Or not. But it did make me ell oh ell. It's funny because it's true! My good but invisible friend Mr. G-Cent passed this along.

The Barbecue Song

The Omnivore's Hundred is a list of foods that Andrew Wheeler thinks everyone should try at least once in their lives (via
( Read more... )

Why yes, I do have a survival kit. And what a survival kit it is ( Read more... )

Here's me in my now-rare guise as architecture journalist, typing about a big red house.

And for those of you who plan to attend Readercon 2008, here's my schedule there. I hadn't planned on doing any programming at all, but ( Read more... )

Here's a draft of a recent story, processed by Wordle. This toy is way too much fun.


( Read more... )

Just like on Jeopardy, where you get the answers and then have to construct your own questions:

1. LHD-6 USS Bonhomme Richard, 2. dim sum all day, 3. RJ Reynolds High School, 4. Poppies fields(2), 5. Herakut @ Carmichael Gallery, 6. 'Ol Kentucky Bourbon, 7. New York World's Fair (1964), 8. Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, 9. Happy hanged person, 10. Korean ( Read more... )

I will skip the meme-ing and tagging and get straight into seven songs I've been listening to lately.

1. "Admiral Cole," Alasdair Roberts. I've been on an Alasdair Roberts kick for almost a year now. This is one of the peppier tunes, but it's still about a sea voyage that, uh, doesn't go very well. Also known as "The Bold Benjamin."

2. "Little ( Read more... )

Or not. We're back. Too many great people, not enough time. As usual, I saw old friends and met a couple of really cool new ones. And it didn't help that norovirus, or whatever it was, was selectively felling people I wanted to chat with. I have managed to avoid the plague so far, although I had a brief scare on Monday probably more related to ( Read more... )

OK, really just five days in between VARF and WisCon 32. And soon enough I'll be in Madison. But I want to be there NOW. Tonight's big excitement includes packing, and doing some final proofing before printing out the 3,000 words of fragmentary somethingness that I'm going to read.

Virginia was a nice getaway, especially with the weather being ( Read more... )

From my good friend codename Sumi, this bit of science news: sloths are not as lazy as previously assumed. Huh. I suppose I should consider this inspiring, or something.

Speaking of doing stuff, here's my Wiscon schedule:

156 Delicate Flowers

Reading ♦ Sunday, 2:30-3:45 P.M. ♦ Conference 2

Christopher Rowe, Richard Butner, Ted Chiang, Karen ( Read more... )