Had a wonderful time in my very brief stint in New York. Getting to meet Jenn's undergrad college friends was fun (and they seem to be very cool people); went people watching in a fabulous locale; spent too much money on trippy slot machines; and overate prodigiously on tasty food (and hideous truck stop junk food in the car both on the way there ( Read more... )

My poor little hamster didn't make it.

( The Horrible Mouse Incident )

I just discovered that one of my favorite science fiction writers, Octavia Butler, died yesterday when she fell and hit her head. This is unspeakably sad news.

Go read Parable of the Sower. Or the trilogy-in-one-volume Lilith's Brood.