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    Friday, May 16th, 2008
    supergee
         		5:44a
    Happy birthday, [info]akirlu
    fjm
         		10:38a
    Change in Line Up for the Campbell Award (the one from Kansas).
    I'm standing down. I've spent the last decade reading books because I had to, and now I want to read books because I want to.*

    I'm really pleased to be able to tell you all that [info]peake is to be my replacement immediately after this year's award is announced. See here for his comments.


    *Only four years on the Campbell committee, but what with the books I've been working on etc...
    brisingamen
         		10:23a
    [info]peake has interesting news
    See here for more details.
    Thursday, May 15th, 2008
    calimac
         		11:46p
    comment: to a woman contemplating shaving her legs
    By my own personal tastes, unshaven legs on a woman only look gross if she's wearing sheer stockings over them. Otherwise, I'm of the generation that rather prefers the so-called natural look.

    My general opinion on the subject is reflected by the fact that I grew a beard so as not to be afflicted with the bother of shaving.

    I think that shaved legs on women came in later still, but I have read that the shaving of women's underarms was invented in the 1910s by safety razor companies. Having finally persuaded almost all men to shave their faces, they were looking for new sales fields to conquer.
    skzbrust
         		3:45p
    Woot! Woot!

    Little Brother by Cory Doctorow is on the NYT Bestseller list!  The good guys win.

    (Originally posted at Words Words Words by skzb. Please leave any comments there.)

    supergee
         		2:32p
    fringefaan
         		10:18a
    Another green world
    Green grow the lilacs, and so does the rue.

    We seem to have achieved maximum greenery lately. All the plants around here are looking healthy, wealthy, and spry. When I walk out into our yard, I can practically feel the wave of growth that has hit the garden. Even the potted banana is unfurling its first new leaf of the year. Life is bursting at the seams -- boundless, blind, baroque. It's green to go out there.

    So I gotta go!
    netmouse
         		10:27a
    Are you an artist in Washtenaw County?
    Be counted! please add yourself to this Washtenaw County artist census between now and Saturday. Spread the word! Thanks!
    supergee
         		6:58a
    The directors of Security Theatre have noticed that it might be a good idea to check air cargo. Kinda.

    Thanx to Mercury Rising
    fjm
         		8:59a
    I have a web page.
    http://www.farahsf.com/

    I'll be using it to stash oddments: things commissioned for places not within the usual SF -fan radar, and also chunks from the book that didn't make it but struck me as still useful.

    If you were ever a fan of the Out of this World anthologies, there is a short [essay is too strong a word] riff there.
    fjm
         		8:46a
    Legal comment please.
    Tucked away in an article about a French rival to Wikipedia in yesterday's Indie was this:


    A print version of the encyclopaedia [Wikipedia], featuring 250,000 of its 10 million online articles, is due to be published in September by the German media group Bertelsmann.

    So: Did Wikipedia ever *specify* that it has rights to print people's essays?
    Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
    fredcritter
         		9:52p
    I guess I'd better take myself upstairs...

    …and put myself to bed. I'm feeling remarkably unhappy at the moment. Unusually unhappy. And from a guy who's unhappy all too often, that's saying something. Hope y'all are feeling much better than I.

    Hmmm. Next time you see me, please give me a hug. I'll think about that now and it'll help me feel better. Thanks!

    (I honestly don't know where I'd be without my friends. G*d bless you all.)



    Current Mood: unhappy
    supergee
         		8:09p
    skzbrust
         		3:12p
    Kit reviews Eifelheim by Michael Flynn

    I’ve been kind of distracted this month, so I neglected to mention that you can read my review of Michael Flynn’s novel Eifelheim on the SF Site.  I found this novel to be moving and effective and I recomend it highly.

    (Originally posted at Words Words Words by kit. Please leave any comments there.)

    athenais
         		11:08a
    Color

    Safira
    Originally uploaded by lucy huntzinger

    This little beauty is a Mediterranean jelly, also known as a fried egg jellyfish. It is exquisite. I'm a sucker for blue.

