radio:   My husband and I go weeks, now, without ever being in the same vehicle.  We don't exchange gifts or even cards anymore.  Well, it's probably good about the cards.  It's hard to find a card that says "I don't love you anymore; but happy birthday anyway."
me:      It's probably good we don't exchange cards, too.
him:     heh
me:      Because ( Read more... )

Cormac McCarthy's most recent book is good. It's not his best work, by a long shot. But it is good. And I like McCarthy. He can, completely without self-consciousness write things like:
Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled ( Read more... )

On page 5 of Interzone 70 we announced a competition or the bestshort extract from an imaginary novelization of the science-fictionmovie Alien as it might have been written by leading British novelistJ.G. Ballard. The prize is a copy of the new edition of TheEncyclopedia of Science Fiction (ed. Clute & Nicholls), kindlyprovided by publishers Little ( Read more... )

Stephanopoulos: Phill Collins does get points for his acting career, for being in Miami Vice.
Jamison: Was he a bad guy?
Stephanopoulos: No, he was some sleezy informer; so, I guess kind of bad. But, mostly, light comic relief.
Jamison: Heh.
Stephanopoulos: Although, it's not hard to be light comedy next to the broodiness of Crocket and/or Tubbs
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Jamison: ...and the guy from Legal replies saying how this "change" is a serious issue and this is a violation of the Data Retention Policy and [Backups Administrator's name deleted] knows this and we need to do something about it.
Stephanopoulos: [nods]
Jamison: So, I reply and tell him that: in the first case, [Backups Administrator's name ( Read more... )

Something written recently (only second draft, feel free to point out problems): ( Ornament )

Jamison: I'm not entirely sure what a youngberry is; but it makes damned good juice.
Stephanopoulos: Presumably, it's the opposite of an elderberry.
Jamison: Ha. Ha.
Stephanopoulos: Ah, which suggests if you ferment it you could use the results to cure disease...
Jamison: [arches an eyebrow in his general direction]
Stephanopoulos: ...because it ( Read more... )

Several of you know I write pr0n and have asked to see some of it. Here's something short, just to give you a taste.

( Warning: this is pr0n )

( The climb up to the overlook is tough, )

Stephanopoulos: Most of the current events reporting about violent uprisings and rioting and all that...
[radio reporting on rioting in France]
Stephanopoulos: ...a lot of these groups have been experiencing violent unrest for hundreds of years. But, now they live adjacent to white people; so it's newsworthy.
Jamison: Hrm. I do think that the ( Read more... )