I’d thought I’d posted my last pre-release posting on Constellations, the 40th-anniversary Star Trek anthology, two weeks ago with the announcement of the anthology’s contents and running order. I’d thought, at the time, that my next posting would be a comments-thread for “Make-Believe,” my story in the volume. But no! There’s more pre-release news. FromContinue reading “Still More on Constellations”
On Baseball's Losing Ways
Wrote Garrison Keillor recently: It dawns on me that my Minnesota Twins do better if I’m not there cheering for them. I leave town and they have a big winning streak. I go to a game, and our pitcher gets in trouble right away, our clutch hitters hit into double plays with the bases loaded.Continue reading “On Baseball's Losing Ways”
On Monday
Today. Today was the hard day. Today was the day I made the difficult phone calls to colleagues I've worked with for years. Half were happy for me that I was leaving and getting out. Even the knowledge that, as of right now, I've no job lined up didn't temper that excitement. It was, oneContinue reading “On Monday”
On the LiveJournal Feed
Some people read this website through a LiveJournal feed set up a few years by a friend of mine. Occasionally people reply to posts there. I don’t usually see those replies–it’s not often that I check the LJ feed. If you have a comment to make on something I’ve said, please come visit allyngibson.com andContinue reading “On the LiveJournal Feed”
On Saturday
There's a restaurant in Cary I've read about a couple of dozen times, easily. The Independent, the local free weekly, always lists it in its restaurant issue. It's called “Abbey Road” and, to judge by a menu I'd seen in a magazine at some point in the past, it's a Beatles-themed restaurant. So, that's whereContinue reading “On Saturday”
On Defending V For Vendetta
Last night, browsing one of the bulletin boards I frequent, I chanced across a thread blasting V For Vendetta, the adaptation of Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s graphic novel about an anarchist fighting a near-future fascist British government, for being, and I quote, “boring.” Said the writer of the post: If this was supposed toContinue reading “On Defending V For Vendetta”
On Friday
Yesterday was a colleague's last day. He was the only person in the company with whom I'd discussed the possibility of leaving, and even then I didn't go into great detail as to why I might be doing so. We had similar complaints about the company and its direction, we'd been through the same advancedContinue reading “On Friday”
On Taking the Plunge
It's done. No, not the evil plan. (And please, people — stop asking me about my evil plan!) I submitted my letter of resignation to EB Games today. No, it wasn't profanity laced. I didn't even take the opportunity to castigate the company for its insane decisions this past year. There's no reason to burnContinue reading “On Taking the Plunge”
On Action Heroes
Snagged from Richard White, “Which Action Hero Am I?” You scored as Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones is an archaeologist/adventurer with an unquenchable love for danger and excitement. He travels the globe in search of historical relics. He loves travel, excitement, and a good archaeological discovery. He hates Nazis and snakes, perhaps to the same degree.Continue reading “On Action Heroes”
On Headaches
Today seems to be a day for headaches. All throughout the friends list I see people suffering from cranial pain. I, too, suffer that pain. It's part migraine. I can tell by the location. It's part exhaustion. Last night's inventory kicked my fucking ass. I basically put in two eight-hour days yesterday — from 9Continue reading “On Headaches”