You might remember about a month ago I mentioned that Rob had gone in to have his hands diagnosed and that the doctor wanted to get him in for surgery right away, as in that week. Â The nerves were dying. He’s been jumping through paperwork since then. Â We just found out that his worker’s comp […]
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PuppetVision blog is one of my favorite websites because they’re always finding great puppetry video on the internet. Witness this one. Steve Vitale documents Dave Goelz and Steve Whitmire’s visit to the Atlanta History Center including great video. This is an extremely rare opportunity to see the two men work in full view of the
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I’ve just returned home from the SFWA reception which seemed to be a rousing sucess. Kudos to Bud Sparhawk, the Eastern Regional Director, for arranging it. It was my first one, so I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. It turns out that it’s very much like an opening night party, without a show attached
I was on a panel today, the Latest News from Mars and as soon as I walked in felt out of my depth. The other two panelists were scientists [1. I don’t have my program book on me and it has their names in it. Lovely men and a fun conversation.] and here I was,
I’m continuing to have a good time here, although am too tired to sum up properly. Bear with me until tomorrow and I’ll write an actual post. I have a reading at 11:00 and to at least pretend to sleep before then.
16:42 I can tell I’m teaching puppet making at an SF con because one of the students has just made Cthulu. #
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10:41 The downside to giving a dinner party with “correct” place-settings is dealing with the ridiculous amount of silver afterwards. # 11:53 The upside to giving a dinner party with “correct” place-settings is that I love my china and silver. I just clearly need staff for cleanup. # 12:26 Whoops.Got our phone bill.All of my
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This is my first Philcon so I sort of didn’t know what to expect. So far I’ve been impressed with the organization of the con. Good signage, easy registration and lots of communication beforehand. On the downside, I left NYC later than I’d planned and left my demo puppets and the Campbell tiara in the
So, you know how I worked on Lazytown? And you know how I have a thing for Jackie Chan? Guess who the villain is in his new film, The Spy Next Door. I have to say, I think this is extremely cool.
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Whoa. I’ve just had a long-held notion smashed. See, I’ve always been told that the original end of the film version of Little Shop of Horrors was the same as the stage version. Except…it’s not. Up to this point, I’ve only seen footage of Audrey II rampaging through New York. Fantasy Magazine pointed to the
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My column this week at AMC talks aboutFour Fantastic Films That Aren’t Quite Fantasy. You genre geeks know what I’m talking about. The interstitial stuff. Two weeks ago we talked about movies you might not think of as fantasy that do in fact fall into the category. That got me thinking about movies that look
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One of the things I’ve been enjoying at the new Nebula site are the guest bloggers. This week’s is Aliette de Bodard with an excellent post called, A Basic Introduction to Maya Mythology. Similar to my previous article on Aztec mythology, this article is intended as an introduction into some basic ideas of Maya religion
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Yesterday was absolutely lovely. We slept in, had bagels and hung about being lazy together. I gave Rob four wool Afghan pakol hats, which are his favorite headgear. See the one he’s wearing in this photo? It was his favorite and went missing while we were in Iceland so I picked up some replacements. He
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One of my favorite podcasts is Jon Armstrong’s If You’re Just Joining Us . This episode he interviews Deborah Duchon, a nutritional anthropologist and it is utterly fascinating stuff. I highly recommend this episode. Deborah Duchon is a noted nutritional anthropologist, teacher, author and speaker, best known for her work on the hit TV show,