So, almost two weeks ago, I went to see Elbow in concert. Elbow, for people coming late to my life, is the Mancunian band who won the Mercury Prize last year for their fourth album, The Seldom Seen Kid, followed by two Ivor Novello Awards for “One Day Like This” and “Grounds for Divorce.” TheirContinue reading “On Going to See Elbow”
Monthly Archives: August 2009
On a Different Look
After vowing that I would not redesign my website, I’ve gone and redesigned my website. More, after never having paid for a theme — because there’s a veritable wealth of free WordPress themes out there — I bought a premium theme. Well, technically, I joined the Elegant Themes theme club, which gave me access toContinue reading “On a Different Look”
On Dreams and Memes
The good thing about writing out to-do lists at work? It’s when you get done with the day, and there’s still a lot of time left to goof off. 🙂 My last hour was spent following the Cubs’ slaughter of the Pirates at Wrigley, which reached a point where it simply wasn’t fun anymore. So,Continue reading “On Dreams and Memes”
On the Thursday View
However did it get to be Thursday? Oh, that’s right. Work. This is the week that all the publications go to press. I’ve been occasionally stressed, always busy. To my surprise, I worked a regular day yesterday; usually, on the Wednesday of this week each month, I work late, until seven, sometimes eight, occasionally nine.Continue reading “On the Thursday View”
On a New Trek Literature Discussion
Jens Deffner of Unreality SF approached me recently to participate in a round-table discussion/interview about the new Star Trek film and Pocket Books’ reaction to the film, both this year and into next year when they have a series of four sequels to the film on the schedule. Entitled Trek XI: Did the books missContinue reading “On a New Trek Literature Discussion”
On Candy Bar Consumption
My “blood chocolate content” had fallen to a precipitously low level. This called for a trip to the vending machine on the third floor. For reasons that pass beyond my understanding, while the vending machines in the third floor breakroom and the sixth floor breakroom are stocked by the exact same company and contain theContinue reading “On Candy Bar Consumption”
On Lucky ‘Net Finds
It’s awesome the things you can find on the ‘net. I’ve found a recording of Elbow’s show in DC on Tuesday night. And it sounds fantastic. It was recorded from the balcony, about twenty feet behind and fifteen feet up from where I was. The only quibble I have thus far is that “Mirrorball” cutsContinue reading “On Lucky ‘Net Finds”
On a Letter of Rejection
I received this weekend the nicest rejection letter from the UK. At Shore Leave, I told several people that I took a chance on submitting an outline to a UK publisher for an original novel based on Merlin, the BBC series currently showing on NBC here. Yes, it was unsolicited. Yes, I wasn’t sure whatContinue reading “On a Letter of Rejection”
On the Lantern Corps
So, DC Comics has this event going, Blackest Night. It’s a Green Lantern crossover, involving all sorts of different Lantern Corps — Green Lanterns and Yellow Lanterns and Red Lanterns and Blue Lanterns. And zombie Black Lanterns. I don’t know what’s going on. I haven’t bought the first issue, but it’s out on the standsContinue reading “On the Lantern Corps”
On Carl Sagan and Policy Debates
Eric Michael Johnson of The Primate Diaries posted a few days ago an article on Carl Sagan’s theory of Nuclear Winter and the political reaction to it in the early 1980s. Okay, okay, yes, I will admit that Sagan was not the only person involved in the Nuclear Winter theory, that being the idea thatContinue reading “On Carl Sagan and Policy Debates”