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Geek struggles
I have been struggling with my computer, lately. I finally realized that I should simply look in the event log to see if the damned thing is TELLING ME what is wrong. Sure enough, I'm getting disk errors on my primary hard disk, so OF COURSE it's having troubles, and OF COURSE I can expect a huge festival of pain in my immediate future ( Read more... ) -
Idle time before upcoming holidays
This weekend is deliciously idle - very little on my schedule, and it's all in preparation for my upcoming holiday time with my kids late next week ( Read more... ) -
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I'm not surprised to report - and many of you will not be surprised to hear - that I'm LIBERTARIAN.
Your PERSONAL issues Score is 80 ( Read more... ) -
Missoula, MT, etc. vacation
We're in Missoula, Montana, staying in a place - and I am serious - "The C'mon Inn". It's beautiful and amazingly informal in an unabashedly American homey way. gigidebevec's kids are along for the trip, and they're - at least part of the time - loving it ( Read more... ) -
I have been writing
I have been writing, working on my long-delayed novel, and it's going WELL ( Read more... ) -
John Scalzi miscellany
I like John Scalzi's style. I enjoyed a few of his books, and he is a bit like who I want to be when I grow up.
(Never mind the fact that he's 9 years younger than me.)
Here are two interesting items from the "About" page on Scalzi's daily blog, WHATEVER:
- In 2008, my novel The Last Colony plopped onto the New York Times bestseller list. My wife ( Read more... )
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