tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40924642011-08-16T22:05:23.635-05:00Height: shorter than Elvis but taller than Johnny. Eyes: Fulfillingness' First Finale. Hair: sometimes. Build: Tower of Babel, Gormenghast, Temples of Syrinx. Subject to change without notice.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05191358992144333597noreply@blogger.comBlogger5781100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092464.post-66818075452611007902007-02-08T14:19:00.000-06:002007-02-08T10:58:55.039-06:00

After much agonizing, I've decided to move my blogging over to my LiveJournal, at least on a trial basis. As Alan pointed out a few days ago, most of the discussion tends to happen over there anyway. So, this blog will be inactive at least for the near future. Come on and join the fun over there.

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I got my first LJ comment spam last night! It turns out, this guy? His wife left him for another guy? And there's video now on the Internet of her doing this stuff with the other guy? That she would never do with the first guy? So this guy wanted me to see the video of his wife and this other guy? . . . Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me either. BUT, I figure this is some sort of rite of

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Am I a lost Oliphant, or what? Originally uploaded by 2composers. . . . but I love it.

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According to yesterday's poll happiness is "Something to do with food," with "A warm puppy" and "A chemical imbalance in the brain" rounding out the top three. Please adjust your expectations accordingly. [Blogger-readers note: I gots no polls over here. Sorry.]On the way to work I saw a woman doing perhaps the weirdest walk I've ever seen in a non-physically challenged person. She would walk

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Right, because there must be hundreds of screenwriters in Hollywood who'd come up with a better take on Wonder Woman.Three hours of cable news as background noise has led me to believe that people are stupid. I'm not sure this qualifies as news.It's too cold.

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Tammy Todd's Door Originally uploaded by Snurri. "The immediate cause of the Exile may never be known. In those soggy April days immediately following the event, when mobs were the rule, accusations and counter-accusations flew with regularity. As Walter Wenstrup pointed out in his pamplet A Call For Civic Order (largely ignored at the time), there are several factors which make

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So I called up my friend Kiljoong to ask him if he wanted to go see Volver, because it's Almodóvar and I like Penelope Cruz when she's acting in Spanish. (For some reason her voice grates on me something awful when she's speaking English. I realize that I am insane.) He doesn't pick up so I leave him a voice mail saying, "Blah blah blah Century Centre Thursday or Friday would work but if

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Archaeology! Ancient City Found in Mexico! Village Discovered Near Stonehenge! Police to Reunite! (At the f*&%ing Grammys. Now I have to watch the Grammys. Someone kill me.)Warren Ellis subjects us all to shares an excerpt from Jeff Lint Steve Aylett's surreal parody comic "The Caterer." SMOOTHING THE CHEEK OF REALITY HAS ITS DANGERS!Hannah links to the poem "Library" by Arthur Goldbarth,

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If anyone knows what the last word on the fourth line there is, let me know.

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Note to the young man on the train: (Yes, I called you "young man." I'm thirty-six, but I have the crankiness of a much older gentleman.) Dude, if I can hear your iPod over the train as if I was wearing your headphones, it's too fucking loud. Or your hearing is shot. In either case, you need to get your head checked.I had kind of a crappy weekend, but it's over. It's not like my life is

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My (spoilery) review of Pan's Labyrinth is up at Strange Horizons. To sum up: I liked it, a lot.

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Graffiti Etiquette Originally uploaded by Snurri. "Consider that the last broadcast television station in the city went off the air in 1985. (For information on Cathode Phantoms and 'Channel Spider' see Chapter 17.) The municipal radio station (officially called Radio Faldbakken--with the mayor's characteristic modesty--but known to most citizens as the Squeal) is limited to

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Please note that this is not a "Do as I do" post. (I feel the need to disclaim as I dislike prescriptive writing advice.)I'm a very . . . seat-of-the-pants sort of writer. Particularly in the long form. With short stories, about half the time, I think about the story for long enough ahead of time that I more or less know the whole thing before I start. I may even do a rough outline before I

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05191358992144333597noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092464.post-30901179649960639972007-01-19T15:11:00.001-06:002007-01-19T15:11:46.877-06:00

Oh, shut up.

