Since everybody else left of Limbaugh is linking it, I might as well throw in a pointer to the Fox interview with Bill Clinton, where he lights into Chris Wallace for asking him about Osama bin Laden: CLINTON: What did I do? What did I do? I worked hard to try to kill him. I […]
Month: September 2006
It’s Hard to Be the Queen
Kate’s busy doing LiveJournal things downstairs in the living room, and I’m upstairs blogging in my office. What’s a dog to do? Mope at the foot of the stairs, of course: She’s the most neglected dog in the entire world. Just ask her…
Some Fall Farther Than Others
The Slush God offers all-too-typical news: Today SCI FI Wire published a piece I wrote about Terry Brooks’s latest novel, Armageddon’s Children, which is the first in a series that will connect his Word and the Void trilogy with his Shannara series. Is there any surer sign that an author has fallen to the Brain […]
Pimp Me New Blogs
I’ve updated the sidebar links to reflect the fact that John Horgan has moved his blog, and to add Tales from the Learning Curve. I’m sure I’m missing something, though, so tell me what it is. What are the best blogs out there that I’m not linking to? (Bearing in mind that I’m not enthusiastic […]
The Problem of Big Mike
We get the Sunday New York Times delivered every week (which accounts for the higher-than-usual number of stories from the Times that I link on Sundays…), and I read most of it, but I usually run out of steam before I get to the Magazine, unless the cover story really grabs me. This week was […]
Achilles and Hector Cannot Both Walk into the Sunset Alive
Bummer news from Making Light this morning: one of my favorite authors, John M. Ford, has died. That’s a shitty way to start the week. The post title is from his poem Troy: The Movie, which does not involve Brad Pitt. Also well worth reading is his September 11th memorial poem 110 Stories, which I […]
Shhh! Don’t Let the Dog Hear!
Emmy, Queen of Niskayuna, is not what you’d call a well-socialized dog. We got her from a shelter, where she was an owner turn-in due to allergy problems, so the only time she’s been around other digs was in the shelter. I think the technical term for her reaction when confronted with another dog is […]
Step Five: Make Yourself Indispensable
Following on the heels of my post on getting into graduate school, Jorge Chan offers some advice on how to stay in graduate school.
Brandon Sanderson, Elantris [Library of Babel]
When Brandon Sanderson’s debut novel, Elantris first appeared on store shelves, I was tempted to buy it. It had a lot of things going for it: good review quotes, a striking cover, an interesting description, and it’s published by Tor, who are usually pretty reliable. I couldn’t quite figure out, though, whether it was the […]
My Soundtrack, 1971-2002
Over at The World’s Fair, David Ng is sorting his records autobiographically, and encouraging others to do the same: If you make a music mix that is a reflection of your informative years, what would those dozen or so songs be, and maybe more interesting, why? You don’t have to be proud of the song […]