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July 31, 2016
That Zurich pic
Or the small version of it, anyway. Zurich HB (main railway station) on a late January evening in 2015…
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About the blog being in a state
Just a quick note to let people know that we’ll be updating / upgrading the theme on “Out of Ambit” over the next couple/few days, so the layout situation may…
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July 27, 2016
“True Republicanism”: on slaves building the White House
I see that Bill O’Reilly has taken it on himself to enlighten the present First Lady regarding her assertion that slaves built the White House. “Yes, but they were well clothed and fed,” he says. (The implication apparently being: So… Continue Reading →
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June 4, 2016
In the “Returned From The Land Of The Lost” Department…
If you’re someone who has a lot of books, you know how this goes. You’ve got a favorite volume, one dealing with a subject covered in no other books you…
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In the Returned From The Land Of The Lost Department…
If you’re someone who has a lot of books, you know how this goes. You’ve got a favorite volume, one dealing with a subject covered in no other books you have, or only covered glancingly or inadequately. And then… Continue Reading →
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May 23, 2016
Spring cleaning at our mailing lists
A couple of times each year we go through our mailing lists at MailChimp and shake them out a little bit to make sure they’re current. The spring cleaning pass is about to happen, so this is a note for… Continue Reading →
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May 21, 2016
For the “Mark Reads” crowd: the original working map for DEEP WIZARDRY
Since the progress of things at Mark Reads has now taken us well past the point where this material is spoilery, I thought people might like to see a copy of my working map for Deep Wizardry, from which the… Continue Reading →
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May 18, 2016
When I’m Sixty-Four
That’s today! (As Himself has reminded me.) And theoretically this is the day I get to take off from work to celebrate… but normally when I make such declarations I wind up blocking out a novel with Peter over dinner.… Continue Reading →
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April 29, 2016
We’re Guests of Honour at Octocon 2016!
It’s way beyond a pleasure to announce that Peter and I will be joint Guests of Honour this October at Octocon 2016, the national Irish science fiction convention. It’s the first Irish con we ever went to. It’ll be so… Continue Reading →
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April 22, 2016
CrossingsCon: I’ll be there! …Remotely.
It’s all spelled out here at the CrossingsCon web page. Sometimes local work interferes hard enough that it becomes clear there’s just not going to be an escape, no matter how much I’d like to take advantage of the opportunity.… Continue Reading →
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