Charlie Hebdo
What is most interesting about the horrific attack against the French periodical Charlie Hebdo is that it was not yet another example of the now-common mental-illness-with-political-content terror...
View ArticleHugo Award Post
Various shadowy forces would like you to know that this little thing we did might make a good nominee for the Hugo Award Dramatic Presentation, Long Form for the Hugo Awards:Don't like Tom Cruise? Here...
View ArticleTaylor Negron, RIP or "I went to UCLA...for lunch."
Taylor Negron was a great comedian and had a bit of stardom of in the 1990s, but then when the stand-up fad faded, so did he.Apparently, embedding videos now sets off LJ's spam detectors, so I can't...
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Oh man...
Hey, I'm back home after a couple of weeks of kicking around PA, NY, and CT. I was in CT to teach at Westconn's MFA program, which I really enjoyed. Long-time readers will remember that I am an alum of...
View ArticleSupporting "From the Nothing, With Love" by Project Itoh, for the Hugo Award
I'm not much for the now-"obligatory" award eligibility posts, despite the claims that they help level the playing field for fans that are spoiled for choice in their reading material. A decade in the...
View ArticleTuesday Quick Notes
Mostly book stuff:I was happy to write the introduction to a new edition of Gerald Kersh's short story collection On an Odd Note, which is available now. I've already turned one unbeliever into a true...
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Hack the Hugos: Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Tired of Dr Who dominating the Hugo ballot? Let me suggest this piece of fantasy:Undertaker vs Brock Lesnar (WrestleMania 30...by watchwweliveThat's right, The Undertaker v Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania...
View ArticleFriday Quicker Notes
Over at work, a new joint named Market on Market finally opened, after some typical delays. It's an upmarket grocery store featuring sausages at $11 a pound and the like, plus it serves $14 sandwiches,...
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On An Odd Note
We got out contributor copies of Gerald Kersh's On an Odd Note today. Here's Opie on first exposure to the book:And, after accidentally looking at some of the interior text and despite being an...
View ArticleGreek elections
What is there to say? Syriza moved to the right to get a big win, and one that suggested the possibility of hope, but to get a majority it aligned with ANEL. The kindest possible spin one can put on...
View ArticleMain Street Horrors
Racism in Berkeley?? Wwwwhhhaaat! No surprises, really, but comedian W. Kamau Bell was accosted by wait staff at Elmwood Café on suspicion of Speaking To a White Lady and blogged about it. Also not...
View ArticleAll sorts of junk!
I sing, uh, read aloud over at CrimeWAV. Check out Thy Shiny Car in the Night, which was originally published in Long Island Noir.In other city news, Borderlands Books has announced its closure, with...
View ArticleOld Woman at the Barber Shop
Old Kazzie strained a muscle or something (arthritis?) and spent the early morning standing and walking rather than lying on the couch as she likes to.* She's settled down now. I wasn't feeling too hot...
View ArticleThe Nickronomicon-avoiding Amazon
Like many, I am suspicious of the claim that Borderlands Books was killed by San Francisco's new minimum wage law, especially given that the bookstore's profit was all of $3000 last year. That's one...
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Where are my huh
I signed up to push hands in Berkeley's Chinese Martial Arts tournament. The rules have been slightly improved. While the first round of each match is stupid "restricted step" push hands—imagine...
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"The Street of Fruiting Bodies" from PHANTASM JAPAN being developed into a...
I started pitching this in June and we got to work in earnest on the project in September, so I'm thrilled to finally be able to go public.VIZ PRODUCTIONS DEVELOPING FEATURE FILM BASED ON AUTHOR SAYURI...
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Friday Quick Notes
One day there will be real content here again, but between work (see yesterday's post) and deadlines and Fully Babyism, that may not be for a while. Hot takes are on Twitter: @nmamatasAnyway, I was...
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Attention!
UPDATE: Contact has been made, and also Capclave provided some information that will be very handy in case of extreme emergency. Thanks to everyone who tweeted and Facebooked this last night.Any DC...
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It's my birthday. I think I've been updating LJ on my birthday since at least my 30th birthday. Jesus.This week, I took a couple of days off to care for Oliver, as his day care center was closed for...
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Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
I'm not much for spoiler culture. I actually hate it. It is simply impossible to spoil, say, an Iron Man movie or a popular fiction novel, as their plots are rote and overdetermined down to the minute....
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