Snowing here. We may get four inches. So, a small snow to briefly soften the ugly, sharp edges of winter. Currently, it's 34˚F, with the windchill at 29˚F.

Yesterday, I proofed "Ballad of an Echo Whisperer," "The Cripple and the Starfish," and "Fake Plastic Trees," from the ms. for The Dinosaur Tourist. I'm considering cutting "The Cripple and ( Read more... )

Sunny and warmer today. Currently, it's 73˚F, and we will get at least to 78˚F. It's our warmest day in a while, and likely to be our warmest for at least the next week or so. Actually, the sun broke through for a while yesterday afternoon, and then we had thunderstorms last night. But this sun is a tonic ( Read more... )

Apparently today is both the 155th anniversary of the Pony Express and the 150th anniversary of the assassination of Lincoln. And I'm missing the renaming ceremony for the Yale Peabody Museum's Apataosaurus - the specimen that will once again be Brontosaurus - because I only learned of the ceremony half an hour ago, and it's at one p.m., and it ( Read more... )

1) I have no Turkish publisher, and there are no plans for an authorized Turkish-language edition of The Drowning Girl: A Memoir. Though, on Friday, I did receive an email from someone purporting to be working with my nonexistent Turkish publisher, requesting an interview to help promote the edition, and, also, asking me for a more Turkish friendly ( Read more... )

Because, you see, Ceiling Cat doesn't actually live in the ceiling. "Ceiling" is merely a metaphor meant to impress upon us his constant nearness and watchfulness. Ceiling Cat actually lives in the upper troposphere, which is a bit lower than one usually finds, say, the Flying Spaghetti Monster noodling about (deities must segregate, elsewise - a ( Read more... )

Just something quick. I have tomorrow off, and we'll be heading off to Connecticut, to the Yale Peabody Museum ( Read more... )

Another shit day, in terms of all the not-writing I got done. But...in honour of "Talk Like a Pirate Day," I do have the consolation of Amanda Palmer singing Kurt Weill's "Seeräuber Jenny":

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I so adore this bloody, wicked song.

First off, I want to repost this, since it's still the top story at SL, and it was late when I made the entry last night (this morning):

Also, I made the front page at Second Life today (yesterday), under "Second Life in the News." "Caitlin Kiernan to be interviewed on Second Life for BBC2 Culture Show". Gotta admit, that's cool. First author ever ( Read more... )