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Things, Things, Things!
Saturday was a busy day—there was Fairyland, as I mentioned. Right from there I taught my class, and then went immediately to hang out at the dog park and a coffee shop with la_nausicaa, strangebint,...
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Other things I learned from my neighbors:The Unabomber lived three doors down during his brief appointment at the university.Patty Hearst was kidnapped from her apartment at the end of this block.My...
View ArticleQuote of the day--noir edition
"Leech bait. It's in Thailand or wherever the fuck. When they get a hooker that's too used up to sell to the whorehouse they tie the bitch up and dunk her in a big old vat of leech infested water. Just...
View ArticleMore Leisure/Dorchester stuff
Sources tell me that Dorchester held a conference call with various vendors, including agents, today, and that the firm, while it has not declared bankruptcy, is in a sort of bankruptcy mode. Leisure...
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Wednesday Quick Notes
Open letter to Ashley Grayson: you are a genius and an altruist. Good job on that call yesterday, keeping everyone from messing up.My favorite part of sfwa—whenever a long post is mirrored from the...
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Why does http://www.ikariamag.gr —an online fanzine for my little island, look 236401236421356401 times better than most online magazines for genre fiction?
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Recipes Every Man Should KnowandJokes Every Man Should KnowandStuff Every Man Should Knowcomes...Insults Every Man Should Know.By me.I didn't even have to query or pitch or ask for work. I got a call...
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Thank you, fengi!
Work of Art is the show that keeps on entertaining, thanks to this idiot wail from William Powhida!Some tidbits:I doubt anyone else felt the kind of humiliation I experienced watching Jerry Saltz...
View ArticleLate-night Facebook messages
First: Someone says hi to me so that he can show this woman he is entertaining at his house that he has "writers" on his Facebook friendlist. I finally say "hi" back when I wander over to the computer....
View ArticleHappy 90210 Day!
How are you going to celebrate 9/02/10?Me...I'm going to reenact this scene at work, every hour on the hour.Also, I'll break your shit up like Brenda and Dylan.
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What have we here?
What can be going on in this little domestic literary tableaux?Is it?Can it be?Do we dare look closer?Why yes, the Haunted Legends is coming from inside the house!!!Consume!Also, simultaneous paperback...
View ArticleCampus Reform?
I'm up and posting super-early today as I was in bed at 9:30 last night, and that was after a long nap or two during the day. Feeling much better.I came across a site called Campus Reform, which is one...
View ArticleHugo winners
Congratulations to all—especially happy to see Mieville, Clarkesworld, Moon, and StarShipSofa up there.Especially fun: watch StarShipTony EXPLODE in this video—skip ahead to 41:16.Last year, I lost a...
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Labor Day Notes
How not to launch your new publishing company: From cuneiform tablets to hand-painted hieroglyphics to annotations in clay, from sonnets to encyclopedias to political pamphlets, from William...
View ArticleDirty Tricks or Green Jobs?
Mr. Pearcy and other drifters and homeless people were recruited onto the [Arizona] Green Party ballot by a Republican political operative who freely admits that their candidacies may siphon some...
View ArticleMan Booker Prize
Booker shortlist announced.Tsiolkas was robbed. No surprises there! After all, some naughty things happened in The Slap, plus the author pretended that wogs were real people. I mean, you can one or the...
View ArticleThis just in
According to Pat Robertson, Islam is NOT a religion:What does count as religion? Yoga exercises!Also, kiddie karate classes in a strip mall somewhere:See? Hope that helps.
View ArticleHey Nick, ever think about moving back to Long Island?
Not really.PS: Hey, I've been to that movie theater/college/LIRR stop/waterpark/peach farm/lake/patch of woods/shopping mall/lighthouse/giant duck/bagel shop.PPS: I also hate those faux Italian ices...
View ArticleTen minutes to midnight notes
"When I tell people that I write short stories, a faint greyish glaze usually slides across their eyes, as if a dirigible were passing overhead."—from "Confessions of an Unrepentant Short Story...
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