Sarah A. Hoyt's Blog, page 120

Be Yourself

Be yourself. First, because who else are you going to be? Second, because it’s easier.

Note this is not an encouragement to give in to your own worst impulses, or to do things that hurt you and others. All of us, given the opportunity, have the ability to destroy ourselves and the entire world. That’s not necessarily your “true self.” That’s just…. your own worst impulses. The darker self that Jordan Peterson goes on about. The monster within. Weirdly, it’s not easier to give in to that...

TANSTAAFL Day 15. The day Before the last day. Two (TWO) free sci fi pictures, and …. you can’t tell me you don’t like bats!

Okay, first I’m sorry this is so late. We’re getting ready for an unexpected trip. (No, nothing bad. And the trip is not unexpected. I just thought it was tonight, not this afternoon. Argh. Also we’re staying longer than expected. Younger son stays here to hold the fort, though. So cats okay, etc.)

Second, no, you can’t tell me you don’t like bats. Look at that total. LOOK AT IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED!

THE GOAL IS $50,000the counter stands at: $35,300.85 USD* ...

Two by Two

What a piece of work is Man. And that goes double with mustard for woman. And when both are involved, hold up.

Going on the assumption that we were created, by an Author or something else with some intelligence up to and including Fate (yes, I know it’s a big assumption for some of you, but grant it to me for the sake of argument, okay?) have you considered perhaps it was so we’re used to dealing with aliens before getting to space?

Okay, so, no: we’re not entirely alien to each other...

TANSTAAFL DAY 14 –the day before the day before the end! free sf picture, and …. are you guys batty?

The results are in. Post cute bats, get around $3k. Post hedgehogs, get $300. You guys are batty and have brought this on yourselves!

(Or I want an excuse. It’s one or the other.)

ON THE SERIOUS SIDE, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everyone who donated!

I love you guys.

THE GOAL IS $50,000the counter stands at: $$30,830.81 USD* uh uh, past 30k. Tell me it’s not the bats. go ahead, lie to me! (Updated at least every 8 hours, more often if i happen to be here.)IT ENDS J...

The Insanity Is Not New

Popular entertainment may be derpier than it seemed, when looked upon from the future.

So, I have a confession to make: when I first came to the States, I spent a lot of time watching sitcoms. Mostly because they provide a counterfeit of everyday life in the US and I was curious about that (and didn’t fully — though I suspected — realize it wasn’t a good counterfeit.) Partly because they’re brain candy I could get Dan to sit in front of in the evening, and we could cuddle. Look, this...

TANSTAAFL Day 13 – 3 more to go! Free SF Picture released under CCBY AND ABSOLUTELY NO ADORABLE ANIMALS!

This is an adorable-animal-free zone. Absolutely no cute, heart-melting critters will infest this post today!

THE GOAL IS $50,000the counter stands at: $29,162.30 USD*(Updated at least every 8 hours, more often if i happen to be here.)IT ENDS JULY 16TH.

*The total is probably at least somewhat higher (maybe all the way up if some billionaire donated ) because we’ve been informed there are several envelopes in the mailbox. We’ll try to get them before the end of this, but if not, ...

A Perfect Storm

I know a lot of you are feeling…. stressed… and odd.

I have some experience with this, and I’d like to share. Some of this is going to be intensely personal, but I want to stress that my experience in traditional publishing wasn’t particularly bad. There was way worse. The way the system worked, publishers had very little data to go on; there was very little incentive to get the numbers right; the industry as a whole doesn’t seem to have any idea how to promote; distribution is strange…....

TANSTAAFL Day 12, 4 days to go — And a free picture released under Creative Commons BY

I have no idea where this rumor came from that I was going to have cute bats in this post. We’re not Ecuadorians. We don’t chase our politicians with bats. For one they might bite the bats and infect them with something, poor bats.

THE GOAL IS $50,000the counter stands at: $28,173.84 USD(Updated at least every 8 hours, more often if i happen to be here.)IT ENDS JULY 16TH.

Still inching up like an inch worm. No, I am not going to post inch-worm pictures! What’s wrong with you peop...

The Golden Summer

There are moments in life when you know something will end, and you’re not sure what’s ahead, but you know it will be difficult, at least for a while.

I think we’ve all gone through this, when moving, when graduating from a school we loved, or much later, when our kids are growing up and we know they won’t be around like that for very long.

And we can enjoy it a little while. We know what’s coming, but we get a chance to say goodbye.

There are other times that the bolt comes out of ...

TANSTAAFL DAY 11 — Now with itty bitty kitties — and a free ccby picture

Still moving up!

THE GOAL IS $50,000the counter stands at: $26,358.95 USD(Updated at least every 8 hours, more often if i happen to be here.)IT ENDS JULY 16TH.

I thank you, my cats thank you, and this random kitten thanks you too!

I love this community very much, but not like this, because that would be weird:

More like this, because you’re the best imaginary friends a writer could have. (What? I have never seen most of you in real life!)

Yes, okay sure, we ...