Monthly Archives: September 2005
Okay, One More
Posted on September 29, 2005 7 Comments
Sunset tonight. Very pleased with this camera. I’ll be traveling tomorrow and will likely be busy over the weekend with my Chicago adventures, so if you don’t see me here until Monday, you’ll know why. But I may pop in. You never know.
Photoblogging as Threatened
Posted on September 29, 2005 19 Comments
Well, that didn’t take long. Behind the cut you’ll see more photos from the first batch of camera craziness with the Nikon (behind the cut because some of these pictures are reasonably large, and not everyone wants to see, I’m sure). Enjoy!
First Shot
Posted on September 29, 2005 12 Comments
Behold! The first shot from the Nikon D70s. It’s of my front yard, for those of you not already familiar with the sight. And with the publication of the shot comes to the end a long and sad story. As most of you know, I bought myself a new camera to celebrate finishing The Ghost […]
My Copyediting Sins
Posted on September 28, 2005 42 Comments
Forgive me, father, for I have sinned against my copyeditor. I’m going through the copyedit of The Ghost Brigades and I am appalled — appalled, mind you — at the sheer number of immensely stupid grammatical errors I have made in the course of the writing. Things as fundamental as the "that/which" grammar rule — […]
Mac, He Dead
Posted on September 27, 2005 18 Comments
Well, that was interesting. I came upstairs a little earlier today to discover that my Mac had entirely died on me: Black screen, couldn’t get it to reboot, and so on and so forth. The good news is that it’s under warranty; the bad news is that, well, my Mac is dead, and with it […]
Copy Edits and Cherie Priest
Posted on September 27, 2005 16 Comments
Here’s what’s arrived in the mail today: The copy-edited version of The Ghost Brigades, which I need to go through and see if I agree with all the copy-editing (which I’m sure I will, mostly. The same fellow did the copy-edit for Old Man’s War and did a fab job of that; indeed, aside from a […]
Taunting the Tauntable, Part 17,443
Posted on September 27, 2005 53 Comments
My existence in the world, as well as the newsworthiness of my "Being Poor" article has apparently sorely affronted this person, who has many bad things to say about me. Apparently what’s provoked her ire is that the AP piece about me ran in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. I suppose no one should tell her the […]
The Mother of All Bad Ideas
Posted on September 27, 2005 23 Comments
You know, there is very little in the world that makes me more objectively terrified than the idea of George Bush and his den of incompetent hacks fiddling with the Posse Comitatus Act. Indeed, if you were to ask me what one thing would get me marching in the streets, this would be it. I’m […]
The Actress
Posted on September 26, 2005 12 Comments
Okay, watch this: Athena looks happy… until I tell her that we’ve sold her for medical experiments! Now, now. I’m just kidding about the medical experiments. We’d never sell you for medical experiments, sweetie. Unless, of course, we could get a really good deal. But I see I’ve distressed you. What say I get you […]
Yet Another Subterranean Magazine Submissions Reminder
Posted on September 26, 2005 16 Comments
All you short story writers, here’s yet another reminder that as of Saturday, I begin accepting submissions for Subterranean Magazine’s Spring ’06 issue, with the theme "Big Honkin’ Science Fiction Cliches." The details are here, and once again I remind you to learn and love the submission requirements, as they do apply to all. Allow […]
Being Privileged
Posted on September 25, 2005 11 Comments
Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn’s riff off of the "Being Poor" entry is out in the newspapers and online: Katrina opened eyes to poverty–and privilege. In the piece he encourages folks to add to the list on his blog here (I linked to that yesterday as well). Naturally, if you have something to add, I […]
Giving Direction for “Being Poor”
Posted on September 24, 2005 4 Comments
If you’re here because you read the AP story on my "Being Poor" essay, the entry in question is here, and the thread for additional comments about it (on account of the original thread got up to 350 comments) is here. Also feel free to wander around and see what other things I write about […]
Conventioneering — Warning: Geekery Ahead!
Posted on September 23, 2005 14 Comments
Given that I’m still giving my brain a rest from thinking about anything of any importance for at least the next couple of days, in the absence of actual thought I’m considering which science fiction conventions to attend in 2006. If all goes according to plan I will have no fewer than three books hitting […]
How to Tell your Sick Child is Feeling Better
Posted on September 23, 2005 17 Comments
1. She kicks your ass at Soul Calibur II. 2. She trash talks you while she’s doing it.
Sunset 9/22/05
Posted on September 22, 2005 8 Comments
The first autumn sunset. That’s worth recording.
Another Uncle John Book!
Posted on September 22, 2005 3 Comments
Look! It’s another Uncle John book that I have contributed to that you can rush out and own: Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges Into New Jersey. Perfect for the ten million or so of you who live in the Garden State, and those of you who have some sort of unnatural attachment to the state […]
Questionable Popery
Posted on September 22, 2005 30 Comments
Not to question the Pope on these matters — he’s got an in with God and all — but after the Catholic Church bans even celibate gays from becoming priests, where does he honestly think the Catholic Church is going to get priests? They’re not exactly running a surplus on priests as it is, and […]
Google Books
Posted on September 22, 2005 19 Comments
Peter Pociask asks me what I think about this: Authors Guild sues Google over library project. The gist of the issue here is that Google wants to scan the entire contents of the libraries of University of Michigan, Harvard University, Stanford University, the New York Public Library and Oxford University, which means, more or less, […]
A Thought Exercise
Posted on September 20, 2005 37 Comments
Here’s a question for you to ponder: If there had been a Constitutional amendment that said that any war undertaken by the United States, in which the US was the aggressor, had to be financed with current federal revenues (i.e., by taxes levied today, not by borrowing), would the War in Iraq have been approved […]
In the Beginning
Posted on September 20, 2005 6 Comments
In one of the comment threads, Scott writes: I have a request that I think many of us would be interested in. There is obviously some history behind the creation of this site and your independent launch. It is clear that at one point you worked for various publications, while now you work for yourself. […]
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