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November 14, 2012
The Blue Binder
So, some of you may remember the yellow binder post from a few months ago? If you do, thanks for reading and for sticking around. For those of you who don’t remember or haven’t read that post, first, thanks for finding me! Glad to have you checking in on my little part of the blogosphere. [...]
November 12, 2012
Belated Weekend Linkroll
Where did the weekend go this time? Wherever it went, it was in a big damned hurry to get there, and now it’s Monday already. But I still have a collection of links for you. Hope you enjoy them. I’d love to know if any strike your fancy. And if any of you know how [...]
Monday Morning Music
Good morning! I hope everyone had a good weekend. Today’s music video is a bit of a history lesson. November 12, among other things, is the day that Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born back in 1815. She is a foremother of mine, a founder of the First Wave of feminism in the U.S. Along with [...]
November 10, 2012
Flesh by Khanh Ha – A Review
The setting is Tonkin (northern Vietnam) at the turn of the 20th century. A boy, Tài, witnesses the beheading of his father, a notorious bandit, and sets out to recover his head and then to find the man who betrayed his father to the authorities. On this quest, Tài’s entire world will shift. Flesh takes [...]
November 5, 2012
Monday Morning Music
So, tomorrow is Election Day here in the U.S. I’m not going to make any presidential endorsements or anything. I have problems with both candidates, but the choice is pretty clear, if you’re playing the two-party game and you’re a fan of, you know, Social Security and Big Bird. We do need better choices, but [...]
November 4, 2012
Weekend Linkroll
Another Sunday has arrived, with an extra hour thrown in just for fun. I have no more excuses for blowing off my weekly collection of links (the cat’s still dead, story’s submitted, and day-job deadlines have been met), so let’s see what the Internet held this past week. And just as an administrative note: I [...]
November 1, 2012
To the Late Great Moe
So, my kitty who had been sick for several weeks is no longer with us. Well, his body is. It’s buried in the backyard, soon to have a perennial of some sort planted on top of it. But his self has moved on to the next adventure, wherever and if-ever that might be. Moe was [...]
October 31, 2012
Happy Hallowe’en!
Well, I hope all my readers in the path of Sandy made it through with as little damage and power loss as possible. I’m writing this post on Monday, just in case I’m not so lucky. Thank you, WordPress, for your awesome scheduling feature! [ETA: We came through Sandy with few hitches. Lost power for [...]
October 30, 2012
Substitution Cipher Review + Giveaway!
I’m tickled to link you to another super review of Substitution Cipher, thanks to the folks at Alternate History Weekly Update. I can see the tagline for my story now. “More believable than Avatar!” Woohoo! Not only does AHWU like the book, they’re offering to give away e-copies to a couple of lucky folks. Maybe [...]
October 29, 2012
Monday Morning Music
So, we’re as close to Hallowe’en as any Monday in October will get this year. I hope you’ve enjoyed this month’s run of spooky/creepy videos. To finish up these music videos, I’m going with an old favorite of mine, “Ghost of a Texas Lady’s Man” by Concrete Blonde. Johnette Napolitano’s band is one of my [...]
