When I started my car at the metro station this evening, the Service Engine Soon light came on. This is the second time I can recall seeing this light in the 12 years that I’ve had the car. There is no noticeable problem–no strange noise or behavior. It’s even possible that there is a malfunction…
I’ve spend the last couple of nights revamping my website and my reading list pages. They are finally at a point where I have once again made them public. So what has changed? Website Transformed to simple HTML Reorganized content Brought content up-to-date Reading List Complete rewrite using PHP and MySQL Simple HTML Dynamic queries…
I’m not complaining about the thinness of the walls in my office at work. At least I have an office (and a nice one at that). But sometimes, it borders on silly. Thus, the following from 2 minutes ago: Me (typing away on my computer): , , . Phone rings. Me: This is Jamie. Todd…
A big happy birthday goes out to Dan today! One of my few friends who is actually older than me (though only by about a month). Happy birthday, buddy. I hope you can manage to get in some good surfing today!
Yesterday, we spent the afternoon with AJ and Denisse. We went into Georgetown for a late lunch at an Indian food place. In fact, we got in just before they closed the kitchen, but the food was outstanding. We lingered over the meal for a while and the folks in the restaurant were patient, but…
This has been driving me crazy. Ten or twelve years ago, I posted to rec.art.sf.written asking about this story and someone identified it. I can’t for the life of me remember the name or author, now that a decade has passed. I think it might have been a Poul Anderson story. I looked back through…
Last night, Kelly and I headed up the street to Hard Times Cafe in order to satisfy my craving for chili. They gave us a chili sampler when we got there, and of the four times of chili they have, I chose the Terlingua chili, which is described as “a tribute to the Texas ghost…
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I still have some catching up to do in terms of Nebula reading. I’m starting with novels. I braved the weather and ran across the street to pick up copies of Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union and Jack McDevitt’s Odyssey. I’ll try and race through both in…
Finally, finally, I am going to make it to Readercon. I’ve been wanted to go to this convention for a few years now, in large part because one of my favorite all-time authors–Barry Malzberg–usually attends. As it turns out, Dad is going to be in town July 17 – 23, but I checked with him…