I’m not ready to call it home yet, but I’m starting to get pretty comfortable in this maxi-house. Jasper and I have only had to leave it once. We went to the vet, but even that wasn’t too bad: no…
Month: January 2009
A New Laptop Sticker
(Previously, on CKL’s HotSheet… “Languishing Laptop.” And now, the continuation!) I picked up my repaired laptop from Northwest Computer Support yesterday afternoon. That’s their work order number sticker on the corner of the lid. They replaced the main board…
Friday Flash Fiction: “The Coronation Will Not Be Televised”
This week’s 512 Words: “The Coronation Will Not Be Televised” You can also listen to the podcast and read the liner notes. I’m sure various news outlets will make a big deal out of Monday being Martin Luther King, Jr….
Back to the Future
Read it now!FREEFALL: No FateChapter 7: We Happy Few When I was in college, I started writing a series of science fiction stories collectively titled FREEFALL. They were set in a semi-parallel universe, where a family named Quinn (and yes,…
Golden Boys
“Boos and booze for Cohen and Gervais at Golden Globes,” Metro (UK) “So Kate Winslet’s got two Golden Globes. And hey, she also won a couple of awards tonight. Oh, what? It’s true!” I can only imagine what else Ricky…
You know, going FTL does imply time travel
Back in the 20th century, I got into my head this crazy idea to make a mockumentary about how my friend Bryan had invented faster-than-light travel. It was based on an offhanded comment he made once, about how he wanted…
Backhanded Compliment of the Day
“It takes about three days to get used to [the Kindle] — during which you wonder what chimp engineer designed it so every surface a normal human would use to hold the device is actually a button — but after…
My 2009 Commitments
I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. It’s a terminology issue–I don’t make resolutions. I’m not Congress, or the United Nations. I also don’t set goals, because that word has been poisoned by years of working in Dilbertville. (I reserve the…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Bachelor of Science”
Not my best story: “Bachelor of Science” at 512 Words or Fewer D didn’t like the ending, and Loren liked the original opening better. I wrote those three paragraphs last year sometime, and sat on them because I didn’t know…
Win a Date with Felicia Day
Okay, so it’s a charity auction, and the item on the block is actually a half-hour video chat, but it’s as close as you’ll ever get to her for thirty minutes. Get all the details from Humanety, who are orchestrating…