Have you cleaned the dust out of your computer lately?

I think I know why my computer has been so sclerotic lately. At first I thought it was some new software that was making my computer lock up twice a day. Then it locked up while none of the suspects were running. And I noticed that the fan seemed to be surging when I powered […]

Re: Love Among the Talus

I am so far behind in listening to podcasts. Sadly, with the fiction podcasts, this is involving a lot of skipping ahead until I finally reach one that I enjoy listening to, like the pleasant reading on Podcastle of “Love Among the Talus,” Elizabeth Bear.

Buffer overflow

What if a blog divided by zero? Why doesn’t that create an infinite number of posts? Maybe it’s because zero have such an affinity for infinity, it contains that infinite number. So there’s actually zero posts. Therefore, this blog does not exist.

Hey buddy

Spring continues to slink closer, skirting around sheets of stubborn ice. Look here: I do believe those are daffodil buds.

Lamp light, faint light

Nice to see the solar lamp is working again. No moving parts will do that, I suppose. I’d forgotten how nice it was to see that little star of light sitting by the door when I go to call the cat in.

Racking up the rejections

As I continue to rack up the rejections, a comment I received from The Furlow Writing Lab got me thinking about why I post my rejections here. I think I was inspired by a post by Benjamin Rosenbaum about keeping score and the old story about papering the bathroom wall with them. Alas (to borrow […]

Do you believe in melt?

The melt indicator is down. The snow that held it up is gone. Plants that were completely buried in snow and ice for two months are popping up. How can plants that were so buried still be so green? Look at them!

Oblivious snowdrops

The snowdrops are looking much happier today. It always looks to me like little white wings spreading open and taking their ease, so much that “snowdrops spread their wings” sets off a cliché alert. I could swear I’ve used that phrase before, but maybe I always deleted it before. Well, I’m saying it now, just […]

How to look at a snowbank

There are many ways to look at a snowbank.

Ice and Snowdrops

Cold day, cold day, cold day, melty day, cold day. The only sign of spring coming is the sunset rushing later into the day. All of a sudden, it’s bright out at four in the afternoon. But it’s still so icy out, even the snowdrops are droopy.