M.K. Hobson's Blog, page 22

The Great Oregon Steam Up 2011

As I have said elsewhere, it was literally the best thing I have ever been to in my whole life. Here are pictures. I will blog more later.

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Twitter: 2011-08-07

How is it possible I have never listened to any My Chemical Romance before this? Seriously. ♫ http://blip.fm/~16nl9s # Goddamn it, spam gods, I do not want a trendy indestructible alumawallet!! How many times must I tell you!! #

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Twitter: 2011-08-02

For heaven's sake, people … DAVID FRUM even gets it! I mean honestly! Wake up GOP: Smashing system doesn't fix it #cnn http://t.co/cawbwOf #

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My wallet is thirty bucks lighter …

Well, I received a grand total of 28 comments to my post "A Buck For Your Best Sentence" and even though not all of the comments were sentences, and not all of the sentences were by Clarion West Writeathon participants, I am still going to contribute a buck for each one. And what the [...]

Twitter: 2011-07-23

Apparently I am on a panel at 5pm tonight! Budget Steampunk Fashion Tricks, Windsor C. Be there or be unfashionable!! #pdxgearcon # I have appointed myself curator of the Paxton Gate Gallery. Come visit me in the Cambridge Room. AND BRING FOOD!!! #pdxgearcon #

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PDX GearCon: Friday

Well, the first day of PDX GearCon was pretty fun. If all the maiden-voyage kinks are worked out (and I have no doubt they will be) this con bids fair to be Portland's premiere Steampunk gathering in the years to come. I left work around 3:30 to make a 5 p.m. panel on "Budget Steampunk [...]

Twitter: 2011-07-22

Awesome Russian steampunk from the incomparable @esedia! http://www.prime-books.com/shop/trade... # Wow! Listening to Philip Glass on my headphones clears bus seats around me faster than a stinky fart! #thankyouphilipglass # Seriously, it's like I got an armor of arpeggios all around me! People keep trying to get close and they just bounce off! # [...]

Twitter: 2011-07-20

My phone keeps rendering the name of @maryrobinettekowal's book as "Shades of Milk and Hiney" # I don't think Jane Austen would approve!! #

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Twitter: 2011-07-15

SAY WHAT? RT @kiplet "…originally planned to cast Dan Aykroyd as Amsterdam Vallon and John Belushi as Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting." #

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Twitter: 2011-07-14

I love Max Barry! RT @sfsignal An Exclusive Excerpt from Max Barry's New Cyborg Novel, Machine Man http://zite.to/ndqKn1 via @zite #

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