Daily Archives: January 29, 2010
Macmillan Books Gone Missing From Amazon
Posted on January 29, 2010 108 Comments
On Twitter a couple of minutes ago someone expressed annoyance that my books aren’t directly sold by Amazon, which seemed odd, because they were available just yesterday. But I check and sure enough they weren’t there (Amazon has its “available from these sellers”) line up. I checked other Tor authors and it seemed they were […]
Re: That “GOPers Are Nihilists” Comment of Mine
Posted on January 29, 2010 77 Comments
Here’s a cogent criticism of the current GOP: [N]othing could be worse for the GOP than the illusion of success under present circumstances. Worse than learning nothing from the last two elections, the GOP has learned the wrong things… Not recognizing their past errors, the GOP will make them again and again in the future, […]
The Intervention is Not Going Well
Posted on January 29, 2010 50 Comments
Lopsided Cat and Ghlaghghee knew that it would be difficult to talk to Zeus about his addiction to ‘nip. But they never expected Zeus to brazenly pull out the Catnip Sock and “snork up” right in front of them. And as they say on the street, that’s when the shit got real: “Seriously, man, he […]
Modeling Only the Finest in Pun-Based Geek Apparel
Posted on January 29, 2010 33 Comments
When we saw it in the dealer’s room at ConFusion, we knew what we were getting Athena for a souvenir. She was quite pleased. As well she should have been. Normally I despise puns with a passion bordering on unholy, but, hey. For Portal I’m willing to make an exception.
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying