Holy IQ overload. Four days of listening to panelists and keynotes from this list? I think my brain would fry. It would be a delicious way to go, but dayam.

I just ordered a couple of decals from Vinyl Disorder (difficult website, good designs). When I hit the site today, Firefox informed me that RetailMeNot had coupons available (there's a Firefox plugin for it). Curious, I looked up the coupon codes. The usual assortment, with a fairly high rate of success -- then the third one down caught my eye ( Read more... )

I've been musing on this for quite some time, and it got stirred up again by another friend's recent post on the ins and outs of the fiction realm. I guess I'll finally put it here so I can mentally shelve it ( Read more... )

I think Heinlein's "Future History" timeline was off by a bit in yet another way ( Read more... )

Friend Computer,

I'm ready for you to break out my next clone now. Battling the pinko commie mutant traitors has left this clone kind of rickety. A fresh one would be great.

Your loyal citizen,

--A

Today I have baked bread, used a radial-arm saw, sowed seeds, and written half of a virology research paper.
Yesterday I did minor tuning on the recumbent bicycle, assembled a plywood box, and mended a rip in my jeans.

I feel like a Renaissance woman.

There is no turning back for me now: I've started buying flour by the case.* Next stop: leasing commercial space for a bakery.

I ran into dancingshaman at the grocery store again last night... He's apparently been dubbed fit enough to go back to work again, but he is not optimistic about the chances of getting a job soon. If anyone knows of an office admin ( Read more... )

Rabbit, meet Owl. It's such a cool snow picture.

Ever wonder exactly how awesome something is? The Periodic Table of Awesoments can tell you.

Burger King perfume. Bwah?

Each time I read the first few paragraphs, it's like settling into a familiar recliner. Why can't I write like this?
She scowled at her glass of orange juice. To think that she had been delighted when she first arrived here-was it only three months ago?-with the prospect of fresh orange juice every day. But she had been eager to be delighted; ( Read more... )

It amuses me how iconic and instantly recognizeable certain video game sounds are to the majority of my generation. This came about because I heard a familiar "bwoop bwoop" from one of the little runabouts used to carry Athletics cheer squad members around to hype up their games -- it reminded me of Pac-Man. A few seconds later I heard it emit ( Read more... )