Aaaaaaaand I've been tagged with this meme: a. people who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question. b. tag eight people. don't refuse to do that. don't tag who tagged you. o1. What are your nicknames? The Shiz.  General Lea.  Mimi Thing.  Um...long stories, all of them. o2. How do you style your hair? It's...

The Rorschach Test Above, shunn has not only insightful things to say about the event itself, but also regarding our current presidential candidates' decision to make a joint appearance at Ground Zero (and what the implications are).

I try to avoid politicas, but now is a difficult time to do this. This will definitely worry shunn . In fact, it's pretty scary in general. Why do so many people feel a need to make other people's reading decisions for them? Why can't we all just get along?

An Alaskan’s take on Sarah Palin (via supergee ). Also interesting discussion via shunn . Note especially karen_w_newton ’s fine articulation of why so many women were so hurt by Hillary’s loss. Me? I can only hope that disgruntled women voters will note that Joe Biden was, among other things, instrumental in congressional approval of the Violence Against Women act, and...

My husband and I made it home from Denver late last night. We had a great time at Worldcon—no travel disasters, and a lot of fun! You can't ask for a lot more from a 12,000 mile trip these days. Here are the 10 things I learned at Denvention 3: 1. Age matters when considering the effect of high altitude. When I was in college, 5,280 feet above sea level was barely noticeable. At my present age, I...

Twittering, though despicable, seems the best way to describe my Denver World Science Fiction Convention trip. It also circumvents irony impaired responses by those unfamiliar with the Chez Eden method: write an epic poetry rundown of the proceedings and hope the right people laugh. Long gone are the days I had the enthusiasm to do this proper. Anyway. Above is my first "fandom button" (is there...

New York City Waterfalls is an art-installation project by Olafur Eliasson, which will run from 26 June to 13 October. His concept is to build four artificial waterfalls around the area of the Brooklyn Bridge (one on Manhattan's Pier 35, one under the Brooklyn Bridge, one between Piers 4 and 5 in Brooklyn, and one on Governors Island). I've had high hopes for the project. Last night, on the way...

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I had a dream early this morning in which I was hanging out with shunn and Wil McCarthy on the way to the Denver WorldCon. We'd bumped into each other at some interim airport at which we were changing planes. Our conversation was so interesting that at one point I realized I was about to miss my flight, and so I was forced to run for my gate. As I raced, two things caused me to wonder. First...

Ever wonder what happens when sci-fi writers get too successful and believe people actually listen to them? Noob writers, take note: decline those book deals, stop submitting to magazines! (It may already be too late for the likes of shunn and paulmelko .) Xenu only knows what would happen if people starting taking what editors said seriously. Think tank? More like drunk tank! ...