Expiration Date

March 24, 2010

Five years ago today, I was undergoing surgery for a burst appendix and a necrotic gall bladder. I’ve exceeded my expiration date by five years!

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Glory Fadeth Not

March 24, 2010

My story “Abrizonde,” from the Songs From the Dying Earth collection edited by Gardner Dozois and George RR Martin, is on the long list for a British Fantasy Award. As are two more stories from the collection, and the collection itself. Mind you, this is a long list, and it will grow shorter in time. […]

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Tech . . . Tech . . . Tech

March 23, 2010

(Yeah, that title dates me, doesn’t it? Nothing says senile like referencing an obscure Jim Brown movie that has nothing to do with the ostensible topic. Yet here we go, maundering on . . . )I spent part of last week at the World’s Best Technology expo in Arlington, TX. Each morning I woke up […]

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The Pleasing Day

March 23, 2010

Today had a refreshing sense of normality to it, which so many of them don’t nowadays. I rose, exercised, showered, ate lunch, went shopping. Then I spent several hours spraying weed killer about the property— I’ve been overrun with something called “London rocket,” which is a kind of mustardlike plant with a yellow flower, not […]

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Taos Toolbox 2010

March 16, 2010

To my astonishment, there are still places available at Taos Toolbox, a master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy, June 6-19, 2010. Teaching will be Nancy Kress, Carrie Vaughn, and my ownself. My surprise, however, is your opportunity! Apply at once, so as not to miss out!

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WBT 2010

March 16, 2010

I’m off to World’s Best Technology Showcase 2010, in lovely Arlington, TX. My panel is 5pm on Wednesday, for anyone interested in hearing my pearls of wisdom.

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Reviews Too Brief: In the Loop

March 16, 2010

Okay, so I saw In the Loop and I’d like to spend a lot of words explaining how good it was, but I can’t because I’m leaving town and haven’t yet done my laundry. It’s a British political satire about the spin-up to a familiar-sounding war, and it plays like a combination of Dr. Strangelove, […]

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The Big Boys

March 15, 2010

So who are the big boys in our universe? Who can push our weeny little world around and give it a swirly? For the answer, check out the video. [via Gardner]

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Back To the Fifties!

March 15, 2010

I remember when an acquaintance of mine was working as a substitute teacher, and was trying to find something for her grade school class to do. So she— the product of a typical American nuclear family— decided that they were going to play “house.” She figured that they would play members of a nuclear family, […]

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. . . Than A Doornail

March 12, 2010

Why satire is dead, Example #3058. [via Jay]

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