בעוד שבוע וקצת, יראה אור הספר דם כחול של ורד טוכטרמן. אני, באופן כללי, איני חובב של רומנטיקת ערפדים; אירוטיקת ערפדים כל שכן. ועדיין אני מחכה מאוד להשקה של דם כחול, וזו מהסיבה הפשוטה שכבר קראתי אותו ( Read more... )

It occurs to me that the key features I keep seeing in modern plays are: marital infidelity; insanity; and dysfunctional families ( Read more... )

Last night I dreamed that the cast of How I Met Your Mother was forced to hold a pie-making competition with the rich brats from Veronica Mars in order to hold on to the Big Scholarship ( Read more... )

A couple of good stories out there:

• Simulacrum, by Ken Liu: I came across this because I reviewed it over on Critters; I was agog - it's a brilliant story. I wasn't surprised that it was sold in short order, and I was very pleased it was sold to a free online e-zine, so I could link folks to it :)
  
• Deeds of Men, by Marie Brennan: It's a fae murder ( Read more... )

A new Lexicon game's starting up, and I'll be taking part. Anybody else want to join in? I always have a lot of fun with these ( Read more... )

A couple of series of blog posts, currently in progress, that you might enjoy - one for Trekkies, the other on romance myths and unfortunate cliches.
'
For Trekkies, the ever-insightful wrong_questions is writing a series called "Let's See What's Out There," re-examining Star Trek: The Next Generation in retrospect and as a whole. She's got a lot of interesting ( Read more... )

Very good story; I highly recommend ( Read more... )

Ah, yes - that joyous time is now at hand!

I'm in a play. Not just any play, but Arthur Miller's The Crucible, only one of the best, darkest, and most powerful plays in modern theater. And not only am I in it, I've got the lead role ( Read more... )

For a change, this year I remembered the RPG Superstar contest early enough to enter. For anyone with any fondness for roleplaying, it's worth taking note of. Here's why: it's a top-notch contest ( Read more... )

לבי נמלאה חדווה, וכל נפשי צהלולים, למשמע הגרסה המעודכנת של פרסומת הרדיו של עדן-טבע-מרקט.

"כמו כל סופרמרקט, רק בריא יותר."

כן, רבותי, שמעתם נכון: "רק בריא יותר." מסתבר בסוף ששאר הרשתות אינם למעשה מרעילים יתומים, לפחות לא מאוד. vive la différence. לשמוע תיקון לטובת אמת בפרסום, איך אומרים, זו ממש חוויה ( Read more... )