From the “It’s a Small World” File

Posted on March 6, 2008     22 Comments

Hillary Clinton spokesperson Howard Wolfson? Worked under me as an editor at the Chicago Maroon, the University of Chicago student newspaper. Had slightly more hair back then, but then, so did I. He and I were pretty good pals back in the day, although I haven’t chatted with him for years. Still, it’s nice to […]

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This Will Be Familiar to Cat Owners

Posted on March 6, 2008     32 Comments

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Florida and Michigan: Stop Whining

Posted on March 6, 2008     179 Comments

So, Florida and Michigan decide to move up their primaries in opposition to the wishes of the political parties, and the parties responded by penalizing the states, either by reducing the number of delegates or refusing to seat them entirely. Now the states want a do over? Screw ’em. If memory serves, the states were […]

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Some Math For This Electronic Age

Posted on March 6, 2008     17 Comments

2 several hours long power outages in two days + 1 school cancellation = 0 work done in the last 48 hours. Which is bad when you are behind on things. It’s also messing with my sleep schedule. I was planning to write last night to make up for lost work time during the day […]

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Arrrrrrrr

Posted on March 6, 2008     14 Comments

Deb Geisler makes an observation about today’s crop of science fiction writers, and then asks for your input.

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