Happy Day 3
My nephew decorated his home tree with ornaments he made himself. See that? That’s the Flying Spaghetti Monster. May you all be touched by his noodly apendage
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Happy Day 2
I’ve known Paul Abbamondi online for a couple of years now and sort of thought that we’d actually met at a con at some point. Not so! We met for the first time at Philcon. And Paul has immortalized our meeting in a comic strip. This is my first comic strip appearance and it makes
Happy Days meme
The rules on this one are simple. For 8 days, post 1 thing every day that made you happy. Then tag 8 other people. Here’s mine. Last night I sat in front of the fire in my parents’ house with Rob and talked to my folks. Look! The stockings are hung by the chimney with
Twitters for 12-21-08
08:58 Rob and I are waiting for the bus to the airport. We are on our way to Chattanooga. # 09:14 On the bus with a driver who is cranky even by NYC standards. # 10:20 Not bad. I got pulled for additional screening for my mic, but otherwise a clean checkin. # 11:46 We
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Through D.C.
We’re on the plane in D.C. Dad, they have a Gordon Biersch in the airport. We thought of you.
In the airport
Aside from getting pulled for additional screening because of the Blue Snowball mic in my bag, it was pretty smooth getting here. They ignored the 10 stainless steel chopsticks in my bag and the liquids which I forgot to pull out. At the moment, I’m thrilled to be liberated from airport wi-fi thanks to my
Happy Birthday Katherine!
My niece has reached her majority and in honor of that milestone, I offer you this video of baby pandas playing in the snow.
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Heading to Chattanooga
It’s snowing big, beautiful fluffy flakes right now as we’re getting ready to head out to the airport. We’ve given ourselves extra time to get there. The flight is listed as being on time and the snow is supposed to turn to rain about the time we’re due to take off. Fingers crossed, eh?
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Twitters for 12-20-08
11:23 Heading out to drop off props and then brave the crowds to do some shopping. NOT looking forward to the shopping part. # 15:34 If my computer won’t boot into windows or linux, that’s not good, right? # 15:57 I’m at the post office with the rest of North America. # 20:00 Successfully returned
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Brown: Invalidate Prop. 8
San Jose Mercury News reports on Attorney General Jerry Brown’s position on Prop. 8. Saying Proposition 8 violates constitutionally protected liberties, Attorney General Jerry Brown on Friday asked the California Supreme Court to strike down the same-sex marriage ban, even as supporters filed a brief that would erase the legal recognition of couples married before
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Proof of time travel?
I’m sure there’s a perfectly logical and no-fun explanation about this… Archeologists in China are baffled after finding a tiny Swiss watch in a 400-year-old tomb. But it’s straight out of an SF story, isn’t it. via Ananova – Swiss watch found in 400-year-old tomb.
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Shimmer story makes Aurealis Awards short list
I’m so pleased that Angela Slatter has made the Aurealis Awards short-list with her story from Shimmer‘s art issue. Here’s an excerpt from an interview with her. Angela has been short-listed in the Best Fantasy: Short Story category for her story ‘Dresses, Three’, which was published in Shimmer magazine. She has had stories published in
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AMC Five Fantastic Movies for the Holiday Season
My column this week at AMC is Movies for the Holiday Season I am a total sucker for Christmas. Complete. To my very core, sucker for Christmas. Every year, my extended family descends on the house my grandfather built for a Norman Rockwell affair: We’ve got third-cousins twice-removed, there’s caroling, dinner for thirty-four people and
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