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October 12, 2009
Signing Pictures from Joseph Beth
The signing was a great success Saturday, above you can see the folks getting their books signed. Here are some more pictures from the event:
Me, pontificating:
Casey Daniels:
Don Bruns:
Linda Robertson:
The whole gang of four:
October 9, 2009
October 8, 2009
Flashing Forward and the tyranny of genre
Via the wonder of the internet, I've caught up with both episodes of Flashforward so far. I can say that I'm enjoying it, and I hope it avoids the fate of another similarly time-twisting series ABC tried during Lost's absence, the show Daybreak . Like the prior effort, it has a contemporary setting using the tropes of the cop-show genre to tell a sfnal story, which is now a sub-genre unto itself. After two episodes, I get the sense that Graeme McMillan, over at io9, doesn't like it
October 7, 2009
Me, talking about Wolfbreed – and Signings
Back when I did my signing at the Learned Owl, I did a short interview about Wolfbreed. Here is me being all authorial and stuff.
Speaking of signings, this weekend I will be over at Joseph Beth Booksellers at Legacy Village. I will be joined by Don Bruns, Linda Robertson and Casey Daniels. Yes, you get 4 authors for the price of one. The authorial extravaganza happens October 10th at 2pm, be there if you want to be one of the cool kids. Directions here.
October 6, 2009
You know, the White House is not as politically astute as it thinks it is
Democrats should be realizing now that Obama's dearth of experience, especially executive political experience, was probably not as big an issue in the campaign as it should have been. I'm sure, at the time, everyone who voted for him assured themselves that he was going to be fine, he'd just appoint old Clinton people to drive the bus while he got his sea legs. The president is, after all, a manager more than anything else.
Problem is, the guy sucks as a manager.
Just look at all his
October 5, 2009
Attempted Vehicular Homicide
In 1983 Steven King wrote the novel Chistine, about a car that was possessed. A vehicle that was, in essence, evil. I now realize that Mr. King, more than likely, owned at one point a vehicle much like my 96 Ford F-150. Like some people, some vehicles just seem to be born bad. Ford trucks as a rule are pretty solid investments, but this one. . . This one is evil.
We have new brakes, new ball joints, a new exhaust system, power steering repairs, a rebuilt new transmission, and just now...
October 2, 2009
October 1, 2009
So when she says no, it means yes?
Celebrities belong to a different class of people, they are not subject to normal petty laws short of perhaps murder. Even then, you often see the accused, and the fans of the accused, twist facts to the breaking point to portray any prosecution as persecution.
Even when the bastard pleads guilty.
In the case of Roman Polanski, there's no question of the facts. He drugged a 13 year old girl and anally raped her over her protests. When everyone says Polanski is fleeing a statutory rape...
September 30, 2009
This is fantastic.
And now for something completely upbeat. (Thanks MGK)
September 29, 2009
ACORN is a bad seed
Mea culpa time. I was wrong about ACORN the first time I posted about it. I still believe the thesis of that post, but I think I was a bit ignorant of the scope of the corruption involved. And a little exchange on Facebook led me to realize that a lot of people (most perhaps) are still living in the happy little world where registering Mickey Mouse was only a little bit of comic relief for the Morning Zoo crowd. In fact, there are some people that still honestly believe that ACORN is...
