And I will be here until Sunday. The nearest WiFi-enabled coffee shop is five miles away. I’m seriously considering turning on LTE tethering on my iPhone. HALP
Category: theIinMEAT
I am Pitching My Novel on Twitter Today
Because though I’ve gotten some very encouraging responses from my agent queries, nobody’s asked for an exclusive yet, and I definitely haven’t gotten “the call.” Plus, let’s be honest, I live on Twitter. How could I pass up #SFFpit? I’m…
I Knew Jay Lake
And now he’s gone forever. Photo by Waterloo Productions I didn’t know Jay very well, but I did have the privilege of spending some time with him over the past few years—in local “co-working” writing groups, at a few different…
I had a great Memorial Day weekend
As shown in these spoiler-free photos, and one video: http://goo.gl/FtyEY7 DeeAnn and I traveled to the Bay Area to visit friends and participate in a few different puzzle-hunt-ish events, including Team Snout‘s annual business meeting, volunteering for Shinteki Decathlon 9,…
I will not watch most of these TV shows
But I am an interested observer during every fall TV season. My household has not had a cable or satellite TV subscription for seven years now, but we have the Internet. And that’s all you need to watch TV these…
I Don’t Know Why They Changed the Music
Two things you should know about me: 1. I love cop shows.2. I love film scores. And there was a small but perfect storm of these in 1996, when the TV series High Incident first aired on ABC. Here are…
I Have Watched the Entire First Season of “Betas”
And you know what? It’s pretty good. I’ll admit it: I even teared up a little during the finale. Sure, the payoff was a cheap shot at Zuckerberg (and shamelessly rode the long coattail of The Social Network), but setting…
I Enjoy Coffee
Though perhaps not quite as much as Lorelai Gilmore. Herewith, three presentations of a relevant scene: Twitter Luke: You wanna know what this stuff does to your central nervous system? Lorelai: Ooh, do you have a chart? 'Cause I love…
I Followed the Oregon Trail to Find Terry, Who Apparently Has Very Poor Impulse Control
A few days ago, I noticed several of my Twitter-friends retweeting this: You meet a man on the Oregon Trail. His name is Terry. You tell him: “Thats a girl’s name!” Terry shoots you You have died of dissin Terry…
I Have Anger Issues…
…and I love Superman. Those two things are related. Let me explain. Last Saturday, I rewatched Man of Steel, because why not. And it turned out to be a more enjoyable film on the second viewing, partly because I knew…