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The contagion that is ponies
With mippa posting of her love for My Little Pony, I should possibly note how much the infection has spread. Recently, the release notes for a programmer's editor I have sometimes used listed "add ponies." I had the experience of watching a sort of serious analysis of scientific errors in My Little Pony, and now many of the denizens at Voice Hollywood ( Read more... ) -
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I am... well, heavier than I should be, and because of problematic knees, I don't exercise as much as I should. Running is painful, and treadmills just bring the pain inside. On a trial gym membership, I discovered that the elliptical trainer was perfect, though - no impact to bring pain to the knees; unfortunately, my budget doesn't allow me to ( Read more... ) -
Mary Poppins: the stage musical (a review)
Mom had tickets as part of a subscription, and gave them to me to take my eight-year-old daughter. Now we both love the movie: it has a great combination of a plot that involves character growth and amusing fantastic scenes and songs ( Read more... ) -
A day of progress
It's been a long time coming, but I've now completed my my novel! Chapter 132 (I know, right?) is scheduled to appear on the site tonight, and the final chapter will appear Friday morning.
And if that weren't all:
- I made arrangements for my trip to NYC, where I have a job interview
- I worked out an arrangement and backing for my first-ever song ( Read more... )
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Discoveries
Like my science fiction / fantasy readers, I keep the books I like after I read them, intending to read them again. I also try to augment my collection by going to used paperbook bookstores, so I probably have about a thousand paperbacks in my office, and hundreds of hardbacks in the library downstairs. I've pretty much read them all, but after a ( Read more... ) -
iGotIt
I'm usually pretty good at delayed gratification. When the iPhone came out four years ago, I drooled, but did not buy it, since I didn't want to switch providers. Besides, I figured, it would be on Verizon in two years, and if it didn't I could consider switching later. I even avoided upgrading my phone, since I didn't want to lock in for two years ( Read more... ) -
Momento Mori
My friend Dylan Collins runs a game called Momento Mori, in which the mysterious Jonathan Black sends volunteers on a "mission," the idea of which is to identify and eliminate the killers, although you don't actually know who they are. Of course, the killers' goal is to eliminate everybody else (think Mafia, with more flexible rules, and secret ( Read more... ) -
Autonomous characters
This happens sometimes to me. I have a pretty good idea of where I want the story to go, but the characters aren't cooperating and the next thing I knew they're running off and doing something else; something unexpected. Now sometimes I know that I don't want the story going that way, so I have to back up and add some other elements that will ( Read more... ) -
Staked through the heart, and you're to blame...
Hi, I'm Russ and I was a Facebook games addict ( Read more... ) -
How much global warming fell in _your_ backyard?
I am becoming increasingly convinced that we still haven't gotten science education right in our primary and secondary schools, and the latest defenses of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) just add to that conviction. If you haven't seen it, the claim basically is that AGW explains why it is so cold recently (yes, that's right - it's cold because ( Read more... )