12:14 Rob has the day off and he’s made waffles. I love my husband more than I can describe. # 21:41 Making stone bones for the stone witch’s small arm. Sigh. I want to be finished with her. # 23:27 Totally cheating and using grey gaffer’s tape on the polyethelene instead of making my own […]
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09:17 Heading for the puppet kitchen. # 12:48 I’ve cut the stone witch’s forearm off and am going to rotate the wrist 90 degrees and reset it. # 13:43 My god! My mother has joined facebook! # 13:54 I mean… my MOM on Facebook. It really IS the twenty-first century, isn’t it? # 14:04 While
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Papier-mache is one of the oldest forms for creating puppets and so a lot of people think that there must be something better out there. Actually, there are very few contenders. Done well, papier-mache is light, strong, fast, and non-toxic. I know, we’ve all had the experience of the lumpy paste, and corners that stick
They’d like to come up with a title for my column at AMC and asked me for suggestions. Other columns are things like, “Masters of SciFi” or “Web Stalker,” for horror. I’ve come up with Cinema Fantastic and Dream Factory, but that is the total of my ideas. But you folks, you folks are brilliant.
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So, I keep seeing all these people who’ve added “Hussein” to their middle name in order to point out the silliness of get worked up about it. What I’m wondering is, how many new babies now have the middle name “Hussein” for real?
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My new column is up at AMC and I’m talking about films that you might not think of when you think of the word Fantasy. Granted, I’m sure that some of these films will come as no surprise to the folk who hang out here regularly. For instance: 1. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
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Is it snarky of me to point out that in addition to the human rights issues, Prop 8 also hurts the economy? Way to protect the American dream, folks. In June, the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, which studies sexual orientation and the law, estimated that legalizing same-sex ceremonies in the
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To catch you up on what I spent the last several weeks building, I’m going to be posting some photos that I took during the build. The wood witch needed hands capable of picking things up. Fortunately, you can find such a thing in your local neighborhood hardware store. This trick won’t work for a
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16:29 Picked up some Golden Russet apples at the green market. Heirloom cider apple. Thick skin, tart and dense flesh. Almost chalky. Very nice. # 17:47 In a cab with all three witches and the tree. # 20:48 Repairing fog witch’s mount. Need to drill the brace and then stitch the strap hinge on. #
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00:11 Moved by McCain’s concession speech. # 01:12 I am so happy. Obama! # 01:33 Outside on the streets of NYC. It is crazy and beautiful. # 01:40 Everyone on the subway is making eye contact and grinning. But there’s also this look of shock, like none of us trust the fortune. # 17:08 Heading
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In the interview that I did with Alethea Kontis for Subterranean Press, she asks me about the funny story that goes with “Waiting for Rain.” The short form of my answer is that I initially sent the wrong file. After we had a good laugh (thank God) he suggested that when he ran the story
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I just thought I’d share one of the many specific reasons I voted for President-elect Obama. From his website: To remain competitive in the global economy, America needs to reinvigorate the kind of creativity and innovation that has made this country great. To do so, we must nourish our children’s creative skills. In addition to
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I watched the elections last night and am still in a state of happy disbelief. I remember when a friend of mine, way back in the primaries, said that she was interested in Barack Obama. I’d never heard of him at that point, but I remember saying, “Are you crazy? The U.S. will never elect
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01:44 My flight was delayed coming in to San Fransisco. Almost missed the connection, but that’s delayed too. Arriving in NYC at 7:30 am. I hope. # 07:40 My flight has landed. I’ve got to take the train home to drop off my bags, then I’ll vote. YAY. # 07:40 My flight has landed. #
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I think this post should probably consist of nothing but exclamation points. Growing up, I subscribed to Asimov’s and had a shelf full of back issues until I went to college. It was one of my favorite tickets to other worlds but I never imagined, back then, of actually appearing in its pages. But my
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