So the mail arrives. Credit card bill, junk mail, satellite viewing card. And this: “The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation …congratulates you on the selection of your Young…
It’s what submarine crews do. One shift rolls out of the bunks, gets dressed, goes to work: the other shift goes off work, undresses, falls into bunks still warm from…
The tree in the image to the left was just bare branches yesterday…or so it seemed. This morning I looked out the window and found it all covered with that…
Every now and then I come back to Joseph Brennan’s Abandoned Stations site to see what’s new. Particularly of interest to SYWTBAW readers will be the page that deals with…
Up at 6 AM, as is more or less usual for me (a) at this time of year, and (b) when the work schedule is like it is at the…
…since almost certainly I know some of these people. “European animators gathered in the historical German city of Erfurt April 24 – 26 for the latest Cartoon Masters meeting to…
Or the Spike on the Pike, as some call it. (And I’m amused to see from the filename of the image to the right that at least one Web designer…
My log files tell me that people have been wandering in here looking for news on some very delayed projects (at the moment, most specifically Rihannsu: The Empty Chair). And…
“The Savoy cinema in Dublin has dismantled a device it used to scramble mobile-phone signals, following an intervention by the Commission for Communications Regulation.” (Note: this link might be inaccessible…
The effect of the Gulf Stream on Ireland’s climate came up (it keeps winters mild enough, by and large, for palm trees and various other subtropicals to grow successfully). Here…
Oh heck, why not confess? I love catching someone reading one of my books. On a plane, or in a subway train, or wherever. I sit there and practically twitch…
“Antiques dealer Mr Roberts, 35, and heating system designer Mr Gibbons, 21, were inspired to tackle the mountain with their washing after a friend dared them to do it. “Mr…
From the BBC: “Tests have been carried out on ground penetrating missiles using ‘bunker buster’ technology that could be fired into the depths of dark lunar craters to look for…
“A judge has ordered a US school district to put Harry Potter back on library shelves after rejecting arguments that it encouraged witchcraft.” Also: Forty German authors are hoping to…
(Brief echoes of Monty Python: “There’s a dead bishop on the landing!” “Wot’s ‘is diocese?”) …Anyway, I think I know where to lay the blame for this. The Cat Goodman…
One of the members of the Youngwizards.net discussion forum (thanks, Jaru!) posted this, which an aunt who’s a librarian sent to Jaru’s mom (also a librarian)… SELF-TEST FOR LITERATURE ABUSERS…
“Instead of congregating at conventions, book fairs and on the Internet, science fiction fans will get their own shrine dedicated to the art, literature and film of science entertainment, courtesy…
Here’s a good example of the kind of news story which, had we not been in the aftermath of a war, would seem absolutely huge. “The authorities in the breakaway…
Even a battle between Galactus and Thanos the Titan couldn’t get nastier than this grudgematch will, I bet. “On Monday, a state court judge lifted the seal to reveal a…
I was taking a break from writing, and having a look at Holly Lisle’s website, and (via its sidebar) wandered into “Gorok and Wulf Host a Blog.” And reading it…
“Hundreds of gladiators sporting chain-mail, wolf-skins and swinging grappling nets marched by the ruins of ancient Rome on Monday in a birthday celebration for the city, which legend says was…
Via Gibberfish: Just a face to play with while you think. Or don’t think…
While hunting up a detail for Wizard’s Holiday, I ran across something really useful: plan views of the Milky Way galaxy, derived from data from the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey…
This is a matter of such frustration for me that it routinely makes me walk around and kick things. Nice to see it bothers someone else too. (mutter, mutter) PS:…