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Well, That Was A New One
All downtown traffic on the downtown E/F was halted for several very long minutes this afternoon because (the conductor eventually explained) "the control-tower guy locked himself out of the tower."
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While I Were Out
Right! Blog! Where were we -- June? Yes. Summer was lovely, thanks. I've begun working on that novel I've been yammering on about for years now and we'll see how that goes. I dunno how much I'll talk about it here, at least until I'm through the first draft, but now you know. Light a candle for me. As a plan-obsessed control-freak sort of writer, ( Read more... ) -
Dateline: RENO, NV
Greetings from Casa Mom. Have survived week in Minnesota on a lake with the Dad side of the family, which was wonderful and exhausting. It included birthday presents (40 -- not bad so far, really) but not a lot of internet. What'd I miss ( Read more... ) -
AKICILJ: Cutting Cotton Jersey
Burning Man bearing down fast, and so much to do. For instance, right now I need to cut a few yards of T-shirt fabric into long, reasonably even strips. With a pair of scissors only somewhat sharper than a midlevel spork. Are there techniques that will make this easier ( Read more... ) -
Science time!
I really should be working right now -- oh, did I mention? I have landed work for the summer, yay -- but this link needs sharing right away.
It's a very brief (six minutes) video presentation by a bird specialist on what is known and what is theorized about North America's largest species of flightless bird, Grandicrocavis viasesamensis: "What, if ( Read more... ) -
Things You Can Do With the Internet
- Play lots and lots of Echo Bazaar, an online RPG set in Victorian-London-that-has-been-dragged-into-a-cavern-beneath-the-Earth.
- Enlist your friends' help to prevent two visiting Russian women from becoming victims of human trafficking in New York City.
The first option is absolutely engrossing, if it's the sort of thing you find engrossing, and ( Read more... ) -
Shut Up and Tell Her What She Needs to Know, or What I Am Willing to Put Up With From Connie Willis
Greetings from page 26, or the end of Chapter 3, of Connie Willis's new novel Blackout, which is where I closed the book when stepping off the bus to tonight's rehearsal. It's another time-travel novel 1 centered on the historians of Oxford University, who -- because the laws of time travel as they are understood prevent pretty much anything else ( Read more... ) -
Yet Another Demonstration of Why Marriage Equality Matters
Because nobody would ever do this sort of thing to an elderly straight couple:
Clay and his partner of 20 years, Harold, lived in California. Clay and Harold made diligent efforts to protect their legal rights, and had their legal paperwork in place--wills, powers of attorney, and medical directives, all naming each other. Harold was 88 years old ( Read more... ) -
Books/Baked Goods/Memewrangling
So I went to Books of Wonder, the best kids' bookstore in NYC or anywhere else in the universe, so far as I can tell, the other day. My niece is turning 7 shortly, and I had duties to perform. (She recently saw Coraline, and expressed a desire to read the book. How can I say no? She's also getting the fabulous Clan Apis. Science!)
Anyway, you can' ( Read more... )