Archive for March, 2009
I mentioned yesterday that in a few weeks I’ll be starting, with a number of other folks, a new blog devoted to writing fantasy, science fiction, horror, and related topics. We’re still at the introducing-ourselves-to-each-other stage, but I’m already brainstorming possible topics.
A while back–more than a year–I decided to throw myself into the blogosphere and keep to a regular schedule. With the exception of the weeks following my father’s passing, I’ve been pretty good about keeping to that schedule. This journal gets updated Monday through Friday. Since January I’ve been doing one entry a week at Forces of Geek (mostly reviews), and have been lately doing a Sunday entry at Red Rocket Station (usually SF-related).
Why?
Well for one thing I enjoy it. What used to drive me nuts by banging around just inside my head I can now write down and share easily to a lot of folks. They aren’t all winners, but I have fun–particularly when I have a good rant, review, or group of fake letters to share. And it helps me get back into the discipline of writing every day. The original thought was I’d move more into fiction again once I got my discipline mojo back. I’d say it’s been successful.
I spend a lot of the day working on my freelance layout projects, but I also have time and opportunity to work on writing again as well. Short fiction, long fiction, poetry. It’s geting there.
And I think that will be one of my topics for this new site. Why blogging ain’t an empty time-sink.
Likewise I think I’ll talk about organization, the current state of publishing, non-traditional markets, and a little bit about the importance of knowing your genre.
I love being inside my head.
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Ironically, weird dreams broke me from my slumber a little earlier than planned. I tried to lay there and fall back asleep, but no go. So up I got and after making a cup of coffee and getting a hunk of banana bread, we’re starting the day.
Wee hours of the morning are for following up on e-mails and small loose-end details from the previous day. That’s actually done right now. Today I’ll be going over some more photos, doing a little more work on the SFWA Bulletin as the last pieces dribble in, doing some layout for another book from Intellect, working on a rush poetry book job, and keeping a watchful eye for yon UPS delivery dude with printed copies of TumbleTap Presents: 2009 as well as a few review items I’m expecting from other folk.
This afternoon–some poems need brushing.
A good day in the making.
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Today’s link goes to a very impressive blog site of Florentine graphic designer Francesco Mugnai. In particular, I point out an entry I stumbled across via facebook called The 20 most creative resumes i’ve seen in a long time. Pure inspiration.
Truly some Good Stuff here… good inspiration too. Some of these designs go truly outside the box. I high recommend browsing Mugnai’s blogs if design is your thing.
Cheers!
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Hope you’e not expecting deep thoughts today. We’re off to a slow start today–recovering from the Attack of the Grey Weekend.
Grey weekends are always tough on us. Our energy levels are never where they should be. It becomes a weekend of fighting the yawnies and trying to avoid accidental napping–or maybe just giving in and tumbling into blissful slumber. I blame a combination of the color of the world (or lack thereof) and atmospheric pressure.
So it was a bit of a lazy weekend–not that we didn’t stir ourselves up a few times. We hit the bowling alley at one point and broke in the new bowling balls. My scores were slightly better this week, but my overall game is still incredibly uneven.
Saturday we hit a supposed Rhode Island icon, Iggy’s Doughboys and Chowder House in Warwick, but found it very disappointing. The doughboys were heavy and dense, the burger very greasy, the clam cakes sans clams, and what kind of chowder house in Rhode Island doesn’t serve Rhode Island-style clam chowder? We’ve had better. I can think of three clam shacks in Misquamicut that are better without even trying.
Sunday we got together with Margaret’s mother and hit a diner in Groton, CT called the Oh Boy Diner. This place I can recommend. It’s a remodeled Denny’s with a similar-style menu and service, but what struck me were the posters of old retro-style robot-and-rocket-ship toys and Flash Gordon posters. I’m a sucker for that retro-future look. Good chops, too.
I got a little bit of writing done. Maybe not as much as I’d have liked, but some anyway. Working on a long story, and I wrote up a new entry over at Red Rocket Station (dot com) entitled “Visions of the Future I Could Do Without” which is actually kind of making fun of some of the retro-future tropes that show up from time to time. Blame it on repeated viewings of Amazon Women on the Moon.
One little bit of cool news. In a few weeks I’ll be taking part in a new group blog. There aren’t many details available yet. At the moment there are about nine of us and we’ll be contributing on a bi-weekly schedule and feature the occasional guest blogger. More updates as the new site develops.
