09:39 Heading out the door to Raleigh, N.C. for my niece’s graduation party. # 10:21 Picked up 12 bagels for the family. There are only bagel-shaped bread products in Raleigh. # 10:34 The bus driver just stopped and got out to grab coffee and a pastry. He left the bus running. # 12:23 Ran into […]
09:37 While sitting in the kitchen seems to be a good strategy to get Maggie to eat, I’m getting a wee bit bored of being in here all day. # 10:18 On the other hand, every time she eats something it is exciting, so at least there’s drama and suspense in here. # 13:01 I
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As small gifts at Christmas, I made homemade Balsamic dark chocolate truffles. This was my first foray into truffle making, so I was surprised by how easy they were to make. They were so easy that I decided to try another recipe from the same site that several reviewers recommended. Tasty, yes. However, it prompted
01:06 You know… just once, I would like to go to a con without pulling an all-nighter at the theater. See you at Wiscon tomorrow? # 04:31 I’m waiting for the bus to the airport. Have I been to bed? Does a 20 minute nap count? # 04:38 Today’s shopping list consists of ginger ale,
09:51 Double-charging me is not cool. Double-charging me when the bill was $1050.00 is a serious problem. # 11:35 The company apologizes profusely for double-charging me & did a refund. Of course, it will take 24 hours for the refund to take effect. # 11:52 I think that a key reason novelists should write and
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Sorry for another day of twitter only. It was long and it’s late and I’m tired. 01:04 I’m at home after a day running around at the theater. # 14:29 I think I’ve done the last of the paperwork props for this show. Now to make the music of the spheres device. # 18:11 I
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My dad said he thought a dull day for me was more interesting than most people’s day jobs. As an experiment, I used twitter to record the minutia of today. There are big silent stretches, unfortunately, where I’m in the theater without a signal to the outside world. 10:22 Picked up a zipcar at 10
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13:34 Talking to Jodi who wonders if I am twittering. I wasn’t. Now I am. # 15:53 I guess this is a milestone… My ARC is on ebay. That was fast. # 16:30 I’m strangely nervous. I just invited about twenty people to play in SFWA’s new forums as a test run. I wonder how
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03:19 Waiting for the shuttle to the airport. I’m tired from having fun this weekend and also fromthe bleakness of this hotel. # 04:00 Wow. I allowed waaaaaaaay too much time to get to the airport and through security. Did get to use the nifty e-pass again. # 05:42 Bizarre. TSA was pulling people out
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Those of you following me on Twitter already know some of this but I’m about to go into a whole heck of a lot more detail about Maggie. She’s been terribly unwell and while I was away, Rob sent me a warning that he thought all we could do at this point was make her
11:36 I’m heading to the airport to go to the Nebulas. # 13:30 Wacky. I used the new paperless boarding pass on my cellphone and it worked. It’s like living in the future. # 14:30 On my plane to LA via Cleveland. The paperless boarding pass was stunningly easy to use. I felt very SF
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01:10 Just going to dip the entrails in blood and then go to bed. # 01:20 I’ve hung the entrails in the shower to drip dry. Must remember to leave a note for Rob. # 08:36 I gave Maggie her two pills this morning and one of them makes her foam. She is sitting on
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00:19 Removing the wrappers from 1000 toothbrushes is exactly as fun as it sounds. I’d invite you over to help if I could. # 18:47 Okay, seriously. The crows can dry any time now. On such a nice day, they have no excuse for being damp. # 22:49 We are trying to figure out when
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The handy thing about twitter in situations like waiting in a hospital is that afterwards you can look at the datestamps to see how long things really took. Here’s what our day was like on Monday. 05:57 Rob and I are heading to the hospital for his Carpal Tunnel surgery. About darn time. # 07:09
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02:57 I just called 911 to report screaming, slaps and sobs, echoing through the airshaft. Can’t tell from where, exactly. I hope they find her. # 03:11 Everything is quiet now. # 04:04 I’m heading to the radio station for the Hour of the Wolf from 5-7 AM today. Listen live or later on demand
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