In July of 2003 I was called to LA to do some rewrite work on Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (also known as Kingdom in Twilight, Sword of Xanten, Die Nibelungen, Ring of the Nibelungs, The Ring, and about every other name you can think of during its developmental period). There’s not much to say […]

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Hikes in the Hollywood Hills: Paris for kids
(Though, frankly, I wouldn’t need a kid to be interested in doing most of the things in the second article.)

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I have no trouble going to sleep in lighted places if I’m tired enough, but for best results, P. needs it dark This looks like a useful answer: a Lights Out Sleep Mask. “It blocks out stray lightbeams that leak through those crappy free masks; it has an adjustable velcro strap; and the molded […]

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iPass Inc. and Nokia Enterprise Solutions today announced they are developing iPass wireless connectivity software for the Nokia 9500, the Nokia 9300i and the Nokia Eseries devices. Based on the award-winning iPassConnect(TM) universal client, this software will extend availability of the iPass secure remote access service to users of Nokia Business devices.
This is super. For […]

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And not just Holland, either (because I’m heading to Utrecht in a couple of weeks). There is more than one region included in The Netherlands, you know? Holland is just one of the regions: calling the nation “Holland” is like calling all of New England “Rhode Island.”
…Though it seems that the fact may possibly […]

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Last year I went to the mountains to write, and it snowed for nearly a week without stopping. I said to Peter, “This year I’ll go somewhere it won’t snow.” (And somewhere, I thought to myself, where I won’t fall down and nearly break my foot.) Brugge…Bruges seemed safe enough.
Hah.
It’s been snowing fairly […]

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In Toronto now. I have one more function, tomorrow, and then I’m free! Free! And I’ll see Peter within the next 36 hours….
Meanwhile, a happy hour (hmm, a Happy Hour?) with the noble and excellent Accordion Guy. (aka “When Bloggers Meet: Part 1″). Fortunately the post-7 PM meeting with […]

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So…back home once more.
As we left LA, Peter gave up the silver rental Jag with some regret and considerable affection. He’d always wanted to drive one: now he’s had his chance (and interestingly still holds that the Mercedes we rented to do some errands in a few months ago was a nicer car). […]

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So the convention went brilliantly, which I rather expected: hard to see so many familiar faces in a favorite place without this being the case. Much fun, a turn or two in the pool and the hot tub, a lot of visits to TGI Friday’s. Lots of fun. (Though I’m left […]

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A couple of days in Minneapolis now, and getting somewhat grounded (and as usual on one of these trips, as soon as we get that way, it’ll be time to leave).
The convention looks strangely familiar (no surprise, since this is the same hotel as was home to previous Minicons we’ve attended). A lot of […]

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So here we are in Minneapolis, after spending a few days in New York, visiting various friends there, and rediscovering, big time, what air conditioning is for. I had also forgotten about the THI or temperature-humidity index, and had to explain it to Peter. “You don’t have to explain it to me,” […]

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Life at the moment has been reduced to ironing and packing. And more ironing, and more packing. It’s a little easier than usual at the moment because of something Peter bought last week: the Iron of Doom — one of those super-irons with a separate tank that feeds superheated steam up to the iron […]

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