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George Jones speaks.AP: "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is considered one of the greatest country songs of all time. Why do you think that song was so special?Jones: It may sound corny, but all my life I've wanted to write exactly that song, or I've hunted for it. I wanted to hear a song or write a song about how you could express your greatest love for someone. Bobby Braddock and Curly Putnam

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Of course, the arguments have absolutely nothing to do with swallows, as anyone who understands the language of the two Tartars can testify."Of all the people I know, you are the biggest cronk," Calac says."And you are the biggest pettifor," Polanco says. "You call me a cronk, sir, but it's obvious that you've never boneyed your face in a mirror.""What you're trying to do is start a fight with me

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Last night an old guy yelled at me to zip up my jacket. He sounded angry. "Zip your jacket!" he said as he walked past. "What?" I asked him. "Zip up, it's cold!" he said. He was right. It's finally cold here, which sucks but we all knew it would happen eventually. Except for a couple of weeks right away in November this has been the wimpiest winter I can recall. My attitude is, you had your

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Our Lady Originally uploaded by Snurri. "In the wake of the Exile there has been a surge in religious interest in the city, but little of it is what might be considered Orthodox. There are the Swimmers, a death-cult which--despite the mayor's best efforts--holds periodic pilgrimages into the depths of Gerber Lake. As the lake is known to be infested with various unpleasant creatures, and

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Hancock-in-the-Mist Originally uploaded by Snurri. Took this one while killing time between movies downtown. It turned out pretty well, I think.

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Leading Water to a Carriage Horse Originally uploaded by Snurri.

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Polanco almost always begins: Look here, I dreamed that I was on a square and I found a heart on the ground. I picked it up and it was beating, it was a human heart and it was beating, then I took it to a fountain and washed it the best I could because it was covered with leaves and dust, and I went to turn it in to the police station on the Rue de l'Abbaye. That's completely false, Marrast

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No.

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If you love Grover, you should watch this video of his greatest rival delirious with pain. Hilarious, but not safe for those without a tiny bit of the sadist in them. (Via BoingBoing.)Gingerbread Bergen. While you're on Flickr, check out this elephant migration.David Moles has some thoughts on characterization.Apparently I'm just not that much of a gadget geek. Or maybe my standards are too

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You suck.Love,Me

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Jed discusses the (somewhat murky and suspect) etymology of the term "can of corn." I must admit, I thought everyone knew this term. But then, I am rather myopic when it comes to baseball stuff. Man, do I miss going to games.Chance sent me a picture of a baby elephant eating a Christmas tree. Chance is my favorite now.Something I keep meaning to point people at is the Blue Sky Studios blog,

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Teenage Imposters Originally uploaded by Snurri. Was at the Hideout AKA the best bar in the world last night to see my friend Bran's new band, the Teenage Imposters. Bran's been on a quest for the perfect two-minute pop song for about fifteen years. If he finds it, he might stop playing in cool bands; so if you know where it is, hide it!Also, found out that my story "The Ichthyomancer

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Ah, high school. I'd probably have been an emo kid before my time if I'd wanted to let anyone know how depressed I was. This occurs to me today because iTunes has been popping up with my then-theme song, "Darkness" by the Police:I can dream up schemes when I'm sitting in my seatI don't see any flaws till I get to my feetI wish I never woke up this morningLife was easy when it was boringI could

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I have decided that I can boil my criteria for the woman who will tame this wild heart (stop laughing) down to one requirement. So that y'all know what to shoot for.*She must be AWESOME.You may now return to boring me. (Seriously, what is with the Intranets today?!?)*DISCLAIMER: Please consider the merchandise carefully before claiming it.

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Go check out Steph Burgis's story at Strange Horizons, Locked Doors. It's my favorite story of hers that I've read, which is no easy compliment.Also new, the first installment of Farrago's Wainscot. Let not your distaste for Farrago (I have my own reasons for despising the man, but I've sworn never to tell another living soul of that weekend; suffice it to say that Cthulhu wept) let you

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. . . is that I hate, loathe, despise, New Year's Eve. I may dislike it even more than I do Valentine's Day, which is saying something. I am a complete and utter sap for Christmas; I love the music, I love the lights, the trees, the food and the gifts and most of all the people. When it comes to December 31st I am a complete and utter Scrooge.It is, however, the end of the year and a good time

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I'll have more to say in my SH review, but in the name of all that's holy, go see "Pan's Labyrinth" ASAP.(Don't bring your kids, though. You can take them to "Night at the Museum.")

