Just a reminder that I put my schedule in a prior post and I'd love to say hi!

( Separately, I am sad about people dying and feel oddly like I ought to put it on the record. )

I am experimenting to see whether, if I write this down, it gets it out of my head and lets me focus on the things that need doing more urgently.

To-write list, in very rough order:

1. Post on 80 Days for Tor.com.

2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (both parts), a.k.a., I see what story you've chosen to tell and I guess that's legit but I don't ( Read more... )

So it's taken me way too long to realize this, probably after everyone else in the world, but all the miserable hours I've spent looking for shoes and clothes has finally paid off, thanks to online shopping.

I figured this out first with shoes, since Zappos has a way better selection than any store around me: right, from trying on a million shoes ( Read more... )

I'm quite happy living in suburban upstate New York. We have a house with a fenced backyard, to the delight of the household's helpless mammals, and live more than comfortably on the salaries of a college professor and a government lawyer.

But every so often I need to go to an actual city: walk the streets, eat in new-to-me restaurants, watch the ( Read more... )