• No writing today

    25 Feb 2006 » 1 min read about Reading & Books

    I didn’t get any writing done today, but I did get started on Gotham, which is as good as I remember it on the first try. I do plan on writing this weekend, finishing up the first draft of “The Graveyard Shift”. I also plan on reading Bill Shunn’s novella “Incliniation” in the April/May Asimov’s.…

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  • Banana Split

    24 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    So here I am, at work, getting ready to go into a meeting where everyone will have to watch me work my way through this massive, three-scoop, chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice-cream with everything-on-it banana split from Haagen Dazs. A great way to relax on a Friday.

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  • 80 pushups

    24 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    I’m up to 80 pushups as of tonight. I did 3 sets: 40/30/10. Ten more nights and I’ll be at my full three sets of 90 (40/30/20). Once there, I’ll probably start adding in more weights during the week. And at some point, some cardio.

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  • Gotham: Take Two

    24 Feb 2006 » 1 min read about Reading & Books

    I’m going to try and finish up It’s Superman this evening after I get out of the shower. If I do end up finishing it, then the next book on the list is Gotham: A History of New York City Through 1898. This is a 1,200 page, 800,000 word book that I tried reading back…

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  • Writing — getting close to the end of the story

    24 Feb 2006 » 1 min read about Writing & Publishing

    I just did another 1,650 words of “The Graveyard Shift”, covering three more parts, through part 13. The parts are getting shorter because the pace of the story is now picking up. I think I will end up finishing the story this weekend and it will end up somewhere right around 15,000 words, like I…

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  • April/May Asimov’s

    23 Feb 2006 » 1 min read about Science Fiction

    The April/May double-issue of Asimov’s arrived today with a new novella by William Shunn. Looking forward to starting that tomorrow evening.

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  • Philosophical question

    23 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    Of all of the people listening to music in the world at this very moment, is it possible that one person is listening to something at this moment that no one else in the world is listening to? I wonder.

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  • Voicemail experiment over

    23 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    I changed my outgoing voicemail message back to normal this evening. Strangest thing, but it seemed to confuse people for some reason. Go figure. I stayed at work later than usual today and didn’t do any writing this evening. I was going to try and read more of It’s Superman! and maybe finish it up…

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  • Rain or snow?

    22 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    When I headed into work this morning, it felt pretty warm out (no ice on the car, etc), and was overcast. Later on this morning, I looked out my office window to see that it was raining. Now, just a few minutes ago, I looked out another window and it was snowing! That snow has…

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  • 2 sets of pushups tonight

    22 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    I just did two full sets of pushups 40/30 which now brings me to 70 total. Tomorrow I’ll begin on the third set with the ultimate goal of doing 40/30/20. I also squeezed in 20 crunches, for what they are worth. My weight is still steady at 64 kg.

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