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Buddy Bears Originally uploaded by Snurri. Hope yours have been great, and hope the next year is even better.

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I just returned from the 1st Annual Hideout Christmas Pyrate Panto. Jon Langford and Kelly Hogan in drag = awesome. Sally Timms in an evening gown and a mustache = dignified, yet oddly attractive. Lots of dirty pirate jokes, silly costumes, and music to remind one of Popeye. If you weren't there, you missed it.*Now I guess I'm going to stay up until it's time to leave for my flight. Odds are

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The Night Train Originally uploaded by Snurri. "Trains still pass through the city at night. No one can say with certainty where they come from, or what their destination is. Many of them appear to be empty. They follow no schedule, but appear suddenly, glowing with unnatural light, never stopping. . . . In the first years of the city's exile Mayor Faldbakken III ordered the tracks

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Everyone else is doing "Best Books of 2006" roundups. Which I admire, but can't get my head around, personally. So instead I give you a brief roundup of my viewing of films starring Kate Winslet.The Holiday: Yes, I saw "The Holiday." It's not my usual fare--well, at least it's not my usual fare when I'm paying ten bucks for a ticket and not having a mild bout with insomnia and some

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Kenya has gone from three years of terrible drought to the worst flooding in a decade; more than a hundred people have been killed. In the long run the return of the rainy season can only be a good thing, but in the short term it's disastrous for the human residents. For other animals, such as elephants, it's a bonanza. (Wildcast, by the way, has some great videos, and a Flickr account as well

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So, I'm good to announce that Superpowers is going to be published in the UK by Vintage Originals. Check out those covers! Gorgeous stuff. I'm going to be working with Beth Coates, who has great taste, obviously. W00t! Thanks to Beth, to Shana (natch), and to our UK agent consult Will Francis, who gave the book my favorite tag description yet: "Superpowers is the weirdest, saddest, funniest,

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Austen Update: I've finished all the novels (except for Mansfield Park which I gave up on) and I think Persuasion may be my favorite. Either that or Pride and Prejudice. The thing is, while Jane may have felt rushed to complete the former before she, um, died, the result of that haste is (IMO) something paced a little more along the lines of a modern reader's expectations. Anne Elliott is less

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Today, for no reason whatsoever, the lyrics to two songs by Roger Miller. You really need to hear his delivery to get the full effect, but even without it this stuff is classic:"Chug-a-Lug" CHORUS:Chug-a-lug chug-a-lugMake you wanna holler hi-de-hoBurns your tummy don't you knowChug-a-lug chug-a-lugGrape wine in a Mason jarHomemade and brought to schoolBy a friend of mine after classMe and him

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Two tunes that put me in mind of the holidays: Coltrane and Run-DMC.

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The original title of this post was "GRUMPY" but I got good news so I am not, anymore. Still I have no content, so I present you with links.Killer robots on the way. SkyNet seeking beta testers. Who can save us? The snowbots? Ganesh? Sasquatch? Tornadoes attack London. Dinosaur meat now on menu. David Letterman demonstrates siege technology, and hosts a martial arts demonstration with

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05191358992144333597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092464.post-1165426995728508562006-12-06T11:42:00.000-06:002006-12-06T11:43:15.780-06:00

Last night I went home to find my cable out, both TV and Internet. Cue the shakes and nausea of withdrawal! Not for the TV--although I was looking forward to watching "House"--but for my nightly fix of e-. Comcast, being the marvels of efficiency that they are, will address the problem with a service call on Friday morning. THANKS.In the spirit of doing things when I DAMN WELL GET AROUND TO

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The Merch, Festive Originally uploaded by Snurri.

