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Escape Pod is having a flash fiction contest right now - 500 word SF stories. I entered two, the first time I've ever submitted a story for possible publication*. I think they're both pretty good, but there are 156 stories in the contest, many from pro authors, so I doubt mine will come in the top 3. Still, I'm pretty keyed up about it, both ( Read more... )

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So I've been asked to be a volunteer slush pile reader for Escape Pod, the science fiction short story podcast I listen to. The podcast is taking a break while new folks take over, and the submissions pile has apparently gotten a bit large ( Read more... )

"My prediction is that in another ten years we will look back on this decade with 2020 hindsight."

gcuvier is coming up this weekend, and our plan is to attend Steamcon. Though it looks like admissions may well be sold out before we can get there, so who knows if we'll actually be hanging out with the Steampunk crowd or not ( Read more... )

What's the best way to go about purchasing a generator?

I'm not really that informed on the subject, but it seems like a good idea to pursue...

Where should one go to get, say, a nice white outdoor paint suitable for fences?

Went to the zoo on Sunday after dropping gcuvier off at the train station. I went straight to the Snow Leopard exhibit, to see two cute but napping cubs, with Mom watching from the other side of the enclosure. I camped out and waited for them to finish their nap. Half an hour later I was rewarded with romping and playing kittens. Mostly they stayed ( Read more... )

s00j (and others) gave fire dancing performances after the LizAID concert. They said we could record 'em so long as they were put on teh intarwebs... so as promised, here's Sooj spinning poi to Cake's cover of "Mahna Mahna"(!)

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