When I got home today I had issue #221 (June 2008) of the SFWA Forum waiting for me. The Nebula Awards report is included in these issues and I always skim through that section. So I’m skimming the section on Novelettes and whose name and story should I see but my own! That’s right, there…
Busy days, both. I was very productive at work the last few days, making good progress on two separate projects. Yesterday, I also managed to make huge amounts of headway on move-related stuff, canceling services at the old house, changing addresses with most of the companies I deal with (and even requesting a new certificate…
Here is something I’ve noticed recently in light of the salmonella problems with tomatoes: Many restaurants and fast food chains are temporarily not serving tomatoes to keep their consumers safe. Nice of them. But they haven’t altered the price of the food to reflect the lack of tomatoes. This may not seem like a big…
It has felt like a Monday all day today. I was up at 6 AM and into the office just after 7. I spent the first three hours or so working on some bug fixes, and the rest of the day was spent on reports. I’m starting to get the hang of SRSS. We had…
I took a sick day today in order to fit in doctors appointments and stuff like that. I worked from home in between. Incidentally, it was one year ago today that I began my month-long vacation, most of which was spent in Europe. I had a physical today and the news was good: I am…
We slept in. Well, I slept in. Kelly was up at 6:30 in the morning. I get this from her, I don’t remember it. She got hungry and had some toast, and then browsed online for a while before going back to sleep. We finally got up sometime around 9:30. I, for one, slept great.…
We were up fairly early on Saturday and were on the road just after 9 AM. We drove to Tyson’s Corner in order to go to Macy’s to do some in-person registering for the wedding. Macy’s opened at 10 AM and we arrived 15 minutes later. They gave Kelly a “scanner” gun, and armed with…
I’m 135 pages into The Language Instinct and it is utterly fascinating. The general premise is that humans have an innate ability for language, an internally generated grammar that is entirely separate from words. And yet, while I find myself fascinated, I also find myself at the edge of comprehension. The chapter on syntax was…
We move to our new place on July 26 so we are officially one month and counting from the big move. There is a lot going on between now and then. Aside from continuing to pack and continuing with wedding-related tasks: We are going to see Dave Matthews in concert on Saturday We have a…
Yesterday evening, Kelly and I drove up to some private gardens in Baltimore for an engagement photo shoot with our wedding photographer. The shoot was a lot of fun. The quality of the sunlight was apparently perfect. The shoot lasted just over half an hour and I gained a solid appreciation of those people who…