A storm of books

There’s some nasty weather coming through, so naturally I went out and got the essentials: a stack of books and a case of paper. This is the first time I’ve bought a whole case (there’s a 50% rebate deal at Staples), so it feels like now I have a lifetime supply of paper. Of course, […]

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ITouch my new toy

If I seem preoccupied lately, you can blame my new toy, all because Amazon made the mistake of advertising the Kindle. It was just interesting enough for me to do some hunting around and decide that what I was much more interested in was an iPod Touch. So I borrowed one. I played with it […]

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My 2010 Hugo ballot

I’ve finished my reading for the Hugo nominees. While I’m still digesting what I think and what I want to say about the last few stories, I have sorted out my feelings enough to know how I will vote.  As the votes are due by July 31, I’ll try to post the rest of my […]

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Why I like the Kirk Poland

Bad Prose competition. Where else can you savor such gems as: Her face had the fragrance of the gibbous moon. and …a pile of dessicated eyeballs. It held in its hand a terrible battleaxe, the likes of which she had never seen. And now I know why nipples go spung.

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