Well, it was a gallant try but I didn’t make it. I had two goals: Spin every day Spin up one pound of green variegated top I spent most of one evening getting the wheel set up and ready to spin. Had several problems getting the tension right. I managed to spin up a full […]
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NASA has opened it’s Space Imagery Library to the general public. This screen shot (I clipped a lot of the middle of the image where there was no information for this photo) shows that there are collections of images of the Universe, the Solar System, Earth, and the Astronauts. There also some workspace and software […]
You know what I hate most about migraines? No one can tell you’re having one. Well there’s the lack of concentration, the misuse of words (Hyperion’s going to proof this for me), the fact that I can’t seem to keep one thought in my head for more than half-a-minute before it falls out the ear […]
Emily Albright seems to be having a bit of a problem finding her perfect mate. From the sample date the reader experiences with Emily, it would seem that either the barrel is nearly empty and these are the dregs, or New York City has very slim pickings indeed. Running an independent bookstore, having a good […]
This morning I was reading during the rain storm and heard a loud crack sound–didn’t think anything more about it because after I got up and started moving around, I didn’t see anything. The poison ivy never really went away and so today I had another Dr.’s appointment. Paul came home to pick me up […]
[Note: We didn’t get in until 3:30 am Monday morning so things were a bit strange today catching up and getting our mail from the post office, unpacking, and not having anywhere near enough spoons to last the day–so this post is a bit late.] We need to check out today before the convention ends […]
A great way to start the day, we overslept. We didn’t manage to get down to the Dealers’ Room until almost 11am. It opened at 10am. I missed a panel that I was really looking forward to at 10 also. Oh, well it happens and we really, really, needed the sleep. (My poison ivy is […]
Today is the first full day of programming. So, here we go…. 11 am Over the Hills in Farah’s Way: Four Categories of Fantasy: Gregory Frost (L), Ellen Asher, Greer Gilman, Sarah Micklem, John Clute. Every Readercon attendee is urged to pick up and devour a copy of Farah Mendlesohn’s Rhetoric of Fantasy, in which […]