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- Writer’s Block: Search for intelligent life
Do you believe there is other intelligent life in distant galaxies? If no, why not? If yes, do you believe this is something to be feared and avoided or actively sought out? Could there be? Certainly. Have we seen any sign of it, or any reason to believe that it is there? Not yet. I […]
- Unexpected Shower
Bad idea of the day: I’ll be back before the rain starts again. No need to bring my umbrella.
- Deep Fried WHAT???? A Night at the Fair with Al’s Brain, Melissa Etheridge and a Ferris Wheel
Photos and remarks about Al’s Brain, fried food, Melissa Etheridge concert and a night ride on the Ferris Wheel at the OC Fair.
- Boom!
We took our annual trip down to Laguna Beach to watch the fireworks display launched off the bluffs. This time we made reservations for dinner at a restaurant we’d walked by a bunch of times, Ocean Avenue Restaurant and Brewery. Would definitely go there again. Around 7:30 we staked out a spot on the beach, […]
- NASA and Aliens
If NASA really knew about aliens, wouldn’t publicizing it be the best way to solve their chronic budget problems?
- Hot and Cold
Switched to long-sleeved shirts & started wearing sweaters this week. And now it’s supposed to break 90 DEGREES today and all weekend. WTF?
- Election Day 2008
Katie and I got up early so we could hit the polls first thing in the morning and not have to worry about whether we’d be stuck in an insanely long line at the end of the day, like we were in 2004 and 2006. The first thing we noticed was the sound of rain […]
- Shifting
I find it ironic that McCain spent ~2 years moving himself toward Bush’s positions in order to make himself more electable, only to find out when he got there that (a) it still wasn’t enough for the Uber-Republican base, necessitating a choice like Palin to mollify them, and (b) Bush had lost so much popularity […]
- Well, that was a wash
I’ve been putting off getting my car washed for several weeks. Over the weekend, I decided I was going to take it to a nearby car wash Monday morning before work. So I did. It was sunny and clear, with a few clouds off to the south that had made for a very nice sunrise […]
- Mastercard Chase: SDCC Security Snafu
A very long story about the adventures of a credit card at Comic-Con. May be funny someday.
- It Pours
My desktop computer has been a bit flaky for a few months now. Well, more than that. There’s the problem where it won’t display anything in plain-text mode, but that’s not really a big deal. It was when it stopped running anything higher than 1024×768 that I started getting annoyed. That turned out, oddly enough, […]
- YouToons
Re-watched some classic cartoons yesterday. It started when we were talking about Duck Dodgers at breakfast, and wondered when it had been made. That led to an IMDB lookup, which mentioned it was #4 on a list of 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time from 1994, and that had me looking up “One Froggy Evening” to verify that […]
- Reservations
Possibly jumping the gun, but last night I reserved a backup hotel for next year’s Comic-Con. Although considering that most of the big-name hotels right by the convention center are already booked (though I’m sure they’ve set aside blocks for the convention already) or want incredible amounts of money per night, perhaps it’s not that […]
- Comic-Con: Hotel Anxiety
Spent a good chunk of last night looking at travel websites. Accomplished 2 things: Arranged for a hotel to stay in San Francisco next month. Arranged for a back-up hotel for San Diego Comic Con, just in case we can’t get a room through the convention desk. Hotel rooms during Comic-Con have become a scarce […]
- Where do you keep the euphemism?
Someone walked into the restroom talking on a cell phone, explaining, “it’s going to sound really bad now, because I’m in the executive washroom.” Executive washroom? Sure, if by “executive washroom” you mean first-floor lobby restroom that’s available to anyone who walks into the building. I couldn’t tell whether he was joking, or trying to […]
- Scifi Question
For some reason, the plot device of Time Travel via Massive Head Trauma seems familiar, but I just can’t place it. Any ideas?
