So Himself and I went forth to procure a new monitor because How in the world can I play Warcraft with the monitor we have, a third-hand black hole that, when measured it diagonally, is actually NEGATIVE FOUR INCHES. Took us all day to buy the first one we saw. You know how it went. We went to Best Buy, saw some great ones, went to Costco, went to ( Read more... )

Phoebe took a long running jump onto the back of the sofa, clawed her way up the curtains and howled, "LET THERE BE DARK ( Read more... )

Last night we paddled in the Oakland estuary and went around Coast Guard island and southward to the first bridge. A few people raced to the second bridge, and the rest of us let the strong outgoing tide pull our boats back northward while we waited for the racers to catch up ( Read more... )

SO. In revising chapter six I realize that the Real Problem with it is that I am trying to cram in too much so I can get to to a Good Part. So it is rushed. And is really 2-3 chapters. And the whole chap/s need to be a Good Part. (OKAY, I know this is elementary. Stay with me ( Read more... )

I was still flying high from the positive response to my reading of Smoke Friday night when a pitch contest was announced. I wrote a very short pitch as instructed and tossed it in the box. By eight o'clock that evening we were all ready to hear the winning pitches and get advice on improving our own.

Katherine Sands, an agent who wrote Making ( Read more... )

Several lolz in this excellent use of Super Friends cartoons. The lip flap is carefully animated to match memorable lines from Office Space including TPS reports, Paper Jam, and "O" face.

[ETA] I cannot stop snerfling over this.

At the San Francisco Writers Conference we have readings in the evenings. This year, my friend Joss lectured me, “A writer should never pass up a chance to read ( Read more... )

Teen Girl Squad #8, the best in a long time. It's probably been up for ages, but I rarely remember to check Homestarrunner for new TGS episodes.

Have you all seen Strindberg and Helium? August Strindburg was a suicidal playwright who in this animation is teamed with a piping-voiced helium balloon. An unexpectedly comic effect. "heeeeliuuuummmm"

Also at the Sir Francis Drake hotel was the Imperial Council of San Francisco's drag queen coronation ceremony. Friday night the elevators were full of middle-aged men in full, magnificent, sparkly drag. They were splendid. And I didn't have my camera.