Sarah A. Hoyt's Blog, page 33

I should write a post

I’m not going to. I feel like a cartoon character who had a safe dropped on her head.

I’m told it’s normal when defeating an infection this bad, but it’s still a load of… everything.

For the record:

Draw One In The Dark

Gentleman Takes A Chance

and

Noah’s Boy are 99c each.

New round of sales staring Friday.

And I’m going to go and do something mindless or something. I’m not sleepy, just feeling like crud.

I Died In A Carriage Accident

Having caught a friend’s cold — the best method to get rid of a cold is to pass it on, apparently — I’ve been reading … say it with me: Jane Austen Fanfic.

It’s illuminating, since a lot of the newer people writing it are young. Like, my kids age.

This is not a post about how uniquely bad these kids are or how they don’t do their work. I mean, it’s true some of them are a little … loosey goosey but frankly so were we at their ages, and but for there not being indie publishing at the t...

A Squirrel for Christmas

I’m running a mid winter fundraiser for the blog. You know why.

There’s a Give Send Go for the Winter Fundraiser and well, if you need anything else including a snail mail address, please go here.

But I don’t like to ask for money without giving something back. Yes, I know, the blog. But I mean something else. I’ve been ill, and just writing this took the stuffing out of me. BUT here’s a Christmas story. Now I rattle the tin cup.

Whether you donate or not, whether you’ve donated or not,...

Make Airplanes Affordable Again? by Jay Maynard

Make Airplanes Affordable Again? by Jay Maynard

I was drawn by a recent post to X (*) comparing the cost of a new Cirrus SR22T, a modern single-engine airplane that carries four people and a reasonable amount of fuel and luggage, and a Tesla Model Y. The poster complained that the Model Y costs $50,000, or $25 per kilogram, while the SR22T costs $1.1 million, or $1000 per kilogram, and suggests that the airplane is far too expensive. He asked, “An airplane is not more complex than a car, ...

Jingle Memes, Jingle Memes

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Just a Quick Update

Not doing a real post today. I went to the doctor. I caught a friend’s cold while recovering from pneumonia. Perhaps in a way it was predictable, with still recovering from pneumonia and then my birthday, Thanksgiving, son’s birthday, etc.

Anyway, went to doctor. Am medicated. Post and squirrel (PROMISE) tomorrow or as soon as I poke my head up. It should be tomorrow. We caught it before pneumonia this time.

I have a guest post. Was going to put up, etc. BUT– Being sick makes me even more ...

I swear The Squirrel Story WILL be done

I have a short story with a squirrel started. (11-D Mailclerk’s fault) though it’s not science fiction. But I’ve managed to catch a friend’s cold, and I was still pretty beat up with pneumonia recovery. So….

I’m going to break my self imposed rule and hit rattle the cup without giving you a freeby. I’m running a mid winter fundraiser for the blog. You know why.

There’s a Give Send Go for the Winter Fundraiser and well, if you need anything else including a snail mail address, please ...

For The Future

Today I was thinking about the birth rate, partly because of this.

He is wrong, and right, but mostly right. So I thought I would talk about it a bit. First he is wrong about economic incentives having no point in it.

Yes, you could choose to have ten kids in a hut in the middle of a national forest and you and your husband/wife hunt and live off the land. Given how most of us were raised, that’s about as likely to happen as of a large number of people suddenly sprouting wings and doin...

The Despicable Lords of Utopia

I have to confess that for a while now I’ve been reading the lefty laments on the election with every measure of enjoyment.

Listening to them rage, howl, and throw themselves on the floor screaming that those d*mn disobedient peasants voted for Trump for “the price of eggs! They voted for eggs!” is comedy gold when you look at it from the POV of the lefty planners and strategists really being spider creatures from Alpha Centauri who landed yesterday and are trying to understand humanity.

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I Have No Brain and I Must Post

Hey, guys, in a major case of brain slippage (I’ve caught a friend’s cold. Yes, I know. I should be in a bubble till I’m fully over whatever this is) I forgot to tell you I put Christmas In The Stars on Sale for 99c, and it’s been on sale all day.

If you guys already have it (probably, since it came out last year) it’s fine, but hey, it’s Christmas. You might even want to give it to someone. I think you can even set it for delivery on Christmas day. Or Christmas eve. So…

Christmas in the...