Today is Sunday, and my birthday is Saturday. I have already read two books (one paper, one ebook) that were early birthday presents, because I am spoiled and because apparently the concept of delayed gratification is not a strong suit at the moment. Anyway, in making a dinner reservation for this evening, I got asked, is it anybody’s birthday? ( Read more... )

So I knew I was exhausted when I was trying to write some SF and come up with a planet name. "New!" I said to myself. "Planets can be New something! New something musical! Something euphonious!" And my brain promptly supplied, "New Chlamydia!" And not as an attempt to be funny. Just because it sounded nice. Yeah, so I don't think we'll be ( Read more... )

I quit reading five different books yesterday. You'd think this would be fodder for another "I can in fact quit you" tagged post, but most of it was just tired stuff--poor prose, sexism, stuff I've ranted about before and do not need to do another chorus of ( Read more... )

1. So alecaustin and I were IMing about our own tendencies in worldbuilding, and his tendencies towards cathedrals with grotesques and gargoyles. And I started to say, "Everyone likes cathedrals!" when I realized that I had neglected several prime cathedral-building opportunities in my worldbuilding in favor of cultures/groups with a flatter, more ( Read more... )

So. Birthday ( Read more... )

I don't mean to go all Bert Blyleven on you*, but it's 12 days to my birthday ( Read more... )

The Smothers Brothers didn't do this bit yesterday, and timprov had never seen it, so I had to dig it up on YouTube. Here you go:

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It's the one with cravasses and the Folk Singer's Manual ( Read more... )

Happy my birthday to you! I have already had a scone and am going to go have a workout in just a minute. Yesterday my mom made lunch for markgritter, timprov, herself, Dad, Grandma, Aunt Ellen, Uncle Phil, and me, with chicken salad and fruit and cake and both of my favorite kinds of fruit bread. Today, the Smothers Brothers! And fruit crisp and pizza and ( Read more... )

Happy Mris Looks Like A Murderer Day ( Read more... )

I have just noticed that I have been so careful not to say anything about Grandma's moving dates in case something goes wrong with the people who are buying her house or whatever that I have not mentioned how soon it's supposed to be coming. I mean, it's not just superstition: even if the people who are buying her house have done everything right ( Read more... )