Daily Archives: April 23, 2013
Big Idea Gender Breakdown
Posted on April 23, 2013 73 Comments
Via Annalee Newitz’s Twitter feed, I see that Strange Horizons has done a gender breakdown of reviews in SF publications, and learns that more sf/f by men is reviewed than sf/f by women. This made me curious as to how my Big Idea feature here at Whatever has been doing, gender-wise, in terms of authors/editors […]
Reminder About Signed Books From Jay & Mary’s Plus a Plea to Those Going to My Tour Events
Posted on April 23, 2013 34 Comments
First: Remember that through April 28 — that’s this upcoming Sunday — you can pre-order The Human Division hardcover from Jay & Mary’s Book Center (my hometown indie bookseller) and I will happily sign and personalize the book for you. All the details are here. Second: If you are coming to see me on my […]
Yardwork, 4/23/13
Posted on April 23, 2013 22 Comments
No, not by me. I have allergies (which reminds me, time to take my Claritin for the day. Okay, there we go). But others are here to do a little work for me. This fellow for example, is doing a bit of reseeding; there are some bald patches in the lawn due to a few […]
Kitchen After, 4/23/13
Posted on April 23, 2013 25 Comments
I know some of you have been waiting days to see the final results of the kitchen counter rehab, and so, to make you happy, here it is. For contrast, here’s what the kitchen looked like before, and during the rehab. The end result is, I should say, very nice when you’re up close to […]
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