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Am alive but a bit out of it. Slept about two hours last night. I don't really understand my insomnia. I have much less stress than I did a couple of months ago, and yet when I lie down my brain won't shut off. I suppose maybe it's just different stress. New and exciting things to worry about! Maybe I need a new affirmation.To distract y'all from your own worries:A new group blog, No Fear

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My copy of the latest Locus arrived yesterday, with my ugly mug right there on the Deals/Announcements/Milestones page, right next to Ted's. Woo-hoo! I need a better picture, though.Go here and light a candle; the evil pharmaceutical company will donate money to AIDS research when you do. Maybe that makes them non-evil? My head hurts.Back in my college/lost years I kept Capcom in business

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It was a beautiful morning, and now it's raining like mad. Ah well. The snow will be here tomorrow, I guess. And after that, the snowmen. Those creepy interlopers, loitering on lawns with their mocking grins . . . I swear, come February I'm going to buy a flamethrower and melt the bastards down.Speaking of violence, yesterday morning at the place where I get my tea and sometimes my breakfast

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The Gemini Society Originally uploaded by Snurri. "At the intersection of Victoria Avenue and South Garden Street, in the heart of Little Uganda, stands the Southwestern branch of the Gemini Society (AKA the Sorcerer's Benevolent Society, AKA the Urban Magical Defense League). Since 1947 this branch has been headed by the hydromancer Gwandoya Kyoga. Kyoga is known to some as 'Old

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Over lunch I went over to pick up my paycheck at the temp office. I was in the elevator going up, doing my usual reach-back to my backpack pocket which held the book in which I had placed my timecard, when the book (True Grizz, for the curious; not as good as his book on elephants, but good) fell out onto the floor. The older man next to me in the elevator said: "Dropping all that knowledge!"

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Chess players to face anti-doping measures.Um?

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I think I've figured out why my pens sometimes explode on planes. If I'm using the pen when we take off, this never happens. If I uncap the pen to write something while we are at 30,000 feet, I almost always end up with ink all over my hands, my manuscript, my flotation device. (Does that sound dirty to anyone else?) It's the cabin pressure, stupid. Probably I could switch to some other sort

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There was a dude outside the CTA station handing out energy drinks this morning. I shouldn't have taken one. I'm way too hyper to be at the office. (In case you're curious about MONSTER:KHAOS ENERGY JUICE, it tastes like carbonated, sweetened orange juice and may cause you to sing Beatles songs in stairwells. I expect to start twitching any moment now.)Last night Chris Elliott and Hugh

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Firstly, it must be noted that Justin Morneau is now the AL MVP. WOO-HOO! In your face, every person at ESPN! There is justice in the world. Sorry, Jeter, maybe next year. OR MAYBE NOT.Secondly, my long-ish short story "Oma Dortchen and the Pillar of Story," a fairy-tale about ethnographers, swans, ash-lads, trolls, men in top hats, a crone with a leak* and, um, fairy-tales, will be part of

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You know that recurring meme where they tell you that there was a study at X University that determined that as long as the first and last letters of a word are in place, the rest of the letters can be all jumbled up and you'll figure them out in a snap? I'm calling BUSHLILT on that. OK, that one wasn't so bad. But the thing is that it only works if the rest of the word is gibberish. If, say,

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This morning I wrote a scene in which two diplomats had a disagreement over cheesy potatoes. I'm not sure if it's a good scene, but I sure had fun writing it. I suppose I should blame my recent reading of Lud-In-the-Mist (which is excellent, BTW) and the frequent exclamations of "Toasted cheese!" within.This weekend I saw Stranger Than Fiction and enjoyed it very much. (Mildly SPOILERY

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Below is Time's (EDIT: Niall points out that this is not a Time list at all, but a Science Fiction Book Club list) most significant SF novels between 1953-2006.The meme part of this works like so: Bold the ones you have read, strike through the ones you read and hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put a star next to the ones you love.NOTE FROM ME THAT IS NOT PART OF THE MEME

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Celeste Simon's Window Originally uploaded by Snurri. "One of those displaced was the Swiss diva Celeste Simon, who was in the city for a four-week engagement of 'Il Seraglio.' Her handlers made several increasingly desperate attempts to find a way out of the city, but were no more successful than any of those innocents whose only crime was being in the wrong place at the wrong time . .

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The truth is that aside from, say, M&Ms and Dr. Pepper, I'm not much for sweets in most cases.* (You may hate me now if that is your way.) When I was a kid it was different. No disrespect to Mom, who makes some great cookies, but it was Grandma Burros that spoiled me. I used to bogart her brownies when we visited. They were a compulsion, like you get from those guys with the spiral

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Things that bug me: people who blow their smoke at me. I love smokers as I love all god's creatures, but WTF? Plus it seems like a lot more people are smoking in the mornings. I like my mornings. I like to go and get tea and breakfast and take the leisurely train ride/walk to work. I don't like standing at an intersection waiting for a Walk light while the guy next to me is exhaling cancer

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Do you remember "The Adventures of Pete and Pete"? It was the greatest show ever on Nickelodeon; they had Steve Buscemi, they had Iggy Pop, they had a weird neighborhood superhero named Artie, they had a guerilla storytelling sensibility. They had Luscious Jackson and Poi Dog Pondering; they had The Magnetic Fields before you ever heard of them. (See!) Go here to read a recent article about

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That's really all I have to say.Well, OK, one more thing: in watching the coverage on MSNBC, I was impressed with Rahm Emanuel. He came off better than Howard Dean, I thought.Hello, hope. Been a while, at least in this context.Yay!

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Warren Ellis sums up voting. It does kind of feel like that sometimes, doesn't it? Even so. Go do it. And keep an eye out. If the electronic polling thingy laughs maniacally after you exit the booth, tell someone.This weekend was WFC, and I am not yet recovered. A few years back I spent a couple of summer weeks in Bergen, Norway, when the sun only went down for a few hours a night. I was

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Rachel Ray is the Joker, right? Right?

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First, a quiz:What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop." [NOTE: I used to. I stopped doing that when I moved to Madison.

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Although I haven't seen an official notice yet, other people have announced it; so I thought I'd let you all know that my story "The Water-Poet and the Four Seasons," which originally appeared at the inestimable Strange Horizons, will be appearing in Prime Books' Fantasy: The Best of the Year, edited by Rich Horton. May I just say WOW. My first reprint! Yay! I can't wait to see the full TOC

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Are you, like me, a fan of Bob Dylan? Then you should probably not go here and watch the video. Seriously, don't. You've been warned. (Via Ms. Cadigan.)*Drinks Friday with Barth, who was in town for a conference. Good talking about starting out as a novelist (you have your copy of The Patron Saint of Plagues, right?) and other things. That, and a visit last week from my pal Keith and his

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Check out Merylinabarrel's Jack-O-Lantern. It passes the Turing Test. At least, A Turing Test.Austen update: gave up on Mansfield Park, moved on to Emma. Emma herself isn't all that likeable, but she's at least amusing. Fanny was too passive and impressionable. Edmund was a pompous twit.Also reading about elephants again--this time, Cynthia Moss's Elephant Memories--and thinking about the

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Wenstrup House Originally uploaded by Snurri. "Few citizens realize nowadays that the large house at the corner of Boulder and Scott was once the Sanctum Sanctorum of longtime Sorceror Supreme, Walter Wenstrup, the inspiration for the Marvel Comics character Dr. Strange. It seems that artist Steve Ditko had read of Wenstrup's work in Prestidigitation Quarterly and began a correspondence

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I am a Midwesterner. I was born here and I've always lived here. There's a decent chance I always will. The lazy dismissal of the citizens of "flyover country" is one way to quickly get on my bad side; in other words, if you use "Midwesterner" as shorthand for "ignorant and unimaginative" I will get ticked off. Not to say that we don't have a few of those folks here, sure. But I don't care

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Itsy Bitsy Spider-Man! Oh man do I want this. Maybe if I buy it for every kid I know I can sneak one for myself? Make sure to watch the video.From another region of the Internet altogether comes this review of Rabid Transit: Long Voyages, Great Lies, pointed out by Mr. Barzak. Very thoughtful (and favorable, overall) look at that publication, with some kind words about my story "Shackles."Not

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First of all, a small correction: Jason (my editor) tells me that Crown/TRP is a division of Random House, not whatever garbledygook I was talking before. Please correct your press releases accordingly.Second, I have been reading The Essential Dr. Strange because I suddenly decided I had to have it, and wow, Steve Ditko may be a scary Objectionist Ayn-Rand worshipper, but he's also a pretty

