Alas, Free Rice has added five more levels. I can only get to 52. Time to read more Gene Wolfe.

What sort of statue would you make for a god of victories obtained through cheating or unsporting conduct?

I read sinboy's copy of Little Brother, and then ordered a copy for wiz_jordI think it might be better to read it as a work of journalism than as SF. The technologies involved are so real that I've actually met some of the people involved. And the politics are so real as to be utterly depressing ( Read more... )

I just got a letter threatening to sue me over this.
Here is the letter.

I'm so thrilled! I can't believe my luck!

I asked regyt to marry me and she said yes. We're waiting until it becomes legal for same-sex couples to marry in New York, because it wouldn't be fair not to.

I am totally thrilled and delighted.

[plea for help at the end --- feel free to skip whining ( Read more... )

Pan's Labyrinth.
Radiance, by Carter Scholtz
The House Beyond Your Sky (sorta like when Hitherby was good,but also like when Vernor Vinge is good)

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Torchwood: watched one episode. The female cop brought all the male cops coffee. That pretty much sums up the whole epsiode. The BBC doesn't hate gay people -- just women.

Only Revolutions. Got about 150 half-pages in, gave up. A lot of style, no substance. Not even worth colorizing the title. Which is a shame, since House of Leaves was

Gentoo finally accepted my bug report. I only had to re-open it three times and cite the ISO C standard ( Read more... )