Here's the results of the first phase of the fabulous ARC contest. I asked that either a limerick or a haiku, tell me in comments why you should receive an ARC of Escapement. Props for being mad funny or over the top ( Read more... )

Cultural referents strike again! Based on an IM session today:

Poll Gaslighting

blakehutchins comments that rewriting coherently is a skill. Coincidentally, I got an email this morning from another friend commenting on the fact that he first started writing fiction on a typewriter, which gave him a radically different work habit than word processors do - specifically, rewriting each page after he'd first drafted it, before going on to the ( Read more... )

Apropos of a discussion this morning with lasirenadolce, I give you the 1960s television poll. Feel free to discuss your answers in comments.

ETA: I meant to write My Three Sons where I put Father Knows Best. Murtherfore, I left off several excellent candidates. I hereby resolve not to try to be clever prior to 6 am any more.

Poll 1960s Television

At 28 votes, upstart_crow is the runaway winner in the Beef Switch caption contest.

( And the winning caption is... )

I'm closing the Beef Caption contest poll tonight. At the moment, upstart_crow is the runaway leader. Today is the last day for ballot stuffing getting in your EUR 0.014.

Off to Omaha this morning. Then Rustycon 25. I won't be back at Nuevo Rancho Lake until Sunday night. Expect continued light blogging with intermittent wit and erudition, especially as I'll be scavenging time to keep up production on Green.

In case you missed them, here's some weekend reacharound material from this blog:

"Green" the short ( Read more... )

A rather mixed review of Mainspring [ Powell's | Amazon | Audible ] - I suspect this reviewer would fundamentally agree with johnnyeponymous's assessment that the book "hit a wall somewhere in the middle."

Carol Pinchevsky on nepotism - In which yours truly is quoted.

tbclone47 with an update on Rainforest Writers Village

McSweeney's on the dangers of email - Stupid ( Read more... )

The New York Times on alternatives to Microsoft WordYou know, I don't find Word all that offensive. I've been using it regularly since the mid 1980s (Multiplan, anyone?), and using it as my sole word processor since Apple gave up on MacWrite. I'm heavily embedded in Word, quirks and all ( Read more... )

This is the voting poll for the caption contest here. Commenters were challenged to coin a snappy caption for ( this beef-related photo. )