I'm reading books 7 and 8 of Glen Cook's Black Company series. They're being reprinted in 2's and 3's every year or so. One more year and the series will be completely reprinted. This is epic fantasy at its most epic. I must say that the first 3 were the best, but the others have not disappointed in the least ( Read more... )

So I want this phone. Holy crap it sounds amazing. Now if they would only PRODUCE IT! www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/

Staying in good old Lawton for about a week. Most of my friends will be in town, so it should be a good time. My dog is a total spaz but I miss having him around.

And I have tons of books to read.

Usually I'm against letting anyone who thinks s/he can write actually do so, but this November I will be making exception for real authors and posers who join in the fun at www.nanowrimo.org/. You take the month of November and try to write at least 50000 words. A very, "Just write the damn thing" approach.

Some of my friends did this last year, and ( Read more... )

Crap. All the research here is so damn interesting. How am I supposed to decide? It's good that they built 3 test-pilot rotations with different labs into the system or it would be a real pain in the ass choosing ( Read more... )

So this is a shameless plug for an organization that is dedicated to getting people in the scientific community involved in politics to make science a more important issue. It's called Scientists and Engineers for America. Here's the website www.sefora.org/.

I'm going to look into starting a SEandA chapter at Northwestern.

I'm a bit mixed on this novel. I'll go ahead and list the really petty reasons right off ( Read more... )

I have literally been immersing myself in all things Warhammer 40k lately. I've been playing the game, reading Warhammer stories, and wasting many hours playing Dawn of War: Soulstorm ( Read more... )

So I've decided to go home to Lawton for the week. Reason 1) My mother is going to New Zealand for a month on Tuesday. So I have to see her before she leaves. Reason 2) Bitchslicer is going to be playing at a crappy bar there on Thursday, http://www.bitchslicer.com/. Some of their music is ( Read more... )

Some guy named Brandon Sanderson has been chosen to finish the Wheel of Time series. This will be the twelfth book, "A Memory of Light ( Read more... )