And it’s back to work. I did a little over the weekend–mostly TumbleTap related stuff. Today’s tasks include sending the medical journal to the printer, putting together a couple of more pages for the SFWA Bulletin, and prepping a lot of photos for a couple of different book projects.
Gonna be another grey day, tho. But we’ve girded our loins (woo!…loins!) and we’re gonna teach that Old Grey Beastie what’s what.
What?
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What helps one get through a grey day? That’s right!
Light verse.
Specifically, the light verse of Don Marquis and more specifically, Archy and Mehitabel, Archy, the talented cockroach poet, and Mehitabel, the cat who is the reincarnation of Cleopatra herself. Get a little background on our heroes, and sample some of Archy’s fine verse. Here’s a sample:
listen archy she said i
have been so many different
people in my time and met
so many prominent gentlemen i
wont lie to you or stall i
do get my dates mixed sometimes
think of how much i have had a
chance to forget and i have
always made a point of not
carrying grudges over
from one life to the next archy
(Thanks go to Scott Edelman for having recently brought this link to light on FB.)
Enjoy!
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Ever have one of those days that you think is one day but is really another? Where did this week go. Apparently I lost a day somewhere. No…most of my work is still on schedule, but I realized quite late last night that I had forgotten to finish my review of Edward Gorey’s Amphigorey for Forces of Geek. Sorry Stefan! As soon as this short journal entry is over, and I refill my coffee, I’ll finish that up for you. Most of it’s done anyway. I just need to rewrite the intro and give it a good scan-through. Then I can get a head start on next week’s review of Steve Martin’s partial autobiography, Born Standing Up and get cracking on reading through the review piece I have planned for the the week after that.
So apparently today is Friday. I think the weekend looks pretty clear. I tend to work on TumbleTap stuff on the weekends, and this weekend won’t be an exception, but other than that–the weekend looks wide open. This means I’m probably forgetting something critical. The calendar on the kitchen wall mentions something about starting the Zombie Revolution, but it doesn’t say when or where, so I may give that a pass. I just don’t feel committed to the cause right now.
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We’re still learning about the World of Bowling. For instance, do you know how hard it is to get a lane between 5 and 9 on a weekday? Apparently that’s when the leagues all play. We haven’t had a chance yet to break in the new bowling balls. Maybe tonight, which means more awful music and black lights and other nonsense. We’re considering joining a summer league. This I would enjoy because it means playing in normal light, with no blaring jock-rock or hiphop.
Stymied in our attempt to go bowling last night, we instead hit a bookstore. I’m still well-stocked on reading material, but Margaret picked up some books and surprised me with a new notepad. I love these things. Metal case that folds closed–complete with a little pen. It’s the perfect size for a shirt pocket and is just enough space to put my daily To Do list. The model Margaret gave me features a carp design (carps are good luck) but the paint on these flake off pretty quickly. At that point I’ll just have to customize it with homebrew decals.
A little reformatting to do today. A batch of photos need to be processed for Books In Progress and a new upcoming project. I need to poke some people too. Where’s my pointy stick?
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Rumor has it… the carp is not technically a fish as it gives live birth rather than laying eggs.
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If it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever.
Recognize it? Woody Allen…which brings us to today’s link: WoodyAllen.com, It’s kind of out of date, but it has a good section with quotes and remarks on his short stand-up comic career and his books. It also features mp3s and video clips. Die-hard Woody Allen fans won’t be impressed, or find much that’s new, but it’s a fun place to visit for a few minutes, and new fans or folks curious about New York’s favorite neurotic Jewish intellectual film director may find some springboards for further exploration.
Cheers!
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Odd mail arrives once or twice a week, and I’ve come to look forward to these strange, mis-delivered little missives. They may be more connected to each other than I first suspected–some letters to are intended for a single repeated recipient–and others to that recipient’s descendants and possibly ancestors. Not all of the letters are as thus, mind you, but I suspect more than one would initially think.
Dear Bast,
Behind the black idol, within a recess concealed in the wall, you will find a brown leather bag with enough gold krugerrands to finance your venture. The boss says to remind you that Professor Steinwick will be in Calais on St. Crispin’s Day (you know the specific meeting place) to inspect the results of your find and to authorize your final payment. Following that meeting, you will immediately fly to Chicago to both deliver and collect. Do not go to Chicago until you have seen Professor Steinwick. Do not go to Calais until you have acquired the relic. Do not under any circumstances enter Istanbul.
Good luck, ole chum!
You will forgive me if I sign this note as…
(signed)
The Plaid Genie
Since receiving these letters, I’ve been studying the attributes of certain inks and papers. I am not far along in my studies, but I’ll mention here (for later reference) that the paper smells fainly of orange peel and the ink flakes away when rubbed with a thumbnail.
