Well, uh, at least he reviewed it: “This book shows every sign of being a hasty first draft; it does its author no credit at all and is a significant disappointment.” Eeeek. For the record, I actually do enjoy Adam Roberts’ work in a purely entertaining way. I do, however, like Priest’s work far more. […]
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Back from Vegas. Had a great time catching up with my writing buddies, most of whom I hadn’t seen in several years. The funny thing about meeting back up with people in person who you talk to all the time online via e-mail and messageboards is that you’ve already caught up on the smalltalk by
Just about to head to Vegas, and stumbled on a “breaking news” headline at CNN. Federal judge finds Partial Birth Abortion Act unconstitutional. Details soon. YEEEESSSSS!
So, it turned out a couple people didn’t show for our corporate golf outing, so I got shut out of chauffering the boys around in the Beer Cart – fine with me. I hung out at Borders for a couple hours, then met up with the Boys at the steakhouse. The Boys arrived an hour
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Yellow just took off for the day (it’s, um, 10:30am). I love working for these guys. Anyway, I’ve got about 3 short stories I need to finish up and get out Cheira-Cheira, Heros, and Locust Dreams – today’s gotta be a pure working day. So, for your amusement: I’ve finally picked up Nick Mamatas’ book,
I live with a lot of plants. I managed to kill about four batches of basil and cilantro through lack of light before I got a potting table and tossed it out on the enclosed balcony at the back of the house. This’ll be fine until, say, late September, when I’ll need to buy a
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I think that what I like best about trolling through strangers’ blogs is that you get these really random snapshots of people’s lives: Are You A Zombie?
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My buddy Jeff was nice enough to give me permission to include his comments on my recent “Worklife” rant. He says: …I don’t think that the remaking selves for the opposite gender thing is as one-sided as you describe. Plenty of women talk quite brazenly about ideal men, and I think perhaps the most universal
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Had a great boxing class tonight. I had to wade through two months worth of classes and snag a yellow belt before Coach Fernando appeared to take me seriously, but hey… Coach made a point of partnering me with a great mitt partner tonight, Ray*, who’s one of the two great female boxers I’d been