It’s done. I’ve just submitted my application for the Clarion writing workshop in San Diego, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Regular readers of this blog (all three of you) will recall that I also applied to Clarion…
Month: February 2008
Not Safe For Work
Actually, this probably isn’t safe for most homes, either. Brought to you by Kevin Smith and the cast of his new movie, Zack and Miri Make a Porno: (If you’re wondering where this came from, see Salon.com’s chronology of effing…
Oscar Fever
On Sunday, D and I threw our annual Oscar Party to watch the Academy Awards with friends. Favorite moment: our audience’s boo/yay/meh cheers for each movie during the 80-years-of-Best-Pictures montage. (Gladiator: BOO! Lord of the Rings: YAY! Crash: meh.) Nearly…
Madness? THIS. IS. THE GAME!
Game season is here! In addition to the GC Summit in March, there’s another Shinteki on May 3rd and 10th, coed astronomy just announced a mini-game on April 19th, and last week I received an invitation for “Midnight Madness: Back…
“High Tech Noon”
Totally awesome. It’s like TOS meets Firefly… The sad thing is, this is pretty much what the “special editions” of the original Star Wars trilogy were. Except that George Lucas wasn’t having a laugh–he had simply gone insane. Absolute power…
Dead President’s Day
D and I did our taxes yesterday (why wait?), and the good news is, we got a significant refund from the state of California. The bad news is, we had to pay more than expected to the federal government because…
My Mother-In-Law is in the Hospital
I wasn’t privy to this morning’s phone conversation, but I understand it went something like this: D’s Mom: The doctor was so mad! (cough) ’cause the nurses were coming into my room without masks and gloves on. (cough)D: I thought…
Overheard at Watercourse Way
CKL: Is that a dog or a cat?D: Yes. Maybe. I don’t know.
I am a Twelve-Year-Old Girl
No, this is not an Internet-dog-joke variant. I’m just very much in touch with my inner tween. Consider: Of my wife and myself, I am the one who wanted to go see Enchanted in the theatre. I am also the…
Quote of the Day
“Who wouldn’t want to see Bill Murray in a movie about meteorite-induced sexual compulsiveness?” – Charlie Anders, io9: “Stanley Kubrick’s Crazy Space Lawsuit”