Archive for July, 2007
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Sunday, July 29th, 2007Well, I got home this afternoon. But then I turned on the NASCAR race and fell asleep on the couch to it, and then there was dinner, and grocery shopping (put off from its usual Saturday morning timeslot because of the retreat), and hanging out with the wife and the son, and watching the Tigers [...]
Feline Shine Induction
Saturday, July 28th, 2007I will never, just to be contrary, use the phrase “catwaxing,” except to refer to it as a phrase that other people use. I prefer my own alternatives. Actually, it’s been a pretty productive day here at the summer auxiliary session of the annual Hastings Point Writers Retreat. I’m about halfway to my goal for [...]
Good News First, Faux Writer Angst Second
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Friend and fabulous writer (and pre-tiara Campbell Award Winner) Kristine Smith will see her five Jani Killian novels omnibussed by SFBC. Five excellent novels crammed into two volumes and apparently available in the fall. I firmly believe that Kris is one of the true gems of the SF scene, and I’m delighted beyond words at [...]
Oh, The Memes
Thursday, July 19th, 2007Ganked from many people.
Eureka, Clarke, and Magic
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Yesterday, in replying to a comment, I mentioned the sort of vibe that the show Eureka has for me: that is, it’s kind of this town where those “Golden Age” 50s Science Fiction stories all happen–a memorable if imperfect example is where an Asimovian basement chemist electroplates a novel metal onto a spoon, and it [...]
Continuing In A Theme
Monday, July 16th, 2007So, along with my recent, inexplicable Halo obsession, I offer this: a trailer for a live action Halo short film (or series thereof) [QT download] Supposedly web-based, the films are supposed to flesh out the story a little more, which is good. It could use some fleshing out. Between the abrupt and unsatisfying end of [...]
My Kid Loves To Color
Saturday, July 14th, 2007I don’t quite know why, but it’s almost 11pm and my son is sitting at the kitchen table coloring. That pic to the left is very nearly live as of the composition of this here entry. I know why he’s still up–he woke up from his nap at 7:15, which will make any attempt at [...]
One Old, One New
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007Inspired by watching all that Red Vs. Blue the other day, I decided to dig out my PC copy of Halo and install it on my latest Windows box. Runs pretty well, and I was surprised to find that there were still on-line games being played. My current favorite are the servers that run “Team [...]
So Easily Distractable
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Every so often I run into one of those things that just grabs hold of me and won’t let me do anything else until I’ve exhausted its entertainment potential. Typically it’s a new webcomic, or kick-ass blog, the archives of which I need to read in their entirety. You know. Right now. No sense stretching [...]
Vulgarity, Excess, and Writing
Friday, July 6th, 2007The other day, science fiction author John C. Wright advised Rob Sawyer to listen to his mother, at least when it came to writing about the unpleasant things in life, including unpleasant language. Sawyer was pointing out that his writing had been artificially restrained by this thought of his sainted mother perusing his potentially crude [...]
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