Tad Williams's Blog, page 43
September 19, 2010
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18 September 2010
What profiteth a man if he gains the whole world and loseth his iPhone?
Here's where I'm going for my vacation, but only in my dreams.
You know how Toto barked at the melted Wicked Witch of the West? That's how Deb felt when we finally killed and discarded our hideous old green bathtub.
Geek alert! I have just learned that Mr. Mxyzptlk once became a Bizarro. I missed that issue, somehow. My day is made.
It's a nice warm night, and it would be a really great night to b...
September 16, 2010
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15 September 2010
We're waiting for Girl to return from a school trip today — gone since Monday morning. I really miss her.
How hard am I trying to catch up with all my unanswered Facebook messages? THIS hard.
This is a BRILLIANT piece of video/music mashing. Don't start it until you've got a little time, it's nearly ten minutes long.
Cache Rules Everything Around Me from Evan Roth on Vimeo.
You know, sometimes I miss John Lennon and Douglas Adams like they were family members. I'd love ...
September 14, 2010
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13 September 2010
What famous American is this? Hint: he served in Congress and once said, "A human soul is not to be trifled with. It may inhabit the body of a Chinaman, a Turk, an Arab or a Hotentot — it is still an immortal spirit!"
Always remove domestic pets from the field BEFORE beginning sporting events.
See, if you look at it the right way, work's really fun and fun's really work...
Nah. Not buying it.
Okay, and if you've seen a weirder 9/11 tattoo today, I'll buy you some...
September 12, 2010
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11 September 2010
Hey, it's still the weekend. Celebrate life.
Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur
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via Marc Laidlaw: Weird and sad and somehow not surprising.
The Last Story of F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
www.nytimes.com
The unhappy life of F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, who won acclaim as a science-fiction writer yet struggled to make ends meet, ended in a blaze of his own making in a squalid Brooklyn apartment.
Don't let the noisy extreme right-wingers pretend they would have done better. ...
September 9, 2010
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9 September 2010
"Some educators have tried making educational products for babies, but sticking your baby next to Mozart and flashing shapes isn't going to make it any more special. You'd be better off if you just went around telling all the other babies that they're stupid."
— Seanbaby
7 Awesome Things That Suck If Mixed With Anything Else
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It is blind coincidence that our cat Jupiter's name rhymes only with "stupider", but magnificently appropriate...
Things You Need To...
September 7, 2010
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6 September 2010
Don't know how YOU'RE feeling at the end of a hectic summer, but this is how I'm doing...
I'm going to work on my story for Jeff Vandermeer's anthology today. Take the dogs (and kids) out for a Labor Day walk. Then puzzle out the secrets of Time and Space. If there's any time left over I suspect a power-nap.
5 September 2010
Shadowmarch proofs done. I think there is literally nothing left I have to do with this book until it comes out. I'm so excited I might go lie down...
September 4, 2010
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3 September 2010
"A worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing the blues in the night..."
Sorry. Having a little big band moment here.
I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us — don't tell! They'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog!
2 September 2010
A little slower on the proofs today but still about halfway done. A bunch more stuff happened. Some people died. Some other p...
September 1, 2010
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31 August 2010
"Come, fill the cup, and in the fire of Spring
The Winter garment of Repentance fling:
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To fly — and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing."
Without the internet, you might never have seen this dog do the Merengue.
Dancing Merengue Dog
www.youtube.com
30 August 2010
I find this funny. I'm not a good man, I know.
Jersey Circus
jerseycircus.blogspot.com
German artist Joseph Beuys was smarter than I'll ever be. Also, I like his hat.
My wife informed me t...
August 30, 2010
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29 August 2010
Had an excellent family get-together. Even got to play a very small amount of music with my brothers — wish it could have been more.
The whole mammal-clan-groupthink thing is very soothing. I'm lucky enough to have an extended family I really like, and with whom I see eye-to-eye on all the important things. Lets my psyche relax a little.
My faithless children did not believe he existed. But he does! The greatest superhero ever!
You never know when you might meet your next...
August 27, 2010
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26 August 2010
We can't help being awesome. We really can't.
Offered without comment.
Bush Campaign Chief and Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman: I'm Gay - Politics - The Atlantic
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Be strong with your life. Learn something. Peace out.
LBFA Presents: The History of Aquaman Explained [Comic:] - ComicsAlliance
www.comicsalliance.com
25 August 2010
I love this guy. I haven't seen the video in a while, decided it needed a re-airing.
Australian Party Guy
www.youtube.com
Congratulations ...
