I have a problem.  It involves Orson Scott Card, and Jesus.

( It's also pretty hard to describe succinctly.  Long notes under this cut. )

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I decided that my best remembrance of my father should not be posted on Father's day.  That day is for celebrating fathers, and I don't have a whole lot to offer there ( Read more... )

Yesterday I took Cinder to the vet for his next round of shots.  They weighed him at 27 pounds.  His previous visit was a month ago, when he weighed 14 pounds ( Read more... )

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This is the best description of publishing options that I've yet seen. It's from Jane Friedman's blog, where she describes it and her goals in creating it.  There's a link to a larger PDF version on her site.


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More puppy pictures soon, I promise. :) But something was released today that's so seriously cool, I wanted to let you know about it. Google and Time magazine have taken our archive from the Landsat program and made a time-lapse video of the entire Earth that you can scroll around and explore. You can watch any place on six continents (not ( Read more... )