I’ve not this in, oh, a couple of months, so let’s pull it out of mothballs. What do you want to know? It could be about me personally. It could be about my opinion on something. Anything you’ve ever wondered. Anything you’d like to talk about. What do you want to know? The floor’s open.Continue reading “On Opening the Floor”
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On Reviews
Reviews of Doctor Who: Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership have begun to turn up, and I’ve been remiss in linking to them. Unreality SF, a UK-based review site, has two reviews of the book. One is by Dan, the other by Jens. Both reviews break the anthology down story by story, and both provideContinue reading “On Reviews”
On Commuting Follies
Three hours to get home from work. Storms. A tree dropped across the Light Rail line. What they called “bus bridges” were put into place, only there wasn’t any indication how they worked — or where they were going. Add to that, a monsoon. All in all, three hours. I’m beat.
On Today’s Public Transportation Discovery
I had a cannister full of nickels at home. There’s a problem when you have a change jar; it’s that if you don’t spend it, change can be really difficult to get rid of. Hence, a cannister full of nickels. And some dimes. Plus the occasional quarter. I decided this morning that while it’s allContinue reading “On Today’s Public Transportation Discovery”
On Literary Musings
I’m always a few days behind on Doctor Who. It can’t be helped, really. And me, being me, I knew a fair little bit about Dr. River Song long before I’d gotten around to finally seeing “Silence in the Library.” And what I’d heard and read made me think of a single thing — TheContinue reading “On Literary Musings”
On Calendrical Conundrums
Today is not May the 33rd. So I am told.
On Shopping Big Lots and Making Mistakes
I love Big Lots. It’s a department store filled with wondrous and magical stuff. Like Golden Compass action figures from France. Or possibly Quebec. I’ve found it’s a fantastic place to buy breakfast cereal. Two dollars a box for good stuff. Sometimes bad stuff, but usually good stuff. Cap’n Crunch good stuff. Rice Krispies goodContinue reading “On Shopping Big Lots and Making Mistakes”
On that Friday Feeling
Some days go by in a blur. Some days drag horribly. Today felt like one of the latter. It began with the alarm going off. I’ve never been much of a morning person, and I had one of those “Aww, do I have to get out of bed?” mornings. I adjusted my wake-up time byContinue reading “On that Friday Feeling”
On Melting
Today, it’s been a melty sort of day. My brain melted. I wrote. I wrote a lot. A lot of what I wrote is even good. All told, it was a 12k day. But, that takes a lot out of the gray matter. It leaves it melty. My body melted. For some reason, today CharmContinue reading “On Melting”
On Riding the Subway
There’s something I like about the Baltimore subway and rail system. The modern art. You’ll notice it at virtually every station or stop — there’s some sort of modern sculpture made of concrete or metal decorating the entrance. One station has a rather tesseract-like cube half-buried in the ground on its side. Another station —Continue reading “On Riding the Subway”