Kelly McCullough's Blog, page 86

Friday Cat Blogging

See, I told you I could hold still!
I don't like it but I can do it.



Cordzez, stringzes, Iz all same, right?



Don't I haz teh cutest little dancer feetz?



Don't think I don't see you there.

Mammoth Win!

Strange Horizons contributor Kelly Jennings posted a really awesome review of Eleanor's newest books: Mammoths of the Great Plains and Tomb of the Fathers.

$@&@%# Muse!

So the part of my Muse that I call my sense of structure has apparently been on vacation for the last 8 months, a fact I noticed when it returned this morning at 6:15 to whisper vicious nothings in my ear.

M: "Psst Kelly, I've got a question."
K :"Go 'way."
M: "No, really, there's something I've been wondering about."
K: "No, really, go 'way."
M: "You know that bit right at the end...."
K: "Sleeping here."
M: "Yeah, I heard you the first time. Still gonna ask my question."
K: "So ask, then go 'way."
M...

Pictures in Pizza

Squint! That pie is trying to tell you something!!

Alas, Wyrdsmiths is saying goodbye to a member: Bill Henry. We wish him well in his new adventures, but never fear! He very will likely still be posting here from time to time. Below, Sean M. Murphy cuts up the goodbye pie for Bill.



Also since Bill's last meeting also coincided with Kelly's birthday, we had a second pie made:



Pie artistry was brought to you (and us!) by the wonderful chefs at the Black Dog Cofee & Wine Bar in St. Paul, MN.

Pictues in Pizza

Squint! That pie is trying to tell you something!!

Alas, Wyrdsmiths is saying goodbye to a member: Bill Henry. We wish him well in his new adventures, but never fear! He very will likely still be posting here from time to time. Below, Sean M. Murphy cuts up the goodbye pie for Bill.



Also since Bill's last meeting also coincided with Kelly's birthday, we had a second pie made:



Pie artistry was brought to you (and us!) by the wonderful chefs at the Black Dog Cofee & Wine Bar in St. Paul, MN.

Terran Photo of the Day

This is the tow boat Cooperative Venture out of St. Louis, MO, docked at Lambert's Landing in St. Paul.

Astronomy Post of the Day

Why are some hills on Mars so layered? The answer is still under investigation. Clearly, dark windblown sand surrounds outcropping of light sedimentary rock across the floor of crater Arabia Terra. The light rock clearly appears structured into many layers, the lowest of which is likely very old. Although the dark sand forms dunes, rippled dunes of lighter colored sand are easier to see surrounding the stepped mesas. Blown sand possibly itself eroded once-larger mesas into the layered...

Friday Cat Blogging

That's no mountain…It's a cat!



What swelled head?



Can you helps me untie my legz?



It came from the blanket!

Happy Birthday to Kelly

I hope you all will join me in wishing a very happy birthday to our very own Kelly McCullough who turns... well, OLDER today.

Also, just to keep this somewhat on topic, fellow writer Alyx Dellamonica posted an interesting question on her blog, which is: Do you feel COMPELLED to write?

My answer is pretty simple. Yes, most of the time. The thing I always say is that even if this book were my last published one, I'd probably... well, sink into a deep despair... but after that, I'd still write ...

Astronomy Post of Another Day

What's lighting up nebula IRAS 05437+2502? No one is sure. Particularly enigmatic is the bright upside-down V that defines the upper edge of this floating mountain of interstellar dust, visible near the image center. In general, this ghost-like nebula involves a small star forming region filled with dark dust that was first noted in images taken by the IRAS satellite in infrared light in 1983. Shown above is a spectacular, recently released image from the Hubble Space Telescope that...