I think the big problem is that my desire to save money is at war with my desire for more flashy shiny functions.

I am, in the words of an old DM of mine, paralyzed by indecision.

I've become obsessed with the idea of getting an e-reader of some sort. Ridiculous, I suppose, given that I only have about a dozen or so e-books from Tor ( Read more... )

(no, this is not about my underwear)

In which I actually do something:

Last night was the 6th annual Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival (SFFSFF) at the Cinerama downtown. I think I was at the first (I know I've been once before). I was lucky enough to run into a friend who an empty seat beside her in my favorite row ( Read more... )

Someone asked me to comment about the events in Egypt.

I was rather glued to the Internets today, given how chaotic things in Cairo were. Big big props to Al Jazeera English as a great source ( Read more... )

Mostly so some people can feel better about their travels....


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Ok, it's not that a big a problem. I'm not being swept away in a flood, nor did a beloved family member die.

But a beloved thing did die, my beloved goose-necked lamp necked G4 iMac. It failed to restart (despite pushing the PMU) after the last power outage yesterday. And, yeah, after the last time, I should have backed EVERYTHING up from it ( Read more... )

I haven't posted for a while, mostly because of a ... personal setback.

Last night I due to my friend David Volk's launch party for his latest book, The Cheap Bastard's Guide to Seattle, available everywhere cheap bastard books are sold ( Read more... )

... and I'm trying to thaw out. And dry out. Because it's been wet.

Tonight I'm going to movies, and tomorrow, a book launch party.

Yes, I'm still on the Netflix IV drip. Two films stood out recently.

Robin Hood is probably the biggest release I've seen recently. It's a non-traditional take on the "beginning" of the Robin Hood legend. It takes a good deal of liberty with the source material, but it includes some history lessons of a sort. It's a big Ridley Scott historical ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here watching the Todd Browning Dracula with the floodlights of the Church's Halloween party coming through the window (I've concluded that either the novel or Coppola's is better. Heresy, I know, but the filming of a stage play with fake English accents just can't be overcome no matter how good Bela Lugosi is ( Read more... )