Very large. I suspect I had some memory of Vance’s “Big Planet” in the back of my mind (waaaay in the back: it must be twenty-five or thirty years since…
— the latest excerpt from Wizard’s Holiday is up now at the YW site.
Oh well. First of all, it was cloudy. Secondly, I slept in. We were out last night with friends Pádraig and Deirdre and James, having sushi at Aya, and while…
Here’s the local eclipse path, for those who may be interested. Specific circumstances for the UK and Ireland are here on Fred Espenak’s eclipse page for NASA.
And a slightly weird one. The best details (as usual) are on Fred Espenak’s Eclipse Page at NASA. (But see also Mr.Eclipse.com for other useful info.) (The image to the…
I desperately hope there’s something i’m missing about this. “[Nicholas] Cage will play an archaeologist-historian who is the eighth generation of his family to believe the country’s founding fathers drew…
I like these: Bad, web-generated fortune cookies. My first one said, “If you do something right the first time, no one will appreciate how hard it was.”
Wizard’s Holiday has gone to the publisher (and not before time). It’s not perfect yet, not by a long shot, but that’ll be sorted out (insofar as perfection is possible…
From Thudfactor.
These folks have cuddly cold viruses (see the rhinovirus at right), cuddly flu viruses, fluffy Streptococci, fuzzy Shigellae… Gotta catch ’em all. 🙂
Here’s something amusing: do-it-yourself custom quizzes a la “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”. One of the users on the “Young Wizards” discussion forums forums built a quiz for the…
A great shot of Earth from Mars. And the Moon, too! (Thank you, Mars Global Surveyor…)
They’ve found another ancient burial (six bodies this time, most unusual) near the site where the “Amesbury Archer” was found, a few miles from Stonehenge. The Archer himself came from…
Okay, about a minute. I desperately hope that this article in the NYT food section isn’t premium content. This fried chicken technique works. The rules seem to be: (a) good…
This man is one of my heroes. This nice posting from eGullet.com tells about him. (I have a couple of his books, too.)
I’m deep in work on Wizard’s Holiday, and probably won’t have any time to spare for extracurricular activities until this time next week. Just so those who are curious should…
Off to the Continent to take care of some business: back shortly. (Peter’s staying home, so there’ll be somoene to put sunblock on the cat’s ears.)
…and now I can spend even less time thinking about it, now that I know where to find the Postmodernism Generator! (Thanks to Cinderella Bloggerfeller for the link.)
Anybody else just see “The Day that Britain Stopped”? Wow. Wow. Wow. PBS viewers in the US, if you’re lucky, you may get it too. The problems of UK transport…
My back is killing me today: so not much blogging. Here, look at this instead. (Warning: adult language.) (Yes, I have my eye on a new chair. Probably this one.…
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by Diane
A long busy day at the computer, working on Wizard’s Holiday. But it was punctuated by a couple of cases of the Universe repeating itself. (1) I’m finishing up a…
The Main Concourse of Grand Central as seen from the Metrazur restaurant at the east end of Grand Central. It’s a shame the flag blocks the view of the single…
Interesting: “The granddaughter of Winnie the Pooh creator A.A. Milne had sued to regain the rights to the honey-addicted bear, which she planned to sign over to the Walt Disney…
Yes, it’s that time of year again. As the days get longer and the Sun slides toward the Solstice, most mornings we have to catch the Cat Goodman and put…