Yesterday’s rant spawned half a dozen or more “you should write a book” comments (and one “this would make a great art installment monologue” *laughs*). Truth is, I’d love to. On one hand I think it’s already been done, and so well that I couldn’t hope to play in the same league. That’s Kim Stanley Robinson’s SCIENCE IN THE CAPITOL series, which consists of FORTY DAYS OF RAIN, FIFTY DEGREES BELOW, and SIXTY DAYS AND COUNTING. I think they’re amazing books with an incredible lyrical rhythm to the writing–they’re like…
excuse me while I have a temper tantrum.
The following political rant is brought to you by the no-doubt actually innocuous article about an attempt at record-breaking cyclists in Dublin. It is not, despite the launch topic, really a diatribe about Ireland.
oh yes, the other contest
Word Warrior Aponi has won the “random draw for a book for people who have donated to Astres’ 10K run”. It is a day of many winnings! Ted decided he wanted a bicycle to get to and from work on, so today we boldly went forth to the bike shop, where we found just the thing, plus panniards, bike lights, locks, helmets, and a variety of other Good Stuff. They also told us that although my bike has been sitting out in the rain for the past three years they…
A FANTASY MEDLEY winner!
Okay, guys, I have to say this was a great deal of fun for me. Some of the story suggestions were perfectly wonderful, things I wouldn’t have thought of myself but which were terribly obvious as soon as they were suggested. Obviously not everybody can win the anthology, but *many* of these ideas will, I think, end up as stories. Thank you all! Hee hee hee! There are exceedingly moderate spoilers behind the cut, but I’ll put ’em behind the cut because they’re spoilers at all.
frauded!
Dude. I just got an email from Capitol One saying there were worrisome charges on my credit card. I figured it was the donation I’d made to , who is in Canada, or possibly the purchase via Black Hen Music, also in Canada, but no, it was a charge made yesterday to the tune of $700. I will say that Capitol One may be pigfuckers wrt interest rates, but they put a hold on my account, notified me, and half an hour later the account is closed out, the disputed…