Daily Archives: December 16, 2007
Soft Rock Gets a Little Sadder
Posted on December 16, 2007 20 Comments
Dan Fogelberg has died. The man was actually my favorite soft rocker. He just seemed nice, you know?
Athena Has an Idea
Posted on December 16, 2007 21 Comments
Athena has been busy inventing things, like you do when you’re eight-going-on-nine, and is allowing me to share with you the following invention, called the “Sleeperly 1000,” which is for children who have a difficult time getting to sleep at night. You start off with your standard kid-sized bed, which Athena has. But then under […]
On a Hugo for Lifetime Achievement
Posted on December 16, 2007 56 Comments
Author Jay Lake is mulling over proposing a Hugo for Lifetime Achievement, and has been asking for feedback on the idea. I’m personally skeptical that such a thing is needed, for the reasons that people in Jay’s comment thread have been pointing out: Worldcons are already able to provide special awards that take care of […]
Just In Case You Were Wondering
Posted on December 16, 2007 57 Comments
The secret to generating a huge number of comments on your blog: Write about Robert Heinlein and fanfic in the same week; each entry is at about 450 comments. By concatenation, this means writing an entry concerning fanfic about Heinlein books would come close to 1000 comments, and that writing erotic fanfic featuring Heinlein and […]
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