The second letter today is written on a familiar pressed-rag stationary with crimson ink.
Dear Sirs,
Did you signal us? We are not entirely certain. Bosch claims to have seen the signal, but when the rest of us looked, it was plainly not in evidence. It is not entirely Bosch’s fault as the night was quite stormy and lightning lit the sky at odd and unnerving times.
We remain at your service and at the ready, but we ask that if you have given us the signal, that you do so again.
Our pardon.
(unsigned)
I, of course, gave no such signal. Why and what for and how are a mystery to me. Given the yellowing of the envelope this arrived in, I suspect the time for signals is long since past. I wonder if anything ever happened.
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Letters aside, work continues. It’s been a decent week–everything keeping to schedule, for the most part. Some advertising materials are holding up a couple of things, but nothing too serious, time-wise. I should be able to get a bit more writing in today as well. Possibly even work on some poetry.
Hey, put butter on me. I’m on a roll.
Speaking of rolling…the Teehans now own bowling balls. Yeah. bowling balls. What up with that? Now we’re truly invested in this new past-time. We have the bowling shoes. We have the bowling bags. We have the bowling balls to put into the bowling bags. I even have a little bag of resin.
If I have a good, productive day today, we’ll go bowling tonight. If I don’t–fire ants.
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Speaking of fire ants, and because the Internet is where you can find anything about anything, today’s link goes to the Fire Ants, Armadillos and Phorid Flies FAQ from the Brackenridge Field Laboratory of the University of Texas at Austin.
It’s important reading in case the Revolution comes.
Cheers!
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Across the nation, people celebrated the release of the Venture Bros season 3 on DVD and Bluray with costume parties, parades, and themed luncheons. I joined about 2,500 other fans yesterday at the Omni-Biltmore hotel for a huge costumed ball. There were hundreds of Monarchs and Dr. Mrs The Monarch, #21 and #24’s, Hanks, Deans, Thadeus’s, Sgt. Hatreds, Phantom Limbs, Mr. Mondays, King Gorillas, Dr. Henry Killingers, Alchemists, Byrons, and loads more. I attended as Truckules–along with a dozen others–it was a hard night to be original. That’s not to say there weren’t some surprises.
President Obama joined us and others via satellite, decked out in a bitchin’ Jefferson Twilight ensemble, to wish us all a Happy Venture. We could see Michelle Obama in the background dressed as Brock Sampson, and the First Kids as Watch and Ward. They kept their link up for a couple of hours as everyone danced, danced, danced.
A good time was had by all. I hear the Seattle party got so big that the governor (who went to the Olympia party dressed as The Action Man) was forced to call in the Washington State National Guard when rowdy Venture Bros fans rewired the Space Needle and launched it at Eugene, Oregon.
Good times.
Good times.
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Should be a pretty manageable day today. I’ve been keeping on schedule and see no reason why that won’t be the story today as well. I’e been working on a fascinating book called Character Kings which features interviews with a lot of familiar Hollywood faces, if not names talking about art and the business of acting. This month’s medical journal is just about out the door–just waiting on some final ads. The SFWA Bulletin looks on schedule–in plenty of time for the Nebula Weekend. I’m also doing another book for Intellect. Pretty good.
On the TumbleTap front, our sampler book is at the printer now, and once it’s been reviewed, we’ll have copies printed up for the San Diego ComicCon and get full volumes of Rogue Satellite Comics and Oz Squad out as well before July.
So, good times.
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Today’s link goes to a killer site: Casebook: Jack the Ripper, a complete clearinghouse of information, all the information, available on Jack the Ripper. Locations, victims, documents, police, witnesses, suspects!. (Prince Albert was one.)
Have fun sleuthing!
Cheers!
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Today is “Christmas in March”–if Christmas were a DVD release date. Longtime readers know that I’m a big fan of Adult Swim’s The Ventutre Bros. and today, at long last, is the DVD release of season three. I actually went and reviewed season three a month ago basing my review on memories of the initial broadcasts and catching some episodes online or on-Demand. I wonder if I’ll want to change my review? Doubtful.
But yeah, I’m happy.
Rumor has it…Venture Bros. supporting character Dr. Henry Killinger and his Magic Murder Bag is not based on Dr. Henry Kissinger, but rather actor Steve Buscemi.
