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Announcements, new editions, travel, diving, cooking and the working life of a novelist — 187 entries, all of them here in full.
October 25, 2007 · 66 words
Running, Jumping, Smashing the Mall
Not much time for posting today, so I thought I might link to another cool parkour video. And then I thought, hey, why not link to the the guy who really invented this stuff? Doing not only le parkour, but kung fu.Co-starring Brigitte Lin as the Woman Treated Like a Sack of Potatoes, and Maggie […]
Read entry →October 23, 2007 · 48 words
Rewired
Just got my copy of Rewired: the Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, edited by Jim Kelly and John Kessel. My own story “Daddy’s World” is featured, along with stories by Pat Cadigan, Charles Stross, Bruce Sterling, William Gibson, Paul Di Filippo, and Many More. I recommend it to your attention.
Read entry →October 23, 2007 · 980 words
2.4 Meters
This is Part II of my adventures, crashing the homecoming of a university that I never actually attended.After visiting EMRTC, we attended a backyard picnic for alumni, and I was treated to my second chuckwagon BBQ dinner in a week— naturally, with all the trimmins. I did my best to find millionaire alumni in the
Read entry →October 22, 2007 · 738 words
Big Bangs
At present my life seems to be interesting, but only when it’s October. This was my fourth weekend in a row doing something different and engaging. This last weekend was the homecoming celebration for the New Mexico Instute of Mining and Technology, where Kathy works. This celebration is known as “Forty-Niners,” a name
Read entry →October 20, 2007 · 234 words
David Milch School of Screenwriting
Apropos our earlier discussions, it’s the David Milch School of Screenwriting.“Hi there. I’m David fucking Milch. You may remember me as the creative tour-de-force behind Deadwood, a critically acclaimed HBO series that ended prematurely so that I could launch John From Cincinnati. Some people say that was like ending
Read entry →October 19, 2007 · 306 words
Pumpkin Time
Scott and Pat gave us some lovely homegrown pumpkins, so clearly it was time to make Chef Francoise’s Creole Pumpkin Soup. Elsewhere on this blog I have detailed my adventures with Chef Francoise and her husband, Baron le Vison. The Creole Pumpkin Soup was, at least on odd-numbered days, my favorite thing at the Courty
Read entry →October 17, 2007 · 584 words
Watch the Skies!
Saturday night was spent at the Enchanted Skies Star Party. Traditionally this has been held at a nearly-inaccessible ranch in the Magdalena mountains, but this latest was held at the Camino Real Heritage Center, a remote state monument. I was able to drive to it in my car rather than having to take a shuttle […
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