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So I am definitely feelin' the love from all y'all (notice how I retain my folksy manner of speaking), and thank you for that. Good things only mean so much without friends to share them with, and based on the number of folks who've expressed their congrats through various channels, I've got a lot of 'em. Thanks.Back to work, though. I can't just bask in the love, and I have no editorial

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So, I've checked with all concerned about whether it's OK to go ahead and announce this, and even though I'm afraid that talking about it out loud like this will just make the whole thing evaporate, I can't contain myself anymore.I sold a book.Yes. Thanks to the efforts of superagent Shana, Superpowers will be appearing as a trade paperback sometime in or around the Spring of 2008. The deal is

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News coming Monday, but first, via Gwenda, a meme.IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?So, here's how it works:1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)2. Put it on shuffle3. Press play4. For every question, type the song that's playing5. When you go to a new question, press the next button6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool . . .All right, grab your

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My cold is on the comeback trail, my back is killing me, and they're predicting snow for tonight. Nonetheless here I am posting through the anguish.I just have to throw this out there: I don't know what semiotics is. Does it matter? Should I ask someone to explain it?I must confess that I think at times that Howard Who? is a bit light (nothing against light stories, seeing as how I, um, write

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Jane Austen omnibus edition Originally uploaded by Snurri. 1. As promised, the cover to the Jane Austen omnibus that I'm reading. Created for the Prissy Aunt Book Club.2. The Twins in the playoffs. Wow, that didn't take long, did it? Ouch. I think, if it hadn't been for the epic struggle of the season, with the Bang of the first-place payoff coming right at the end, the sweep might

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My review is up at Strange Horizons; go here.Thanks to Niall for asking me to review it. Nice to have something I could really sink my teeth into.

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It's a Friday, no one is on the Internet, and I'm posting like a rabid chipmunk looking for a bass player. Savor the madness.1. Jane Austen. Somewhere, out there, is a video from 1998 or so of me on a drunken rampage, threatening squirrels (not real ones) and screaming invectives at Jane Austen, whom I had never read. This is my official retraction of that evening (which, to be fair to myself,

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I am, as it turns out, going to Austin. Who's going to be there?

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This is me talking about my uncle again, so if you find that tiresome look away.Roger was really into music; I just never realized how much. I'd known he was a reggae fanatic, and since we always exchanged gifts at Christmas that became sort of a shorthand for shopping. But when my brother and I went to the house the day after my sister's wedding--and what a weird, difficult experience that was

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Am home feeling icky today, but luckily there is baseball on. This will either cheer me up or send me spiralling into a deep depression. Will keep y'all updated.Speaking of things that are on, I humbly request that EVERYONE watch "Veronica Mars" tonight. You'll like her. She solves crimes! While making many witty remarks. She's a kid (now a college kid) and all the kids she knows are a

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Who the &%*# is Dane Cook?

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Didja ever notice how, when there's a lot going on, people don't blog as much? At least, I don't. If I were a news organization, I would be the worst in the world. "Sorry, folks, too much going on; can't stay and talk about it!"Yeah. That's kind of how it is right now, for me.ITEM: The Twins, finishing in first. I love these guys. They spent the early part of the season in the cellar, and

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PSA (Pigeon Sex Announcement) Originally uploaded by Snurri. "At 3:38 P.M. on Tuesday, October 5th, 1982, an estimated 110,000 children were tuned into the 'Scary the Clown Show,' an after-school ratings hit for station WTSC. Scary's sidekick, Cautious Coatimundi, threw to a cartoon titled 'Perfectly Proper Penelope Pigeon.' Unfortunately, no one at the station had reviewed the cartoon

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Mark Twain Fried Chicken Originally uploaded by Snurri. Chicago's been kind of a lonely place lately, so I decided to turn 36 in Hannibal, Missouri. I didn't meet any ghosts, but I saw a lot of statues and several young fellows who may or may not aspire to become Huck and/or Tom. (Apparently, there is a tradition in Hannibal where a boy and a girl of the appropriate age are chosen to be

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I'll be out of town from tomorrow until Sunday night with Internet access doubtful, so if you don't hear from me in that time NOBODY PANIC.

