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Yesterday, in my “quickie” post, I mentioned Eileen Gunn’s Hugo House class and reading (class = Sunday, January 25, reading = Monday, January 26, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.), but I realized I should have also mentioned this very cool panel:

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When I was a child, my dad was a Star Trek guy (I’ve referred to this before. He loves the original series and shakes his head in disgust at my preference to The Next Generation). Anyway, I have lots of happy memories attached to Star Trek and all the movies from the original ( Read more... )

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1. We’ve had a hummingbird feeder up on our deck for months. Chris finally had me convinced that we’d never actually get any hummingbirds considering where we live, and so far, we hadn’t. I’ve been meaning to take it down for the past month or so, but am too lazy/busy/keep ( Read more... )

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So, as I’ve mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve been working my way through Angel on DVD. I never watched the series when it was on (shame on me-I also never watched Firefly when it was on the air and now it’s one of my favorites-sorry, Joss). I always knew I should, since ( Read more... )

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I’ve been lax in writing but with good reason, fair reader. Life has me, pretty much, locked in a tower and is feeding me thrice-daily kicks in the groin. Then there was, you know, that holiday on Thursday, which me and mine ignored this year as best as we could (although I ( Read more... )

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is for you to milk Amazon for every dollar they have. :)

Clarion West has received a Challenge Grant from Amazon, so whatever money they raise before October 31, 2009, Amazon will match-up to $25,000. So every dollar you give Clarion counts double.

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An incredibly good couple of days. Really. I just need a couple of hundred hours of sleep now.
I spent the weekend, as planned, with Pam, Maggie, and Chris R. Love them so much. They listened to me rant about Steampunk and helped me develop what I hope will take off as the ( Read more... )

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1. I am waiting impatiently for Pam, Maggie, and Chris R., three of my Clarion West fam, to arrive. They are in town for the Charles De Lint workshop this Sunday at Hugo House. I am hosting and getting some muchly needed f2f hive mind time.
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Seattle writer discovers the awesome efficiency and cost-savings deliciousness* of brewing espresso in a macchinetta; loses main reason to currently leave house.

Oh, man.

Between this and the fact that I have started netflixing Angel** (yeah, you read correctly. I never ( Read more... )

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Neuromancer was published 24 years ago, today.

I read it the same year that I got my very first internet account (1995, if you want to play along at home). I had a 14.4k modem and an AOL account (yes, AOL-and within that very first screenname is the origin story of “ ( Read more... )