End of summer reading

Halfway through The Count of Monte Cristo and it’s dragging. I don’t want to give up on it, but I don’t want it to prevent me from getting reading done. It’s been a while since I’ve gone on a s.f. kick, and so this evening, I went to Amazon and bought 4 new books to [...]

eReader for the iPhone

Since I mentioned upgrading my iPhone to the 2.0 software today, I should also mention that I downloaded the eReader application for the phone. I have always been on the fence about eBooks, not for any particular reason other than I like turning pages and having the book in my hand. But even with all [...]

Now you see it, and now you don’t

We were up pretty early this morning. Kelly had to go into work, but I stayed home because I needed to be here for the cable guy. I made good use of the time. I got my books unpacked. There are 36 boxes of books and I managed to get most of them unpacked and [...]

Saturday

I was up at 7 AM and headed over to Saturn to have my car serviced. It believe it was my 117,000 mile maintenance. A while back I received a $500 gift card from Saturn. Each time I use it, I can get 15% off parts and labor on service and so this time the [...]

Friday

I was into work later than usual in order to catch up on the lack of sleep last night. Moderately busy day, a couple of meetings. I headed over to Kelly’s after work. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and we walked over to Harry’s Tap Room for dinner where I had the tequila shrimp dish, [...]

Almanac

I bought an almanac today, my first one since 2003. I purchased the World Almanac 2008. It’s been something I’ve been meaning to do and it just keeps slipping my mind, so today, when I thought of it, a ran across the street to the bookstore and picked one up so that I didn’t forget [...]

America’s most popular book

A recent Harris Poll asked 2,500 adults about their favorite book. It should come as no surprise that people’s number one favorite book is the Bible. Second favorite book seems to vary by demographic, but in the top 10 were J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind, J.K. Rowling’s [...]

A great new book is coming later this year!

Today, you can pre-order signed, hardcover editions of Michael A. Burstein‘s (mabfan) short story collection, I Remember The Future: The Award-Nominated Stories of Michael A. Burstein from Apex Books. Read more about this here. This is going to be a terrific book. How do I know? Because most of the stories that appear in this [...]

Reading whens and wheres

People relate things together in interesting ways. Probably one of the most common examples of this is music. So often, if you hear a song, you are instantly transported, in your mind, to a special or significant time when you heard that song. It’s a quirk of memory and sensation, I suppose. This is true [...]

They’re here!

The rare Asimov annotations I ordered from Powell’s arrived early this afternoon. Asimov’s Annotated Don Juan actually came in a slip case. I think I recall reading in In Joy Still Felt that the book won a prize–for it’s design–as Asimov was quick to point out. It’s a first edition, too. No wonder it was [...]

Dilemma–resolved!

I just woke up from unsettling dreams to find myself transformed in my bed into a giant idiot. I should have bought those books right away! I came into the office and checked email and saw that many people agreed. Not only that but, rubysnina (a.k.a Mom) and bigblu4 (a.k.a. Dad) have generously offered to [...]

Dilemma!

There are two rare books that I have been looking for on and off for years. I can never find them. Well, I just found them. Powells.com currently has them. One is $250 and the other is $195. I’m trying to be good. I’m trying to save money. I’ve got a $2,000+ tax bill coming [...]

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Home and in bed. Post on Nebula Weekend, day 1 will have to wait because I am beat! #Nebs2012 6 hours ago
Ran into Stan Schmidt as I was leaving the hotel. Heading home from a fun evening at #Nebs2012 7 hours ago
Here is @Scalzi and @MykeCole in the uke. See what you are missing @scottedelman. #Nebs2012 http://t.co/9HTltEsu 8 hours ago
Just finished a fun interview with @NancyFulda for @sfsignal. 11 hours ago
Heading back to my office to park the car, and then I'll be walking over to the #Nebs2012 hotel. 13 hours ago
RT @NancyFulda: Attention VA residents: It's not too late to plan for the #nebs2012 signing session. Snag a date to impress with how man ... 15 hours ago
Heading off to get ready for the Nebula Weekend. Have some things to do first. Should arrive at the hotel around 4pm. #nebs2012 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith Some people post videos (with permission, of course). I'll see if I can find out... 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith Of course! :-) 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith It does sound fascinating and it's good a good set of panelists to go along with it. Should be fun. 17 hours ago