Capclave is the annual convention put on by WSFA (Washington Science Fiction Association) in October. In 2009, the Capclave Chair is Bill Lawhorn. The convention will be held 16-18 October 2009 with Guests of Honor Harry Turtledove and Sheila Williams. The convention will be held in the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville, Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville […]
Maybe it could be a song, I haven’t slept much in during the last two nights. I spend time in bed, but just don’t manage to drop down deep enough in sleep to dream. I toss and turn and turn and toss and finally get up and read or watch something. Sometimes I really wish […]
I’m probably one of the last people to get to see Hancock. We watched it as a play now on Netflix. I can’t comment on the clarity of the sound or the picture — remember Netflix insists that you use IE to watch their movies and there’s very little control on the viewer’s side (personally, […]
I read the reports about how awful piracy is for the the artists who create the intellectual properties that are downloaded or copied. Then there’s the “Don’t steal our property” commercials and the lawsuits by RIAA and MPAA and similar or related international agencies. However, I’ve long suspected the numbers that these groups float around […]
We live up a dirt road. It’s not bad, it’s hard packed and not too filled with dips and holes. However, the driveway off the dirt road to the house is another matter all together. Part of it is okay but other sections look and act great during sunny and cold — rain is another […]
Lavishly and lovingly illustrated with characters and other bits from the operas of Gibert & Sullivan, the story centers on the argument that these two great men had over artistic differences. Sullivan wanted to write a great opera and Gilbert wanted to entertain. This breach in their partnership caused the two men to stop speaking […]
This month’s cup has the simple clean lines that I like. I bought this on super sale in Home Goods but I almost think it was one of the cups that Starbucks had for sale last winter. It just seemed that since June, for many people, is summertime, it might be nice to have a […]
There’s still a couple of tiny things to do but basically the content is in and the magazines are live — and on our new host/servers. Hurrah for our side. Of course, teeny tiny hiccups in the code having been showing up since everything upgraded and some of the code was pretty old and not […]