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I walked over to the grocery store tonight through a pleasant dusting of new snow. On my way back I was crossing through a parking lot when I realized the random scrapings of fresh-fallen snow under my feet weren’t random … Continue reading →

For years I was sure I couldn’t write flashfic. In fact, if a story clocks in at less than 5000 words I usually feel it might be too short. But recently something snapped and I’ve not only been writing flashfic … Continue reading →

Because they had words like ἀιγίλιψ “destitute even of goats.” (I just ran across this word in Homer.) What makes it even better somehow is that it rhymes with “chicken-lips.” My favorite Greek verb is also somewhat zoological: βοόω “to … Continue reading →

I make one tiny little joke about preventable death, and then I nearly experience one… I was cycling in to my first class this morning when I was nearly run down by a young motorist who was wisely watching for … Continue reading →

The US now leads the industrialized world in deaths preventable by health care. (Seen at Paul Krugman’s NYT blog.)

What Cthulhu Means You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily. You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind. A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in … Continue reading →

A lateish Merry Christmas (or Newtonmass, or Tuesday, or whatever you prefer) to you and yours.

St. Lucy’s Day doesn’t coincide with the solstice anymore. But this is the poem I’m always thinking about at this time of year. A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy’s Day, Being the Shortest Day by John Donne ‘Tis the year’s midnight, … Continue reading →

Here’s a nifty post on slushpile clichés by ann_leckie (seen via buymeaclue). And Mithraists should not miss her post with the origami tauroctony.

Actually the barrels are full of water. But one of them serves as a candle-stand, so… My story “The Red Worm’s Way”–one of my personal favorites, as it shows Morlock at his surliest and drunkest–has been sold to Flashing Swords. … Continue reading →