“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…
Year: 2009
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…
Best Amazon Review Ever
“The Secret saved my life!” Here’s a screenshot, in case it goes away: (via Elizabeth Bear) ~CKL
Languishing Laptop
This is my Lenovo ThinkPad T61p. There are many like it, but this one is mine. I bought it last January, and it’s survived five months of road trip, including a few good tumbles–while we were packing up our house…
One of These Things is Not Like the Others
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npHWX1dciOE (FAIL Blog via Making Light via Boing Boing via Tiffani) ~CKL
Daily Routine, Part 2
(The long-awaited conclusion to Part 1!) As promised, here’s a breakdown of my writing habits. D will have to speak for herself. And, ironically, today is a very atypical day–we got up at eight in the morning, at least two…