The Psi Phi Awards are given each year for outstanding achievement in Star Trek publishing. Awards are given for best novel, best cover, best series, best new novelist, and a dozen other categories. This year I was asked by the Awards’ organizers to write the presentation speech for Best Cover. Even though I had aContinue reading “On the Psi Phi Awards”
On Inventory
It’s done. My last inventory at the store was a year and a week ago. It’s not the longest span I’ve had between inventories–that was seventeen months back in 2001–but it’s the longest I’ve had since I came down to North Carolina. Previously, I’d been averaging a physical inventory every eight months or so. RuleContinue reading “On Inventory”
On the next Doctor's costume
New Doctor Who actor David Tennant has made his preference for his Doctor’s attire plain: he wants to wear a kilt. Frankly, I think that’s pretty cool. 🙂
Still more on the Cats
I’ve put Woody to bed for the night. He and Leo have a bedroom downstairs, the house’s guest bedroom. There’s a bed, a desk, some shelves, a collection of framed photos on the wall, and a private bathroom. In the bathroom there’s a litter box and a food dish for the boys, and at nightContinue reading “Still more on the Cats”
More on the Cats
Leo’s not come home yet. As best I can tell Woody did no lasting damage yesterday, though the Venetian blinds in my office needed some massaging back into shape. He’s a fairly smart cat–he knows how to get a window open if the latch is thrown. I think that’s what he was trying yesterday. Woody’sContinue reading “More on the Cats”
On my Papacy
Little sleep last night. Woodrow was anxious, and he ran into my room several times, sat on my chest, screamed in my face, and tried to pull down the venetian blinds. He’s calm now, but this morning he kept trying to get out through the bedroom window, tangling himself up in the blinds. He’ll doContinue reading “On my Papacy”
On the Cats
I own three cats. There’s Tails, of whom I’ve written before. And there’s the Boys — Woodrow and Leo, two brothers I took in nearly two years ago. Leo hasn’t been seen since Sunday. Woody and Leo have been inseparable. When one’s not around the other gets fidgety, though more on Woodrow’s part than Leo’s.Continue reading “On the Cats”
On Father Dougal
I thought I was being clever. I was listening to the BBC World Service this morning, and the broadcast focused almost exclusively on the new Pope and his views on a variety of subjects. Snarky bastard that I am at times, I had a strange thought. Too bad the College of Cardinals hadn’t elevated FatherContinue reading “On Father Dougal”
On Commander Cody
Playing LEGO Star Wars the other day I had to complete a mission and hunt down General Grievous with Obi-Wan and his partner. A clone trooper, named Commander Cody. My friend Todd complained about the character for having a dorky name on his LiveJournal today. Sure, it’s a dorky name. Sure, it doesn’t sound likeContinue reading “On Commander Cody”
On More Books in the Mail
Two packages arrived in the mail yesterday. The first had Michael Moorcock’s Gloriana, a fantasy novel about Elizabeth I’s reign. I’d seen the book, recently issued in a new edition, in Barnes & Noble a time or three but hadn’t, for whatever reason, picked up a copy. So when the Science Fiction Book Club offeredContinue reading “On More Books in the Mail”