Cruising to luxury

I got my booking number for the cruise this summer and with that number, I discovered that I could do several things on the website. So I put in all of my immigration information (passport number, etc.), my emergency contact info, and registered a credit card. This does several things. It automatically enrolls me in [...]

Workout #64 (Cardio)

Up at 4:30 AM and into the gym by 5:50 AM. When I got to the gym, I noticed they had installed 9 new treadmills where the elliptical machines used to be and pushed the ellipticals back a row. The ellipticals used to be right by the windows and had a great view. This was [...]

Epithalamium*

Way back when, vickyandnorm asked me if I would make some remarks at their upcoming wedding. I hadn’t thought much about it until I was at the gym this morning, when, halfway through a difficult chest press, I finally got my “theme”. That was all I needed and most of what I want to say [...]

Poetic license

It had been a while since I sent in my drivers license renewal to the MVA, and with my license due to expire in about a month, I was wondering today when I would get it. After all, I need my license to drive, but I also need it as a for of picture ID [...]

Time off for good behavior

I went through my draft self-appraisal with my boss today and I think it went pretty well. He had some good suggestions. He really surprised me, however, when he said, “Hey, since you put in all that time over the weekend, pick a day in the next week or two and take a day off.” [...]

SF AGE: Volume 2, Issue 1 (November 1993)

Set aside for the moment Scott Edelman’s editorial on “recursive” science fiction, or Norman Spinrad’s controversial essay on how fantasy has infected science fiction. The table of contents for this issue includes 7 stories because, as the magazine cover indicates, “Now: More Pages! More Stories!” And among the stories included in this issue are back-to-back [...]

Draft self-appraisal complete!

It’s review time here at work and drafts of our self-appraisals are due tomorrow. In past years, I have always turned in my self appraisal on the day we received the notice for them. But I have been so busy lately, that I haven’t had time to work on mine. Today was the first day [...]

Nebula Awards final ballot

The Nebula Awards final ballot for 2006 has been posted. In the novella category, mabfan made the final cut for his story, “Sanctuary” (Analog, Sep 2005). And shunn also made the final cut for his story, “Inclination” (Asimov’s Apr/May 2006). Congratulations to both of them on making the final ballot. And congratulations to everyone else [...]

Workout #63 (Chest & back)

Up at 4:30 AM to my alarm. That’s because I didn’t get to bed until after 11 last night. I was being stupid and decided to stay up and watch the premier of The Black Donnelys. When I got in the office this morning, I nearly decided to skip the gym. That’s when all of [...]

A little bit of writing

I got out of work later than I wanted to and by the time I got back to the metro station, all thought of going to the grocery store had fled. Instead, I treated myself to a steak dinner, and cheated on my “no carbs at dinner” rule by having a baked potato instead of [...]

Oh my aching…

…head! I don’t get headaches very often, but I’ve got a doozy of a headache right now. I attribute it to a ridiculously long and boring meeting that I have to attend in about 10 minutes. It’s one of these meetings where everyone is asked to report on the status of their projects. There are [...]

Record-setting rejection speed!

Recall that I submitted a story to Baen’s Universe on Friday? Just a moment ago, I received a rejection from one of their editorial assistants, only 3 days after submitting the story (and two of those days made up the weekend)! It was not a complete form-letter rejection. I at least received some feedback on [...]

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