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This morning we called before we went over and were told he ate breakfast and that he talked in full sentences (he doesn't do this all the time pre-surgery,  because of his June stroke), so it's really good when he does.

When we got there he was looking  better--he's totally off the pain meds--ate a very wee bit of lunch. Verbalized a lot, although mostly we think to complain about being uncomfortable.

His wrists have been tied with restraints so that he doesn't pull out his catheter, which he'...

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No real progress today as far as my father sleeping less or communicating, although my mother and I met with his various doctors and his day nurse for the next three days.

I got  a printout of all the meds my dad was  on for the 24 hour period before we went to the hospital (11:30 am). He had been given a sleeping pill last night and painkillers in the morning. As of this morning (before we got there) alert enough to be fed some breakfast and take his pills.

He was given a swallow xray/test...

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Hi everyone, my mom and I just got home from dinner, after leaving the hospital about 6pm. When we first got there 11:30am, he was still mostly sleeping, but as the day progressed, he started opening his eyes more and obviously recognized us, although he wasn't talking at all.

My mom was able to feed him (this was the first time he ate) some jello and soup but he wouldn't drink any water from a straw. We don't know if he didn't want it or didn't remember how to suck through it, but he didn't ...

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In celebration of H.P. Lovecraft and the jolly Christmas season (because they go so well together), Tor is presenting blogs about the great old ones, including suggested Xmas gifts from several bloggers, including moi!

<a href="http://tinyurl.com/ykkvnbz">December Belongs to Cthulhu</a>

 

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Thanks everyone for their kind words. I arrived at the hospital a littleafter 4pm and by 4:30 he was out of surgery (the surgeon was an hour lateand it took 1 1/2 hours.) My mom and I waited in the surgery waiting room and at 6:30 went to his room and he was brought up around then--woozy,half asleep, and very out of it. The surgery itself was successful (replacing the ball in the balljoint...orsomething along those lines.)He'll be in the hospital 3 days and then off to rehab. We're just...

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Some good news first: Poe and Lovecraft Unbound are both nominees for the Dark Scribe's Black Quill Award..Congrats to all my contributors and congrats to all the other nominees...

<a href="http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/3rd-annual-bqa-nominees/">The Third Annual Black Quill Awards </a>

Also, I'll be hosting and  Brian Evenson, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Michael Cisco, and Richard Bowes will be reading from Lovecraft Unbound at the Montauk Club in Brooklyn, Friday, January 15th. Books will be...

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A little something to cheer people up (well it cheered me up at least)
someone gets tickled




thanks to jezebel

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A good friend of mine died in London this morning at 4am. Aside from being a fantastic writer, he was kind, sweet, smart, and an all around great guy.

He'd been in intensive care since his collapse with E. coli infection on the 18th of November. I really have nothing else to say except my heart goes out to his life partner Sarah Biggs and to the rest of his family and to all his other friends. This should not have happened.

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Catching up. I went to see Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts (author of August: Osage County) last week. Not at all bad, but as with his earlier play, the beginning is slow and annoying and it takes awhile to adjust to the slow pacing.

Older middle-aged widower (Michael McKean, who is terrific) owns a dying donut shop in Chicago that was opened by his father decades earlier. The play opens with two cops who frequent the shop there before it's open because it's been vandalized. Ambitious next-doo...

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Here's a wonderful video of wonderful sf writer and critic talking about his favorite Astoundings


thanks to Eric Solstein

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