Last night, Kelly and I headed up the street to Hard Times Cafe in order to satisfy my craving for chili. They gave us a chili sampler when we got there, and of the four times of chili they have, I chose the Terlingua chili, which is described as “a tribute to the Texas ghost…
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I still have some catching up to do in terms of Nebula reading. I’m starting with novels. I braved the weather and ran across the street to pick up copies of Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union and Jack McDevitt’s Odyssey. I’ll try and race through both in…
Finally, finally, I am going to make it to Readercon. I’ve been wanted to go to this convention for a few years now, in large part because one of my favorite all-time authors–Barry Malzberg–usually attends. As it turns out, Dad is going to be in town July 17 – 23, but I checked with him…
I grow increasingly annoyed with how the media handles the weather, and the general reactions to it. Forecast yesterday was for a significant winter storm in the D.C. area overnight and into this morning. ke1lynn told me that yesterday her office basically told people to work from home because of the threatening weather. Mom’s Delta…
The Nebula Awards final ballot has been released (hyperlinked stories are available online): Novels Odyssey – McDevitt, Jack (Ace, Nov06) The Accidental Time Machine – Haldeman, Joe (Ace, Aug07) The Yiddish Policemen’s Union – Chabon, Michael (HarperCollins, May07) The New Moon’s Arms – Hopkinson, Nalo (Warner Books, Feb07) Ragamuffin – Buckell, Tobias (Tor, Jun07) Novellas…
All kinds of mail when I got home from work today. I had the April/May issue of ASIMOV’S, which I look forward to picking through. It’s got a story by Kate Wilhelm, which is always a treat. Also in the stack was the February 2008 (#219) issue of the SFWA Forum, always interesting, but particularly…
I got in a partial cardio workout at lunch today, because I didn’t get to the gym this morning. Partial because I had a meeting right at 1 PM and didn’t get to the gym as soon as I’d hoped. I did a little over 20 minutes on the elliptical, which is just over half…
Tonight, Kelly and I took a big step forward in our relationship.
I haven’t written very much since NaNoWriMo, when I blasted out about 20,000 words. I did one short story thereafter, but nothing of substance since. This is frustrating, but it’s been a combination of things that have kept me from writing, not the least of which being the concern that I haven’t sold anything since…
I went to Cleveland Humanities Magnet High School along with strausmouse, the Norm half of vickyandnorm, and kruppenheimer. The school is in Reseda, California, and hearing Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” always reminds me of my alma mater. It was kind of our theme song. But a few days ago, strausmouse reminded me of our school,…
I did get to the gym at lunch today. My tag-up meeting ran over and I finally hopped on an elliptical at about 12:15, but I did a full 40 minute cardio workout and it felt pretty good. In the end I burned 567 calories and 3.04 miles. My heart rate was higher than my…
Woke up this morning at 4:20 AM without much of a voice still, but otherwise feeling better. I had some breakfast and caught the usual 5:09 train into the office. Perhaps a third of the way to the office, I began to feel a bit nauseous on the train. This is very unusual for me,…