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Another shocking short entry today. Why is it on days I want to wake up early, I sleep late–and days I wouldn’t mind oversleeping, I’m invariably up hours before I need to be? Fortunately, yesterday was a very productive day so I’m still on schedule, and today doesn’t look o’erwhelming by any means.
So I’m not going to keep you. Let’s move on to..
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Today’s link takes you to Classic Johnny Quest, a fun homebrew website dedicated to the classic animated series Johnny Quest–the original series, mind you–which was part of the inspiration behind the above-mentioned Venture Bros.. You can still catch episodes of Johnny Quest on the Boomerang Network and for pure pulp fun, I’d say they still hold up well. They were made in a different era, so be prepared for the bad guys actually being killed–as well as the occasional innocent bystander.
Cheers!
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Very short entry today. Highlights of the weekend:
- Bought books:
The Complete D.R. & Quinch, Yea’rs Best SF 15, and Born Standing Up
- Went bowling (and had a really off night)
- Moved a filing cabinet across town
- Got a lot of groceries and did the usual weekend chores
- Worked a bit on TumbleTap stuff
- Got some decent writing done
- Played some good music
Fascinating, eh?
Lots of work today–editing, laying out, prepping, looking over advertising materials, working on quotes, updating webpages, etc. It was a pretty good weekend, and I got a lot of stuff done including some layout work on TumbleTap books and drafting out proposal letters to artists. Saturday was pretty lazy, but Sunday got busy and I still feel a little short short of sleep. This morning started a little later than usual for a Monday (5am instead of 3am), but breakfast is cooking and I have coffee in front of me, so time to attack the day. It’ll be a route. It’ll be the Battle of Agincourt and I’m the British and my To Do list is the French, ready to be cut down by my mighty longbow.
Speaking of the French…
Rumor has it…Wearing belts with suspenders is more than just a fashion crime. In France, actual “fashion police” are authorized by the Paris Metropolitan Police to issue tickets to individuals who commit certain fashion faux pas. Other offenses include spandex, leg-warmers with high heels, and belly shirts. Repeat offenders can be incarcerated in local jails until they can have proper attire delivered to them by friends or relatives.
Not the link of the day, but figured I’d share this past Sunday’s post at Red Rocket Station where I rant about the whole Sci Fi/Syfy controversy.
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Today’s link goes to an old favorite: Efanzines.com - home to the PDF versions of, and links to, some great fanzines. Check out 2009 Best Fanzine Hugo nominees The Drink Tank, Argentus, and Challenger here.
Cheers!
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More from the mysterious mailbag. I notice that they only arrive on days when I don’t wait for the mailman’s arrival in person. And because I have better things to do most days than await mailmen, these days number in the many. Anyway…two recent letters:
Salvete Saturnicus!
Our supper club thoroughly enjoyed your performance Sunday night. (We were the somewhat rowdy crowd at the end of the stage and we apologize if our presence was at all distracting.) In any case, my aunt was most enchanted with your rendition of “Ich Hab Mein Herz In Heidelberg Verloren” and would like to invite you to a small gathering this Saturday evening in the hopes of an encore performance and the opportunity to discuss old times with you. What old times a 96-year old maiden aunt and a 23-year old one-armed vaudevillean might have to share is a mystery to both myself and my friends, so do please come and sate our curiousity.
May we send an electric car for you?
Your servant,
J. Tanizaki
This one arrives suspiciously with no postmark—just an address and a 13-cent stamp.
Dear Sirs,
Once more we remind you that we are awaiting your signal. Time is of the essense and if we do not hear from you soon, nor receive your signal, then we may have to take matters into our own hands.
(unsigned)
Who do they think I am? Batman?
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This has been a very productive week–it being Friday now I feel confident in that statement and that statement’s truth for the rest of the day. Today will be spent mostly finishing what didn’t get done yesterday, and getting further a new text layout. And then…the weekend!
What ho for the weekend? A bunch of things. I know Pretty Maggie has some stuff going on, meetings and whatnot, but I suspect we’re going to hit the bowling alley at some point, Saturday perhaps. I’ll be doing the music thing on Sunday as usual. We may go hunting for a new TV for the living room as my current one is losing its picture. Fortunately I’ve been too busy to watch a lot of TV or DVDs this week, but next Tuesday The Venture Bros., Vol. 3 comes out, and I’d like to see Charlie Kaufman’s latest flick, Synechdote, New York.
If you get a chance, check out this week’s “Falling Off the Shelf” column at ForcesOfGeek.com entitled “The Well-Rounded Geekshelf — Thirteen Books”. I talk about books every good geek should own, but in FoG tradition, I kept it to thirteen choices. Take a moment to look them over, then add your suggestions.
