Daily Archives: January 31, 2007
Molly Ivins, RIP
Posted on January 31, 2007 21 Comments
Aw, hell. Molly Ivins has passed on. She was one of the best political columnists around, someone who could turn a phrase so well it’d bite whoever she was writing about right square on the ass; just ask Dubya, who was a favorite target of hers. I’ve long admired her writing and her passion for […]
Wednesday Author Interview: Adrienne Martini
Posted on January 31, 2007 8 Comments
Over at By The Way, I’m interviewing journalist and author Adrienne Martini, about her book Hillbilly Gothic: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood, which is, in Martini’s words, “about families, Appalachia and mental illness — but funny, in the weird way that I seem to be funny. It’s like a good bluegrass song, complete with […]
The First Last Colony Review; Intriguing Pre-Review Comment
Posted on January 31, 2007 39 Comments
It looks like someone out there has read the ARC of The Last Colony and reviewed it on their LiveJournal; the review said “It’s like reading a well-done episode of Deep Space Nine.” This is not how I would have described it, personally, but I always did like DS9, so I’ll take the compliment. The […]
Chunky McChunkerson Gets His Fat Ass Off the Couch
Posted on January 31, 2007 65 Comments
I’m clocking in at over 170 pounds these days, which is a bad thing for someone of my size and frame and age; really, at this point I’m just a couple of doughnuts away from the “spiritually defeated middle-aged white man” look, and as you might expect that’s really something I’d like to avoid if […]
Upgrade Day
Posted on January 31, 2007 44 Comments
This should be fun. Depending on how fun it is, I may be working on it a while. However, so far, so good. I’ll let you know when my PC is back among the functional. On a side note, this is why it’s nice to have a PC and a Mac. While one is upgrading, […]
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