Out of Ambit
eBay stuff
Something a bit special on eBay: George Burns’s opera scarf
A present to him from Gracie Allen… [tags]George Burns, Gracie Allen, eBay, Hermes[/tags]
Cleaning out the storage: manuscripts, etc, going up on eBay
Before going to the Discworld convention in Leicestershire the week before last, Peter and I had to stop by the storage where we keep various books, authors’ copies and other stuff that there’s no room for in our house (we were hunting for a specific Terry Pratchett book for the charity auction at the convention). [...]
What I always suspected
nk(t+1) — nk(t) = w(k-1)(t)*n(k-1)(t) — wk(t)*nk(t) + sigma(k,1)*u(t) Or in other words: Sniping is the best way to win on eBay. [tags]eBay, sniping[/tags]
Attn DD eBay store buyers: postal dispute has delayed shipments
I’ll be e-mailing everybody about this over the course of the day, but I just wanted to put a note here, since a lot of people seem to read the weblog. Just so you know — there is a postal dispute going on in Northern Ireland that is affecting shipments of stuff from my eBay [...]
Sick cat week
(sigh) That graphic over there (which occurred to me very early this morning) is the only worthwhile thing I’ve gotten done today. Everything else has been about sick cats. If you’re not a cat person, or feeling sympathetic, skip this blog entry…. Goodman — the all-white cat and the middle-ranked of our three males — [...]
About the blogger
30+ years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Also: the Young Wizards series, 1983-2010 and beyond.
That said, sometimes I want to talk about anything but writing. This is one place where that happens.
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