- Quote of the Day
Me: Oh, that’s too many syllables for this character! Katie: What are you trying to replace? Me: Sanctimonious. By writing like a madman over the Thanksgiving weekend, I’ve managed to get ahead of the goal, and complete a 47,000-word novel. Unfortunately I need a 50,000-word novel, so I’m going back and looking for things that […]
- Getting ahead.
Last week my goal for Nanowrimo was to stay right on track. Hit 20K on the 12th, 25K on the 15th, 30K on the 18th. But I realized that the last few days of the month aren’t going to give me much time to write. We’re going to a concert on the 29th, leaving me […]
- Halfway!
I didn’t get much written yesterday, but I made up for it today, and passed the 25,000 word mark right on schedule. I am now just over the half-way mark. A subplot jumped out at me on Monday, and while it’s slowing the A plot down, it seems to be working into things that need […]
- 20,000 words under deadline
Just made 20K with 10 minutes to spare. Actually made a bit more than that, as I was sitting at 19,900 at 11:00 and wrote a 400-word scene. Switching to another progress gauge and going to bed. Word Count: 20367
- Writing Weekend
Mostly random stuff this morning. Read some comics. Finished Callahan’s Cross-Time Saloon. Errands in the afternoon. Late lunch at Ruby’s, which always lends itself to not needing dinner that night. Weather went from warm and sunny to gloomy and cool during lunch. Picked up writing early evening. My goal is to hit 20,000 words by […]
- Full quarter
Managed ~1600 words and passed the 25% mark in Nano. Which is probably silly to play up, since it’s so close to the 20% mark that I hit yesterday. Still, from 1/5 to 1/4. Next milestone at 1/3. Unfortunately to be on track I ought to hit it by the end of the day tomorrow, […]
- NaNO Sleep
Writing 1666 words a day is hard. Writing 1800-2500 or more because you’ve fallen behind is harder. Throw in work, traffic, voting, food, and other plans, and it gets really hard. The last time I got a good night’s sleep was Saturday. I missed my chance to write Sunday morning, and a trip to see […]
- How Crowded Could It Be?
Note to self: Stick with morning voting next time. “Oh, it’s only a midterm election! How crowded could it be?” (Yes, that was me.) Feh. Katie and I arrived at the polling place at 6:30 PM. The people who got in line behind us decided to leave, have dinner, and come back. Of the two […]
- Nano
I’ve decided to break nearly a decade of writer’s block by joining NaNoWriMo. Technically I’ve written quite a bit — 250 posts on LiveJournal, 1000+ posts at K-Squared Ramblings, hundreds of articles about Flash comics, the Alternate Browser Alliance website, etc. But aside from some Literary Guild projects back in college, I can only think […]
- Maybe not as good a predictor as they think
Last week NPR ran a story on “Applebee’s America”, a book on the way politicians brand and sell themselves to the voting public. One thing they brought up was “microtargeting” or “lifetargeting.” The idea is that you can take a person’s lifestyle and determine which way they’re more likely to vote, then send targeted advertising […]
- Minicon: LA Sci-Fi, Flash and Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
My second trip to the LA Comic-Con at the Shrine proved far more interesting than my first, with a Teen Titans screening, signings, and some cool discoveries
- Worldcon Los Angeles / LACon IV: Through an Orange Haze
Despite a summer cold, I was determined to spend a day at Worldcon in Anaheim. Robots, space troubleshooting, future historians, chaos, Pluto and more.
- Post-Con Zombie
Comic-Con was fun, but exhausting. Add that to staying up too late last night and not being used to the heat when we got back…
- Two to Go
Woke up early (well, early for me) so we could get out and hit the polls before work. I was amazed that there was only one person in line ahead of us. Not only that, but there was only one line, not three or four broken up by last name. Well, it’s a mid-term election. […]
- Mythed Opportunity
I’ve been searching eBay for the old Myth Adventures comics and somehow completely forgot about it when I got to Comic-Con. D’oh!
- To The Con: Getting into SDCC 2004 at the last minute
Back in the day when you COULD get Comic-Con tickets and hotel reservations a week or two before the event. It still wasn’t easy, but it was possible.