There are days when it seems that no matter how fast I run around or do things that the number of things that still need to be done just keeps growing faster than I can take care of them. It’s like being in one of those nightmare hallways where you need to get to the […]
Just today the last fiddlybits on the new Capclave 2010 website got finished up and the site is live. We even have a registration link so you can sign up for the convention on line. The Guests of Honor for Capclave, which will be held October 22-24th, 2010 at the Rockville Hilton (1750 Rockville Pike, […]
My browser is set to refdesk.com as my home page and today’s quote of the day was by President Theodore Roosevelt: “A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than […]
A while back I stumbled across the fact that Jen Yates was on a book tour for her book, Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong. Then I noticed that one of the stops on the tour was in Bethesda, Maryland. I marked my calendar. I’ve enjoyed the Cake Wrecks blog since I stumbled […]
The flight home from San Jose was much nicer than the one going to San Jose. For one things the flight home didn’t have two screaming babies. I really wish there was some no-fail method of seeing that babies didn’t have to suffer from blocked ears. I understand the crying and feel so sorry for […]
Just got back from the banquet and World Fantasy Award Ceremony. Winners in BOLD: Best Novel: This category had a tie. The House of the Stag, Kage Baker (Tor) The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (Morrow) The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HaperCollins; Bloomsbury) Pandemonium, Daryl Gregory (Del Rey) Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin; Knopf) […]