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Today’s link leads to the City of Tomorrow website–a site which features, among other things, futuristic homes, monorails, and various World’s Fair exhibits, including those fascinating looks at the way the future was supposed to have been, plus a whole lot more. Loads of galleries and links–well worth exploring.
Cheers!
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I’ve finally gotten around to watching Finding Forrester (2000), directed by Gus Van Sant, written by Mike Rich, and starring Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham and Busta Rhymes. Not a bad movie. It’s very reminiscent of Good Will Hunting, Van Sant’s previous film and he seemed to be aware of it enough to give Matt Damon a brief cameo. But Finding Forrester is a different movie and a lot less angsty. Instead of a Irish-American math whizkid from Southie, we have literary-minded black whizkid from the Bronx. Instead of a talented therapist wrestling with his personal tragedies, we have a reclusive author wrestling with his tragedies. FF is partially set at a private academy, GWH is set partially at Harvard. Both movies have the younger and older lead characters redeeming the other. Yeah, there are parallels, but don’t be fooled into thinking they are the same movies. They have different feels to them, and are both pretty inspiring.
Special kudos to Ron Brown who has never acted before and reportedly was only after an extras role when Van Sant ended up tapping him for the lead. He did a great job and it must have been hugely challenging working with such established and well-trained actors and Connery and Abraham. Speaking of F. Murray Abraham…he does a good job playing the villain-like character–very Salieri in a way–and not the first time he’s been the nemesis to one of Connery’s characters. Their characters butted heads back in The Name of the Rose in 1986. (Good movie adaptation of the book. Also starred a young Ron Perlman.)
While I’m naming names, I enjoyed Busta Rhymes’ character as well. He plays a relatively small, but also very key role.
Finding Forrester…if you liked GWH you’ll like this. If you like literary-themed stories, or are a fan of folks like J.D. Salinger, you’ll like this film. It’s easily worth a rental or cable viewing. Maybe even owning.
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A pretty good week, production-wise. Van Alexander is out for proof, the Bulletin and medical journal are out on proof. The Ray Danton photos are all set–I’m just waiting on the captions and placements–the text layout is pretty much done. So a good week. Today is going to be spent taking care of dozens of loose-end chores, cover art, contracts, and fixing a couple of typos in TumbleTap Presents 2009 before that goes off to the printer.
And without going into sordid details, I got an issue that’s been hanging over my head since December not only resolved, but resolved completely in my favor.
So, yeah… good week. To celebrate, here’s a sneak peak at the artwork for the next SFWA Bulletin, courtesy of artist Randy Asplund.
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Rumor has it…Statistically, coffee consumption is at its highest when a Democrat is president. Bees also produce more honey. Drug abuse and bank robberies rise during Republican administrations.
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In keeping with an authorial theme, today’s link takes you to a short interview with John Updike at The National Book Foundation. His brilliance will be missed, but his words live on.
Cheers!
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I’ve given a pass to several of the facebook questionaires going around, but figure I’d give this one a go this morning. Be forewarned… I did not take any of the questions seriously and basically put in clever smart-ass answers because I’m really a very private and timid sou—
You aren’t going to buy that, are you? Well, because coming up with odd answers wakes my brain up a bit. For those who’d rather skip the tedium of watching me try to be clever than I really am, hit your “Find” feature in your browser and type the word “cornucopia” to skip to the end.
The picture is here solely because I find it kind of disturbing. And comforting.
50 More Questionable Questions
1. If your doctor told you TODAY that you were pregnant, what would you say?
“You quack, you. Get your hands off me.”
2. Do you trust all of your friends?
I don’t even trust myself.
3. Would you move to another state or country to be with the one you love?
She did for me, so sure. Even if she didn’t, sure. Mind you, some parts of the country I’d probably be lynched on sight, but what interesting stories people would be able to tell later.
4. Do you believe that everything happens for a reason?
A reason, sure. A good reason? Not necessarily.
5. Can you make a dollar in change right now?
I went to primary school, so yes, I can make change. I understand that’s no guarantee for today’s kids.
6. Which one of your friends do you think would make the best doctor?
The one with the medical degree.
7. Are you afraid of falling in love?
Done it. ’tain’t so bad now, innit?
8. Do any of you guys notice there is no #8???
Primary school. Of course not.
9. Is there someone who pops into your mind at random times?
Yes, but he’s not real. Well, he’s real but he’s not tangible. His name is Jack and he laughs a lot. Why are you backing away?