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Good:"Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip." For Judd Hirsch, and for Matthew Perry. Amanda Peet, not so much. But wow.Samuel Delany's About Writing. This one gets a Holy Shit. It's kind of blowing me away, and I'm only on the Introduction. I mostly don't believe in books about writing, but this one rocks.Bad:Talk Like a Pirate Day. It wasn't that funny the first time. Seriously, shut up.Harlan

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I don't write a lot about writing here, mostly because I'm hyper-aware that no two writers work in the same way, and for me to talk about my process seems likely to bore folks to death. But sometimes I find it helpful to read about those things--I like the interviews in Locus, for instance, because it's interesting to contrast my own work style with other peoples'. Once in a while I even find

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I had a dream a few months ago that I was reading--and passionately discussing--comic books with Rachel Bilson. No nookie, just lots of commentary on the writers and artists and such. She knew more than the Comic Book Guy.It was actually kind of annoying.

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I don't have any, particularly, which is why it took me until today to post anything about that damned anniversary. But two people made me feel a little better after the attacks five years ago. One was David Letterman and the other was Jon Stewart.Take care of yourselves.

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I've never been good with watches. Watches tend to break on me, and the ones with the metal bands tear out the hair on my wrist, and I just don't like the feel of them there. The one time (well, maybe there were two times) that I had a girlfriend at Christmas, we--without any foreknowledge--exchanged gifts of watches, both engraved on the back. She lost hers within a week, and mine broke. (

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Mr. A.R. Yngve has created a t-shirt in response to the Ellison/Willis sitch. And someone else (not sure who to give credit to) has created this one.I like the first one best; Haddayr likes the second. The solution: buy both!

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For those of you who may have been involved in or spectators of this thread over at The Elegant Variation, I kinda think Hal has won the internets with his 8/31 8:31 comment. And without losing his shit, which is pretty much what I was doing every time I wandered over there.

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So.The internets--at least, large chunks of the parts that I visit regularly--have been full of brave, puzzling, insightful, frustrating, biting, ridiculous, praiseworthy and appalling things this past week or so. I can't claim to be particularly brave. This whole thing makes my stomach hurt. I'm bad with arguments, even friendly ones, and a lot of what I've seen has been rather unfriendly.

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See here.My confession:Despite my lack of disposable income, I still trek to the comics store once a month to drop three bucks on a single comic. Because the pendulum of continuity will ultimately make 52 and Civil War irrelevant, but life without Nextwave is not worth living.Carry on.

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It's time again for "Ask a chatbot!" This week's question comes from Paul M. of Liverpool, England. He asks:"Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?"Mr. M. indicates that the question is rather pressing. As usual, we here at Mumble Herder surveyed ten chatbots. Let's see what our artificial friends had to say:iGod:Barring any unforseen circumstances. What actions

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Lately I've been thinking about comics. I've always wanted to write a superhero comic, and I hope that someday it will happen. Maybe something with Green Arrow, maybe something team-related. Marvel or DC, it doesn't matter. And I'm curious; how many of you think about the same thing? If you're a writer--assuming you're a comics fan--what characters would you like to play with? Alternatively

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I hadn't made much of an attempt to explore the depths of YouTube, but since discovering VideoSift it's become easier to find the good stuff. They cull the good stuff--from Google Video as well--and highlight it. RSS it. This is how I discovered such videos as this mad crazy dulcimer guy and this surprisingly affecting acoustic cover of "Hey Ya". Other fave vids (found elsewhere) include this

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Cos' it's a bittersweet symphony this life...Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to the money then you die. I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down... You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah. No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change, but I'm here in my mold, I am here in my mold. But I'm a million different people from one

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It's time again for "Ask a chatbot!" This week's question comes from Chuck D. of Long Island. He asks:"Whatcha gonna do? Rap is not afraid of you!"Word. As usual, we here at Mumble Herder surveyed ten chatbots. Let's see what our artificial friends had to say:iGod:I have no idea what to say. You are not the only one. I like the older rap music from the 1980's.Jabberwacky:Well you are not

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