Jennifer Fallon's Blog, page 27

I'm smarter today...

Just got a call informing me that my thesis has made it through the marking process, and in about week, I'll be able to honestly say I have a Masters Degree.
I 'spect my writing will improve enormously now I been learned good and proper by a real un...

International Geek Holidays

SFX has put up a list of the internal holidays celebrated by geeks the world over.
25 January is Opposite Day
12 February is Darwin Day (Charles Darwin was born on this day in 1809).
14 March Pi Day on the 14th. (tee hee... get it) I'm not sure th...

10 Things Authors Should Never Blog About

I was asked for some advice recently, about authors and blogging, which made me think (never a good thing), and from which I compiled the following list

Never say rude things about your publisher online, even if they are irritating, slow, inef...

On media beat ups and talent competitions...

So, Susan Boyle didn't win Britian's Got Talent.
I can't say I'm that bothered. I mean the whole ugly duckling/beautiful swan thing has been as contrived as that shot of High Jackman in the trailers for Australia washing the soapy water off his man...

I sat down to blog...

And this is what happened...

I cannot move up here without being sat upon by cats.
Obie the ADHD Shitzu jumps on my desk on a regular basis to chase the pussies and almost knocked the monitor onto the floor last night. (I think I'll change the br...

Night time Paralysis

I was very cold here last night, as I discovered when I woke up at 3.48 am this morning to find I couldn't move. It was really scary for a moment... until I realised it wasn't a medical problem, however. It was a creature problem...
You see, si...

Care to guess what this means?

The Google widget thingy has done it's job again, and sent me what I thought, at first, was a review of The Immortal Prince.
Well, it was, kinda... but it was actually a personal blog (nothing wrong with personal blogs) with the blogger's brief...

Well... this sucks...

In the litany of unbelievable that has become my life of late...
I have now been called up for Jury Duty again.
Last time, I wound up the jury foreman on a rape trial. Maybe this time I'll get a good one... like...
I dunno... what's a "good&q...

The trouble with Tribbles...and Karl Urban

At Perth's Supanova last year, my full-length fur coat attracted quite a bit of attention.
So much attention, that it wound up on YouTube with Nichelle Nichols and Jeff Nimoy.
Can't post the video here, but you can follow this link  The Trou...

I'm back on Facebook

For some reason, I haven't been able to get into my Facebook page for months.
Today, for no apparent reason, my new password worked and I'm alive again!
Not only that, I had nearly fifty people wanting to be my friend. Clearly they don't know me ve...