Dreamwidth launched its Open Beta yesterday. Even if you haven't been paying attention to Dreamwidth before now, you have probably started seeing people on your friendslist start requesting or offering invite codes ( Read more... )

You know, considering how hard warren_ellis has been banging the print-on-demand drum lately, isn't it interesting that he didn't just put Crooked Little Vein up on Lulu? It came out from a traditional publisher instead, William Morrow. Gosh, why is that, do you think? Do you suppose he wanted, I don't know .... money? Exposure? To have his book carried ( Read more... )

After five days of being trapped in SIXBOX -- those of you who've been there know it's at the bottom of a steep driveway, and is therefore damn near impossible to walk out of if there's snow and ice -- I decided I was getting out of there if it killed me ( Read more... )

(Yeah, okay, so this post is a little late. *shrug*)

Was supposed to meet up with a bunch of folk at Gasworks Park on the 4th of July for fireworks and whatnot.

After a late start, due to me passing out for a few hours in the afternoon and due to feeling uncertain about the weather (thunder and lightning!), windbourne and I did make it down there. I ( Read more... )

.... So I gather there's some sort of football game going on today ( Read more... )

I was at a grocery store earlier today, and I overheard a snippet of conversation between two men:

"Now, I know it was controversial, but I remember that play ( Read more... )

So I got into my truck after work the other day, and noticed that there was a note on my windshield. My immediate thought was that someone had dinged my truck in the parking lot and left me a note with their insurance information, but that wasn't it; it was, instead, someone's commentary on my bumperstickers. Okay ....
Now, I realize that my ( Read more... )

Saw a bumpersticker today while I was out on my errands: God is Pro-Life.
Setting aside for a moment the dangerous lunacy of assuming that God is on your side, I was struck by a more pressing problem with that statement: it's obviously demonstrably false.
God isn't simply "Pro-Life." God is Pro-Everything.
God loves the little children; new-born ( Read more... )

I just noticed that the back of my cereal box, here, has a blurb that reads:
The Nurturing Corner
Here Are Five Great Ways to Show Your Kids You Care:

• Ask them about their day
• Tell them your favorite stories about them growing up
• Eat breakfast together
• Give them at least one hug each day
• Read them a bedtime story

Which reminds me of something I ( Read more... )

I made myself chicken noodle soup for lunch this afternoon, and I used some of the hot sauce treebyleaf bought me at Dixie's BBQ. You may have heard of this stuff -- it's called "The Man," and it's deservedly legendary around here. I have absolutely no idea what exactly is in this stuff, how it's ( Read more... )