10. Whats your most favorite scar?
The one I haven’t received.
11. When was the last time you flew in a plane?
I’ve never been able to fly in a plane. I, like the other passengers, often remain seated while the plane does all the flying.
12. What did the last text message you sent say?
I think it was something about getting Margaret to sneak Chinese boneless pork ribs into her purse to take home for me.
13. What features do you find most attractive in the preferred sex?
Sense of humor, intelligence, and infinite patience with my all-too-clever ass.
14. Fill in the blank. I love____:
Blank. Is this some kind of test? How did I do?
15. What is a goal you would like to accomplish in the near future?
Making it to the near future.
16. If you were to wake up from being in a coma for an extended time who would you call?
A doctor.
17. How many kids do you want to have?
I couldn’t possibly eat more than one at one sitting, thank you.
18. Would you make a good parent?
Given the right body parts, some surgical thread, an unspoilt brain, and a good lightning storm…possibly.
19. Where was your profile picture taken?
I took it once on the bus with me downtown, otherwise it tends to be a homebody.
20. Whats your middle name?
What’s yours?
21. Honestly, whats on your mind right now?
Hair. Honestly.
22. If you could go back in time and change something, what would it be?
I’d look over my original plans for the time machine and remeber to include the remote-return control module. Nothing like getting stuck in time.
24. What are you wearing right now?
Your patience.
25. Righty or Lefty?
Lossey and goosey.
26. Best place to eat?
Off a plate.
27. Favorite jeans?
The ones that make my eyes blue.
28. Favorite animal?
I love Animal. He’smy favorite muppet.
29. Favorite juice?
Jon Stewart and Woody Allen. Thank you for asking such an odd question.
30. Have you had the chicken pox?
With sesame noodles, yes.
31. Have you had a sore throat?
I don’t do a lot of Norwegian foods.
32. Ever had a bar fight?
That’s four parts Four Roses whiskey and a pool cue, right? Then yes.
33. Who knows you the best?
My mirror thinks it does.
34. Shoe size?
Yes. Both feet.
35. Do you wear contact lenses or glasses?
Eventually, with use
36. Ever been in a fight with your pet?
We argued once about stem cell research and our relationship hasn’t really been the same since.
37. Been to Mexico?
Yes and no.
38. Did you buy something today?
I bought that you might be entertained by this.
39. Did you get sick today?
The day’s not over.
40. Do you miss someone today?
I’m a very good shot. I don’t miss twice.
41. Did you get in a fight with someone today?
The day is but a babe. Let’s wait until the teen hours.
42. When is the last time you had a massage?
I received a bunch of massages in my a-mail this morning.
43. Last person to lay in your bed?
Until we toss the bed out, we won’t really know, will we?
44. Last person to see you cry?
Was looking the other way.
45. Who made you cry?
Yes. Mr. Abraham Who os Trenton, NJ said some vile things about my shoes once. Thank you for bringing up such a painful memory.
46. What was the last TV show you watched?
See #43 and apply.
47. What are your plans for the weekend?
Mayhem, nap, mayhem, nap, mayhem, two naps.
48. Who do you think will repost this?
Someone who can’t think up their own answers.
49. Who was the last person you hung out with?
Should such a horrendous occasion arrive, I’d at least want to be hung alone. Why share the scaffold?
50. If your significant other asked you to marry them TODAY what would you say?
I’d have stern words with the priest who was supposed to have married us a year and a half ago.
And there you have it. My apologies. They can’t all be winners.
And for those with the good sense and taste to skip this…cornucopia
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I should finish the Van Alexander book later today, or by early morning at the latest. It’s been a productive week thus far. I should be turning in the 2nd proof of the medical journal as well, and as I await the edits of the SFWA Bulletin, I can sneak in some more material for the upcoming Nebula Awards Weekend. Good week. Good week.
Rumor has it…Zebras are neither white with black stripes, nor black with white stripes. They are a teal color with salmon highlights. The black and white stripes are the result of an optical illusion used by zebras to confuse zoologists and childrens book authors.
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Today’s link visits JohnHartford.com, home to the late great banjo player, fiddler, and steamboat songster John Hartford. This site includes a full discography, forum, bio, and access to loads of great merch. If you love music, then you love John Hartford.
Check it out.
Cheers!
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Today’s link goes to a very impressive blog site of Florentine graphic designer Francesco Mugnai. In particular, I point out an entry I stumbled across via facebook called The 20 most creative resumes i’ve seen in a long time. Pure inspiration.
