It has been a long time since I've published anything here, but yesterday brought news of a story sale, "Eternal Serenity" (I'm not fond of the title), a story of an Armenian monk, to Genius Loci, edited by Jaym Gates. There's a lot of good company in the table of contents, too ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, CBS Sunday Morning will be doing an article on "the history of the future." One of their producers contacted me yesterday about getting a photo of Murray Leinster they could use during a discussion of "A Logic Named Joe," so the piece might be interesting to watch.

Elaine and various girl scouts will be selling Girl Scout cookies in the dealer's room from 2-6 on Sunday.

If you want to find me this weekend for Capricon, here's where I'll be:

Higgins and Silver Talk - Friday, 02-08-2013 - 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm - Birch A
Bill Higgins and Steven Silver discovered a joint affection for Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase ( Read more... )

I only met Ray Bradbury once, but I spoke to him a few more times ( Read more... )

My short story, "In the Shadow of Broadway" appears in the current episode of the Podcast StarShipSofa.

Ten years ago today, I began posting the news over on SF Site. Not sure how many stories I've reported in those ten years, but it is at least several thousand.

To commemorate the anniversary, I've reposted the news from May 2, 2002, which included the announcement of the launch of 3SF, plans to reopen Andromeda Bookstore, David Truesdale's ( Read more... )

On March 29, a local restaurant, Woodfire Chicken, closed, in part, perhaps even in large part, due to on-going construction on Lake-Cook Road. We've been going to the restaurant for years, although usually my family refers to it by a different name, which really annoys Elaine, since it is a name that hasn't been on the restaurant since 1984 ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the beginning of the four days of Capricon, where I will be one of the guests of honor. Below is my schedule, or where to find me. In addition, my daughters will be selling Girl Scout cookies on Saturday afternoon.

Trivia for Chocolate - Thursday, 02-09-2012 - 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm - Ravinia B (Teen Lounge ( Read more... )

I'm working on compiling a list of Chicago cons, past and present, and I find I'm missing a lot of data. If anyone could provide accurate information, I'd appreciate it. Below is a listing of what I'm currently missing ( Read more... )

My older daughter has a math problem: An island has a bunny population of 24. If the population triples each year, how many bunnies will there be after 22 years?

My answer: 0, after five years a tidal wave wiped out the entire bunny population on the island.

That's known as quality parenting.