The situation: I have to go to a meeting approximately 3/4 mile away. It is a zillion degrees out and sunny and humid. I get 20' from my office and have an asthma attack (the third I've ever had in my life. Yes, I carry an emergency inhaler). I decide to take a cab ( Read more... )

There's been a lot said. You're all probably just as disheartened and sick of hearing about it (because it's depressing) as I am ( Read more... )

Lots of people around the SF/F-verse are writing about their experience with libraries. I've got a slightly different story, so what the hey, here goes ( Read more... )

Dear electrician who wasted a week of my STUNNINGLY tight schedule ( Read more... )

Over on his blog today, jimhines said "Do the Hugos have a Best Dystopia category? I’d like to nominate certain members of Congress ( Read more... )

Over at the SFWA blog, in the comments of this post someone says: The reason many are neglected is because they are not very good. As soon as someone parades Anne MacCaffrey as a good writer I just think of the huge gulf in standards in science fiction in general.

-->I've heard a lot of people bash Anne McCaffrey, but what I've never heard is why ( Read more... )

My good buddy S'Perry has a bit of a rant here about why writers need to be paid for their work, and why book piracy is bad. I have a bone to pick with him, though ( Read more... )

What the hell is wrong with the brunch restaurants in New York? WHY DO NONE OF THEM LIST THEIR HOURS ( Read more... )

Not even curse words. There is not enough air on the planet to provide enough breath for me to scream loud and long enough to express my utter, utter frustration with and increasing hatred for the American medical establishment ( Read more... )

Dear overseas publishing-services provider salesguy ( Read more... )