One of my oldest and dearest friends, petrini1 just joined LiveJournal. She’s an author of young adult fiction and non-fiction, a fan of Star Trek and Stargate, and the mother of an incredibly precocious and discerning pre-schooler. She’s also been known to take responsibility for quirky out-of-season weather phenomena. Drop by and give her a warm welcome.
Another Labor Day Weekend — and another summer — gone and done. I spent the weekend building web sites while waiting for WorldCon voting results, visiting with friends, shopping, and painting. Building Web Sites … As most of you know, Montreal won the bid to host WorldCon 2009. I don’t want to rehash or discuss that here. However, I was part of the KC2009 bid web team, and I had to have three versions of…
I go to Borders bookstore at least 3 times a month. On my last few trips, I’ve looked for three specific magazines: Asimov’s SF, Fantasy & SF, and a specific watercolor magazine. I struck out on all three counts. Last night, I discovered they had moved the watercolor magazine out of the magazine section, and banished it to the back of the store with the art instruction books. It’s suspended in front of the shelf…
Thank goodness for friends who are so incredibly over-the-top that they stun and amaze even the most jaded among us with their unabashed enthusiasm.
Last week scurried by. The stressors are resolving, or at least ratcheting down to a dull roar. The heat wave has broken, and it rained on Sunday. The air is still quite humid, but I like it that way. 😉 At least I can breathe again. Friday night was date night with my Sweetie — Sushi and “Spamalot”. Very enjoyable. We ate at Domo in Brookside. It was our first visit. The atmosphere is very…
