Daily Archives: December 2, 2009
A High Water Mark in the Annals of Clueless Homeowner’s Associations
Posted on December 2, 2009 156 Comments
Some jackass HOA tells a 90-year-old Medal of Honor winner he can’t have a flagpole in his front yard. For laughs and giggles, here’s why Van T. Barfoot won his Medal of Honor, from the citation itself: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on […]
Seriously, I Don’t Even Know Where to Begin With This One
Posted on December 2, 2009 47 Comments
Except to say that if you like typefaces — I mean, really like them — you need to see this. There, your “WTF?” tanks should now be all filled up for today.
Black Matrix Publishing Responds
Posted on December 2, 2009 114 Comments
Over on the Black Matrix Publishing site. Apparently the ridicule the man’s getting for paying a pathetically low rate to his contibutors has made him defensive, which is good, but the man presumably has no intention of upping his payment rate, which is, of course, very bad indeed. Likewise I’m not especially impressed at the […]
The Big Idea: J.C. Hutchins
Posted on December 2, 2009 12 Comments
Writers are often asked where their ideas come from, but any writer knows that coming up with ideas is only a small portion of the battle. The major portion of the writing battle is showing up — putting your butt in the chair and doing the work of getting the idea out of your head […]
The Android’s Dream on AbeBook’s Best of the Decade List
Posted on December 2, 2009 26 Comments
This is nice: The Android’s Dream pops up on bookseller AbeBook’s best books of the decade list, in the company of books like The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, White Teeth, Never Let Me Go, The Road and other such tomes. I can’t complain about the company. It […]
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