30 minutes until the 100th episode of Smallville

Half an hour to go until what might be the best episode of the best season yet of Smallville. Season five has blown away the other seasons (which in themselves were good). Now, I’m just 30 minutes away from the highly anticipated 100th episode, “Reckoning”. Four things are supposed to happen: 1. Clark tells Lana [...]

Twenty years!

This coming Saturday, January 28, 2006, will be twenty years since the space shuttle Challenger exploded during its launch, killing all of the crew onboard. Twenty years! While I can’t remember that day as clearly as I used to, I can remember aspects of it pretty clearly. I was in junior high school at the [...]

Story rejected by STRANGE HORIZONS

My story, “The Last S.F. Writer,” was rejected by STRANGE HORIZONS today. It was a form letter rejection this time (or form email, I should say), but it seemed to come back faster than the last time I submitted something to that magazine. Ah well. I got praise on the story when it was submitted [...]

Coldest morning so far

This morning felt the like the coldest morning so far this winter. It’s crystal clear out, but there is a howling wind that blew through the night. My ears got so cold waiting for the train this morning that they started to hurt (I didn’t have a hat). That is an indication of just how [...]

My favorite type of book

On the train home this evening, I got to thinking about my favorite type of book. I’m not talking about genre: science fiction mystery; or fiction vs. non-fiction. Instead, I’m talking about book binding. To anyone who has ever walked into a bookstore, the most blantant book types you see are hardcover books. Hardcover books [...]

My first trip to Las Vegas is on the calendar

Norm and Vicky were planning a weekend trip to Las Vegas March 3-6 and invited a bunch of us to come along. Eric is going, and now I am too. I just got my plane tickets. Norm got us rooms in the Aladdin Hotel/Casino. Aside from passing through Las Vegas on the way to or [...]

Back at work

No fever when I woke up this morning, and so far, so good, so I’m back in the office today. I’m still feeling congestetd, but I’ve taken some cold medicine and that’s helping. And I’ve even managed to make good progress on some coding this morning so I think I’m on the mend… Comments: (Add [...]

“Tessie”

I have a terrible secret. For reasons I can simply not explain, I really like that song “Tessie” by Dropkick Murphy. This song was most recently featured in the movie Fever Pitch and it is probably better known in the Boston area as the theme song of the Boston Red Sox. The Boston-Fracking-Red Sox! This [...]

Finally out of bed

I finally got out of bed at around 4 PM, which has to be nearly a record for me. I can think of only one other time in the last 10 years that I stayed in bed nearly all day–and that was also when I was very sick, sometime between 1996 and early 1998. I [...]

When will this fever break?

I can tell that it’s going to break soon because about an hour ago I started getting chills, so I wrapped myself up in blankets in order to sweat this thing out. I also took a couple more Advil. I’ve felt a little better since then, but not much. Enough, however, to arise from my [...]

“Miserable” is one way to describe it

As I think I’ve said before, this can’t be the flu that I have. It can’t be the flu because I paid good money to get a flu shot to protect me from getting the flu, which I will continue to insist I don’t have from now to the end of time. What I do [...]

DirectTV and XM radio

DirectTV now has XM radio for it’s music channels way up in the 800 range. I discovered this little fact when I was at Eric and Ryane’s last weekend and I tried it out here at home yesterday and sure enough, it’s true. So I’ve been listening to channel 804, which the 40s music station–continuous [...]

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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 8 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... 17 hours ago
@lesleysmith Of course! :-) 17 hours ago
@lesleysmith It does sound fascinating and it's good a good set of panelists to go along with it. Should be fun. 18 hours ago