Monthly Archives: August 2008

There are a couple of reasons why, as stated on my badly-needs-to-be-updated profile, “Although I have certain extreme political opinions, I won’t usually vent them here.” One reason is that I object to the politicization of everything, which was one … Continue reading →

My last political post provoked such a pleasant conversation, I thought I’d favor the virtual world with my virtual thoughts on McCain’s VP pick. I was going to title it “Palin by Comparison” or “Palin Around” (depending on how the … Continue reading →

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

This is not new, but I just saw it today–I forget where. Also, discovered a couple of pretty interesting bookblogs today: Vulpes Libris (lj feed here) and the blog of HistoricalNovels.info (lj feed here). Paradoxically, all these bookblogs may cut … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking about swashbuckling lately, after reading Martha Wells’ ArmadilloCon report and Sherwood Smith(=sartorias)’s response, and the discussions both provoked. I thought I didn’t have any reactions, so I didn’t join in, but (now that the threads have gone … Continue reading →

The Agony Column podcast interviews intrepid Pyr editor, Lou Anders, in the wake of Denvention 3. (Audio here.) The Morlockocentric will hear some interesting words about two thirds of the way through the interview, but I was also interested to … Continue reading →

There’s a lively Bittercon discussion of monsters going on. As you know, Bob, monsters are a big deal to me, so you’ll find a comment or two from me tucked away in there.

Rather than mope about dying magazines, I thought I’d post this nifty video of portraits from the Roman-era Mediterranean world. Many of them are encaustic mummy paintings which have a weird alive-but-ghostly quality to them. (Snaffled from David Meadows’ Rogue … Continue reading →

Things from my evening ride on the bike trail. 1.) I raced a bunny. Everything was fine, until my shadow fell across it. Then it seemed to mutter the bunny-equivalent of “OMFG!” and took a sharp right turn into a … Continue reading →