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…

[tags]Pluto, planet[/tags]

So, something like a return to normal procedures around here…but not for long. First thing: Peter’s mum is OK. But she’s about to turn 90:  and when her health suddenly…

Friends, The manuscript on auction as eBay item 120021469694 is The Door into SHADOW. NOT The Door into Fire, which got typed in somehow. If necessary, I’ll restart the auction.…

We have friends coming over to house-sit for us during the Worldcon convention period, and while I was helping Peter tidy up the house, I stumbled upon something unusual, which…

Via the inimitable Paul Dini: the Cow Cow Boogie. 

Here’s the roundup at BoingBoing. Succinctly titled: “Not guilty, just inconveniently brown.” [tags]cellphones, security[/tags]

— was my response when I woke up this morning to hear our old buddy David Moore from Astronomy Ireland on RTÉ’s morning news show, talking about a story that…

Just (via Blog of a Bookslut: thanks, Jessa — ) came across this Telegraph article about — let’s call it what it is — signing envy. An ugly thing, especially…

What Justice League Member (Male) Would You Marry? created with QuizFarm.com (snort) [tags]Green Lantern, Justice League, quiz[/tags]

Just a note in passing: Ed Benes has some handsome character art up on his website. (At least one drawing suggests strongly that the answer to “Does Raven ever get…

For those of you who’ve been asking: here’s what I’m doing at LACon. (For Peter’s schedule, you should go check his LiveJournal later today: he’ll be putting his details up…

Fascinating. But is this just profiling gone askew? In this climate, you have to wonder… (See also this news story for more info.) [tags]cellphone, mobile[/tags]

The Independent has turned Comet Swift-Tuttle into Comet Swift-Turtle. Twice. (Not only a typo, but an oxymoron…! Nice going, guys and gals.) Oh well. Hope it clears up a little…

I mean, we’ve had a fair number of cellphones in and out of the house over the last few years. But who buys six hundred of them in a matter…

Too cool. [tags]physics, monopole, inflation theory, Higgs field, new universe, baby universe[/tags]

Star Trek motivational posters. [tags]Star Trek, motivational, poster[/tags]

Not my concern, as it happens. I don’t mind checking the shower scrub and perfume and so on when I travel, and I don’t usually bring drinks on the plane.…

Via Camwyn:  I say we fly naked!

…The trouble is, this report is all too believable. Still, I pray that This Cup May Pass and that the script for the new Green Lantern movie… …will not involve…

The branch of Domino’s Pizza in Tallaght, Co. Dublin, sells more pizzas than any other Domino’s branch on Earth. (And this in a city which contains both the Gotham Cafe…

I guess it had to happen. ‘Harry Potter gay porn,’ she corrects me. ‘We write it. It’s called slash fiction. You take the characters and you imagine them in different…

“This novel rated PG-15 for mature themes, language (Romansch), and the reinvention of democracy” (heh heh)

For a while now, we’ve been offering the first “Raetian Tales” book, A Wind from the South, as a downloadable e-book via the book’s web page. Now, though, after a…