cold. Today, full blown sore throat. I am irritable; I had things I wanted to do today.
Monkeys in Rehearsal
If you are curious, there are pictures of the Monkeys in rehearsal. They aren’t finished yet. Emily still has hair and “makeup” to do, but she’ll wait until closer to performance for two reasons. First, they’ll get dinged up in rehearsal. Second, she’ll have a better idea of what the needs of the paint are,
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The Whistling Teakettle Sound
I just realized that I had recorded my voice lesson yesterday and the whistling teakettle sound was on the tape. I apologize for the tape hiss, but hey, at least you get to hear the insanity that is the whistle voice. I included a little bit of our conversation before and after so you could
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