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Hearing Joanna Russ say she’d discovered Buffy.

Jenn sends me a link like this.

Made it back to Chicago after a really great con. My ankles are a bit swollen, my feet look fat, I’m a little sleep deprived, but otherwise I’m doing well. Lots to say. More later, when I’ve gotten some sleep.

Me, Jenn and Patrick are off to Wiscon tomorrow. Here’s the final schedule for the panels I’ll be on. My sugars are still settling out low, so little to no alcohol for me, sadly. Dammit, I wanted my Wiscon beer… Hope to see you all there! Swing by after and say hello. We’re all staying

…was my blood count this morning, which is dangerously low. Not enough rice last night. This balancing act is a funny thing. Drinking some OJ and scarfing toast to even me out before breakfast. How strange, to have a body that’s totally broken.

I haven’t been 176 lbs since I was 14. Until today, that is. Everybody has a favorite horror novel, one that just cuts right to the bone. Mine is Stephen King’s, Thinner. I had my first follow-up appointment today. My doctor, Dr. S, says my sugar levels look good. He’s concerned about the numbness in

I’ve got a free last-minute Wiscon Membership – a buddy of mine who was going to go can’t make it. First person to email kameron_hurley AT hotmail.com gets it (please only ask for this if you can make it last minute to Wiscon!). I’ll be in Madison around 1 or 2pm on Friday and can

“I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamour, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat.” Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), Marlow, in Heart of Darkness (1902). (thanks,

Well, I managed to get out here and clock in… an hour. I’m now tired and going home. I have the rest of the week off – working from home on Thursday. Gonna blow this popsicle stand.