June 2005

Ah, fat prejudice: the last one that’s still PC. “…fat people just don’t work as hard or produce as much. I’ll never hire a fat person, and I’ll never say that for attribution. Whether true or not for the overweight population as a whole, I can’t say, but it sure is my experience, and I […]

… flipping to the History Channel and seeing Terrence Cole, the head of the U of Alaska Fairbanks history department, talking about the discovery of Kayak Island. Sometimes I forgot what a cool education I had.

Screw all this wishy-washy feel-good emotion-character bullshit. SF writers need to blow more shit up.

Considering that the first draft of this book was just over 200K, I find it incredibly admirable that I’m getting it down to 140K. This is going to be the leanest fantasy epic ever. Trust me. Have I mentioned recently how great it is to have a job with long down periods where I can

“I found these stamps as a child, and I have been waiting all my life to have someone to send them to. I never did have someone.”

It’s another beautiful day in Chicago-towne.

No shit. I’d like them to replicate this with a bigger sample, though – and include men. What’s up with all these fucking “weight loss” studies if the “obesity epidemic” has to do with *all* Americans? Ah, that’s right, because women are still targeted more than men. Evil Womanly Fat Takes Up Too Much Space