Elizabeth Moon's Blog, page 76
July 23, 2010
Talking about Autism
Renee M. Wendel, down at Texas State University in San Marcos, invited some parents to come address one of her classes about what it's like to be the parent of an autistic child. Predictably (I think) one of the parents couldn't make it, so there were three of us. All sufficiently educated and well-off to provide our children with more advantages than is available to many--and all had experienced social and familial lack of understanding, disapproval and sometimes outright hostility from f...
From Twitter 07-22-2010
11:06:23: Restoration of chocolate to household; anxiety level drops along w/craving for another piece right now. Interesting.
23:03:18: RT @davidledelman: io9 quotes MULTIREAL in an article about "words of wisdom from science fiction": http://bit.ly/aoxYkC
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July 22, 2010
From Twitter 07-21-2010
07:55:05: Is it a #moth or #leafhopper or something else? Mystery insect pix at http://www.80acresonline.org/blog/ Off to BugGuide this morn.
18:58:16: How can pink 3x5 card I was just entering data on have gone totally missing while I sat here??? (Oh. Under corner of monitor.)
19:02:11: Made the quota today. So with weekend work, yes, I can take off Friday for that meeting w/o guilt.
21:37:08: Why would typesetting software suddenly go italic for half a sentence? I swear it wasn't in the...
July 21, 2010
Anything but Help
Ritual Disclaimer: I'm a Texan, and I love Texas.
But I don't love how Texas (the organization) treats Texans (the people of Texas, which is not just guys in corner offices in Austin, Dallas, and Houston.) A week or so ago, the local news stations were describing how wonderful a new Texas program was...instead of giving the jobless unemployment, it paid employers...to put them to work!!!!
Well, you might think that was a great idea, until you noticed that, um, the one job they showed as...
But I don't love how Texas (the organization) treats Texans (the people of Texas, which is not just guys in corner offices in Austin, Dallas, and Houston.) A week or so ago, the local news stations were describing how wonderful a new Texas program was...instead of giving the jobless unemployment, it paid employers...to put them to work!!!!
Well, you might think that was a great idea, until you noticed that, um, the one job they showed as...
From Twitter 07-20-2010
11:06:31: Farrier visit: Mac decided today was day to try a feint kick at farrier for "Gotcha." Wrong. Humans still alpha in this group.
15:17:40: Listening to Jessye Norman CDs will give any voice student alternating waves of inspiration and despair.
15:53:10: Almost out of Green & Black 85%...o woes. Nearest source 20 miles away...how did I let this happen???
17:01:34: Pesky pronouns. Should carry colored hypertag to show to whom they refer. Good thing I re-read that paragraph. #writing
July 20, 2010
From Twitter 07-19-2010
12:31:06: Wip: required words for the day done, but the scene I'm in begs to be finished, or at least taken closer to end. #writing
18:59:13: Page proofs arrived for Kings of the North--that'll make a busy week or two. #writing
20:16:16: RT @kaysea14: The Bush Deficit Bamboozle - http://nyti.ms/cAM5ab
22:41:18: New post at http://www.paksworld.com/blog/ A snippet about squires.
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July 19, 2010
From Twitter 07-18-2010
13:37:19: Installing software on the netbook while writing on the desktop. Very tricky, as inserting commands to computer into fantasy story--not OK.
16:42:10: RT @kaysea14: RT @AMERICAblog: What happens when you give money to the rich http://bt.io/FeL7
16:42:19: RT @DCdebbie: According to CBSNews WH reporter @MarkKnoller: the first 18 months in office Obama: 65 days off, Bush: 216 via @SuzanneMal ...
19:08:32: RT @kaysea14: The rich get richer... http://bit.ly/bqhFQZ
20:00:29: New post up at
July 18, 2010
Sunday: post-Birthday
Though R-'s birthday is actually today, we celebrated yesterday (more convenient for friends to come); he turned 65 and has now caught up to me (I have a few months of "seniority" every year.) R- had built new outdoor furniture, so the weather turned beastly hot and still and we stayed inside. Fun anyway. Today the evening brought much cooler breezes, so R- and I walked out in the field and looked at stuff. There's still cake and ice cream left. There won't be.
It had been a hectic...
It had been a hectic...
From Twitter 07-17-2010
22:05:11: Husband's birthday party: guests came, we talked, we ate, we talked more, we ate more...lovely.
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July 17, 2010
From Twitter 07-16-2010
21:20:57: WIP 2052 words today, 10,825 for the week. Today's words were stubbornly determined not to be written. #writing
21:22:37: R-'s 65th birthday tomorrow. It will be a day of indulgence in Blue Bell ice cream and other things we don't have in the house anymore.
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