I went into last week with three classes to teach at the local community college. By thursday, two had been canceled due to low enrollment, and one had been take by a full timer who lost a class due to low enrollment. Friday I picked up two new classes at… Continue reading
My son and I participated in an Eagle project for one of the boys in his scout troop this morning. We did trail work on an unlisted trail to repair ATV damage, and also to block an illegal ATV access trail. hard work, very physical, cutting and dragging dead branches… Continue reading
I got the sweetest P.S. in a SFWA-related email today in my capacity as moderator of the Nebula Suggested Reading list. PS: I loved “Catalyst” — but I want it to be the beginning of something much longer — I mean, Jarimath’s fate could be a novel in and of… Continue reading
So, Mark McGwire now admits to what we all already knew. His 70 homeruns were juiced. So, the allegations go, are the 762 hit by Barry Bonds. So let’s look at the top spots here. Career Homers:Barry Bonds – 762 = JuicedHank Aaron – 755 = LegitBabe Ruth – 714… Continue reading
After enduring two weeks of watching my two favorite teams play each other, I can finally get behind the Cardinals 100%. I grew up in Wisconsin and am still a die-hard Packers fan. Still, when you watch the local team week in and week out, hear about them on the… Continue reading
I’m stealing a meme from Spencer Ellsworth, who has an interesting review of his decade over on his live journal account. Interesting enough that I decided to steal his idea and run with it. My 2000 decade in review. 2000: I’m getting old, it’s hard to remember that far back…. Continue reading
Color me a little disappointed that the Cardinals released kicker Mike Nugent outright. I would have preferred to see him signed to the practice squad. Neil Rackers is the Cardinals normal kicker, and a damn good one. Still, with Rackers’ injury, Mike Nugent had a 100% success rate as a… Continue reading
One of my favorite fiction writing people, Mary Robinette Kowal, has a fun meme on her blog called First Lines. You can see all the first lines of the first blog entries from her blog in 2009 here. Here are mine. (Mary’s are, as always, more interesting.) January: Despite their… Continue reading
I hate when I have to take matters into my own hands, but please people, pay attention. (Drivers of very massive vehicles are exempt from this rant–it’s a detail of classical physics.) Freeway on-ramps are constructed for the express purpose of entering freeways. This means you must use the ramp… Continue reading
So what did I accomplish this year? It sure feels like it wasn’t very much, but here are some milestones. 1. Thirteen short fiction works were published in some form during 2009.2. My first stand-alone book, “Winter,” was published by Sam’s Dot Publishing, featuring my novelette Winter and a reprint… Continue reading
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