    I used to declare blue was my favorite color, but really, that was only true in high school. These days I'd have to vote for green. By green I mean all the softer, neutral shades of sage and olive, not your grassy, dark greens. For instance, I associate kelly green with the bright yet pastel fashions of the late sixties, often paired with chiffon yellow or petit four pink. Hideous to my eyes, though if they make you happy, en avant. Me, I am a fan of the quiet tones. I would make a very bad jellyfish.

    What is your favorite color right now?

    calimac
         		10:35a
    are there any women here today?
    Yesterday's post about Karen Bass's election as Speaker of the California state Assembly (she's the second woman and I think the third black person to hold the post, but the first to be both) reminded me of a curious fact. I'm civic-minded, or pedantic, enough that when we moved here last fall I checked up on our legislative representatives, and noted that our federal, state, and county representatives - senior US senator, junior US senator, House member, state senator, state Assembly member, and county supervisor - are all women.

    Our Assembly member is termed out this year, and the leading candidates to replace her happen to be men, so this situation may not persist for long, but it caused me to wonder: of where else in the US might this also be true? Ah, a research project in political geography, one of my favorite pastimes.

    ( the gory details )
    netmouse
         		1:02p
    Better than a gas tax holiday
    Carl Levin makes a statement about what can be done to lower gas prices and improve the energy market in the U.S.
    fjm
         		3:45p
    Inspirational: fit and fat.
    This guy>/a> is awesome.
    supergee
         		7:30a
    supergee
         		7:02a
    Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
    calimac
         		8:03p
    new from blogs
    I had to learn from a respected political blog that my state legislature has a new speaker for the lower house ... and, like God in the old joke, she's Black.

    This news has not, as of yet, made the front web page of the local paper whose website I most often read. There I can learn that Clinton won West Virginia, that the death toll in China is high, that Jenna Bush's wedding pictures are online, that a heat wave is coming the next few days (now that I do want to know about), that various crimes have been committed, discovered, indicted, or led to the perpetrator's suicide, that Barry Bonds has also been indicted again (somehow I don't consider him in the same category as manslaughterers, child molesters, or hit-and-run drivers), and at the top of the page - this is the really hot news, apparently - Jimmy Stewart is 100. Or would be, if he were still alive.

    But the news about the Speaker is buried somewhere in the search function.

    And the papers wonder why people in search of news are migrating elsewhere.
    skzbrust
         		6:21p
    Thank you

    Some people have been sending me money in response to the request for an investor–sometimes a hundred dollars. I hadn’t been asking for donations; I appreciate them all the more for that. If you sent in a hundred dollars, I think you deserve something spiffy as a thank you; Reesa and Kit and I have been kicking around ideas for exactly what. When we come up with something, we’ll let you know. In the meantime, you have the thanks of a grateful writer.

    Meanwhile, concerning the loan request mentioned earlier, if there are people interested in investing smaller amounts (technically, this is a note of hand, not an investment in the business, as it is unsecured), say 3-10k, let us know at the email addresses mentioned in the earlier post.

    In other news, I’m working on chapter 10 of Iorich, and I think it’s going pretty well.

    (Originally posted at Words Words Words by skzb. Please leave any comments there.)

    lydy
         		6:59p
    Fourth Street: The Important Information
    I can't believe I forgot the who, what, when, where, and why questions when I posted about Fourth Street. Too excited about it to type straight.

    Elizabeth Bear is the Guest of Honor.

    It's the best fantasy convention on the block. It is an intimate little con with stellar programming.

    June 20-22, 2008. That's next month, soon!

    Holiday Inn Select Airport, Minneapolis, MN, where Marscon and Convivial have most recently been. You can contact the hotel at (952) 854-9000 or (800) 465-4329. Our room rates are $95 for a king or a double, and $125 for a suite.

    Preregistration has been extended to May 31st. It is $40, $60 at-the-door. You can register at our website, www.4thstreetfantasy.com

    Because it'll be a really cool thing. And it will be even cooler if you're there.
    supergee
         		8:05p
    What Google News just told me
    We couldn't find any articles about New York, NY, USA.
    Suggestions:
    Try searching for news about a larger, more populous location.
    supergee
         		5:37p
    The Golden Gate Bridge, Scientology, Spam, Bugs Bunny, LSD…
    Things younger than John McCain

    Thanx to [info]pecunium.
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