Walter Jon Williams's Blog, page 217

Virtual Tee

A few choice quotes from Toolbox workshop critiques. All this goes on the virtual tee shirt."Nothing says 'fuck you' like a corpse hand in the face.""The house is on fire but I dropped my drink.""You can't be Orwell and Kafka simulaneously.""Lovecraft was scared of everything. But these guys are really okay.""I'm having trouble doing ONE thing simultaneously.""Why didn't his friends notice that

Toolbox Song

Here we are at Toolbox,Our jolly, happy crewHere we are at ToolboxWhere the hell are you?

Massive Flow

The Onion does it again.Massive Flow Of Bullshit Continues To Gush From BP HeadquartersLONDON—As the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico entered its eighth week Wednesday, fears continued to grow that the massive flow of bullshit still gushing from the headquarters of oil giant BP could prove catastrophic if nothing is done to contain it.The toxic bullshit, which began to spew from the mouths of BP

What? Friday Already?

Friday already?It has been a very busy week. The next weeks are likely to be busier. For the last few days I've been busy with so many things.The runup to Taos Toolbox, the master class in writing that I'll be running for the next two weeks. The quarterly organizational meeting at the karate school, usually lasting much of the day (I had to bail early).Requalifying for my black belt, later

Lego Printer

From the realm of the strange, useless, and utterly cool, it's a printer made out of Legos. [via Emily:]

Cat 1, Smoke Monster 0

Over on her blog, Cat Valente lets Lost have it with a multi-barrel chain gun. It had me hopping up and down and clapping my hands with glee, it did.Lost is a science fiction show.Now, they haven't wanted that label from the beginning. First, they assured us that everything had a real-world explanation and it was not science fiction or fantasy at all. This is obviously crap at this point, but

Green Leopard Ebook

Hey, have I mentioned that The Green Leopard Plague is available as an ebook? And at a very reasonable price, too!

Untergang II: Enter the Man of Steel

It occurs to me that if you show these parodies in a certain order, they even have a plot.Hearing that Hitler parodies are being removed from YouTube, Stalin makes his move:Hearing that Stalin is moving in on their action, the Hitler parody writers react:And now--- just because I feel like it--- Hitler reacts to the final episode of Lost.

Untergang

As have many of you, I've enjoyed the "Downfall Meme," in which a key scene of the 2004 film Der Untergang ("Downfall") is used to comment on issues of the day.Alas, German movie dinosaur Constantin Film AG is now asserting ownership of these parodies--- which, it has to be said, vastly increased the popularity of their fine if depressing film--- and they are slowly being taken down wherever they

Idiot Plots

Let's say you're a cop. You're in pursuit of a serial killer. The killer knows you're after him and has already trashed your house and tried to murder a member of your family. What do you do?A. Surround your family with guards.B. Get your family out of town and to an undisclosed location where the killer can't find them.C. A and B both. D. Let your family go about their ordinary lives.The