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Randomness for 9/25

1) For those who haven't heard yet, the new OK GO! video. My son saw the goat the first time through, but I missed it. He had to point it out to me. And I seem to have missed this video from several months ago.

2) Health care reform explained, with timeline for policy implementation, subsidy calculators, etc.

3) It used to be that I'd have to send a link like this directly to my friend Jim, but now that he's on Facebook, I can put it in my blog and hope he'll see it in the RSS feed on my ...

"On this planet, we are surrounded by danger and MADNESS!"

Well, the poll for chapter one of A Glimpse of Darkness has closed, and my favorite choice didn't win. If this were politics, I'd be looking over Canadian and Australian immigration websites, but there's no escape for me. I have a chapter to write.

Actually, I've already started it. It'll be pretty damn good, but you know, we always think about the path not taken.

I must say, though, that I got a late start. I woke early this morning and, instead of rushing out to write, hung around the ...

Today's quote

Some of the books I'd read had told me that love is fleeting; some of the other books I'd read had told me that love is eternal. But they were wrong. Love isn't either of those things. Love is not wanting the thing you love to ever end."

-Brock Clarke

(via Bookslut)

"Now watch me amaze you!"

Time is running short to read and vote in the Reader's Choice Chain Story up at Suvudu.

Go! Read! Vote!

"This has nothing to do with jelly!"

Apparently, completely freaking out over my WIP is a normal part of my process.

(::sigh::)

The weird thing is that it feels different every time. Each book has some massive problem that I don't think I can solve, and it's a different problem every time.

Someday, the problem that comes up really will be a book-breaker and my freakout will be justified. Personally, I think this project is that one, but I thought the same way about all of them.

I'll be out of touch today.

In my day job, I'll be in training most of the day (I believe). So I'll be doing something I hate for an organization I don't care about, and I'll have to ignore everything that matters to me.

Ah, America! Your support for the entrepreneur never ceases to amaze.

Anyway, I'm way behind in my LiveJournal/blog reading, and I may be missing things. For the past few months, I've been thinking of my reading list as an obligation to the people I know online, but I may have to fall down on that o...

Randomness for 9/21

1) Miniature scenes crafted inside toilet rolls.

2) Superheroes imagined as hipsters.

3) Top ten cars the Car Talk guys hate the most.

4) "Hey, you're the one who forgot the wheelbarrow!" Video.

5) Until I saw it, I didn't know I wanted perfume that would make you smell like a library.

6) Now THIS is the A-Team movie they should have made! Video.

7) Dot, the world's smallest animation character. Video. Truly amazing.

Secret Project revealed!

I've been hinting about a secret project for a little while now, and now I get to share the details.

On Suvudu.com, I and four other writers (Lara Adrian, Stacia Kane, Kelly Meding, and Lucy A. Snyder) are writing a "chain story." The first author writes a section of the story leading up to a major decision for the protagonist. At the bottom of the page, there's a poll allowing you, the readers, to decide what will happen next. When the poll closes, the next author in the chain continues t...

Non-random links

There have been some brilliant, and touching articles posted online recently. These don't deserve to be shunted to a "Randomness" post, which is for fun weirdness and simple beauty. These are deeper than that. So, here are some articles you might want to read:

First, everyone has been linking to Ta Nahisi-Coates's post on "Compassion" and for good reason. If you haven't read it, you should.

In this society, we view compassion as a favor, something along the lines of forgiveness extended...

Six things for a Sunday

1. My wife comes home from her Italian yoga retreat tonight. I can't wait. As much fun as I've had with the boy this week, I miss her. We both do.

2. The apartment is clean but cluttered, for those of you expecting to hear that I'll be spending the day in a frantic cleaning jag. The living room needs to be picked up, though. It'll take about 15 minutes.

3. My desk is another story. I'm tempted to just throw a match on it to rid myself of these meaningless stacks of paper.

4. I can't stand...