Foter Crossposted to the Deadline Dames. Yes, of course. Your ebook is reading you. When you’re reading an ebook, every move you make can be tracked–and probably is. Set aside how skeezy it is to have your reading habits suddenly fodder for advertisers’ consumption; what I want to talk about is a passage near the [...]
“We hope, we despair.” Both are human. It’s the sterile wasteland between them that kills. Also, making a book is a long, complicated process. Writing is merely the first stumbling step. (But that first one’s a lulu.) The most interesting bit of the Random House video for me was hearing the editors talk about how [...]
ViaMoi / Foter Sometimes people teach you things about yourself. It’s never comfortable, because they show you things you don’t want to see. Frex, I pride myself on observing people. I am rather insufferable in my belief that I can observe and guess, or predict, especially those close to me. It’s one of the things [...]
Aih. / Foter Cake. Presents. Parties. What’s not to love? A lot, actually. But it’s not what you think. I don’t mind getting older. The more of the temporal stream I have tucked under my belt, the better I feel. For one thing, I have my own car and bank account now. Which means I [...]
Felice Beato / Foter Soldiers; she was a warrior, and the next few minutes would show the difference. –Saber and Shadow You know, I’d really go for hallucinogens if I hadn’t figured out how to jigger my brain chemistry into providing Technicolor narratives almost at will. Oh, sure, there are downsides–for example, dreaming in very [...]
.craig / Foter I suppose it’s odd for a dyed-in-the-wool pagan heathen such as myself to read Slacktivist so closely. But I have to admit, he appears to be of my party without knowing it–or, just maybe, I’m of his without knowing it either. Either way, I’d like to knock back a glass or two [...]
Sushicam / Foter Spring Break. That magical week, during which the kids are out of school…and I work, as usual. It’s good having them home. I miss the monsters when they’re at school all day. Plus it’s fun to see them relax and expand into free time, goofing off like kids are supposed to do. [...]
R Scott Photography /Stock Photos Snow in the middle of March. Across the street, the neighbors have a snowman listing contentedly to the side, a scarf wrapped tightly around his neck. The plum tree out back has just begun to flower, so there are little pink flashes under a blanket of white. Every time the [...]
Am home in a house full of flu and stomach flu this morning, so…yeah. This is just going to be a drive-by post. But a useful one. Captain Awkward this morning had a question: Why don’t our jerkbrains understand that the reward for staying in a terrible job is More Bad Job? (CAwkward) Which made [...]
So, 2011. You’re headed out, no time for a chat? That’s okay. *points at chair* Sit down, this won’t take long. You think that’s a request? It’s not. Sit down. Thanks. You were better than 2010 by a long shot, but that’s not really a compliment, is it. 2010 sucked so hard for me, you [...]