Ever wonder what you serve with that Chinese delicacy, the thousand-year-old egg? How about some 2,500-year-old-pomegranates?

Nanotechnology, as any self-respecting SF reader or writer knows, has the potential to some day usher in utopia. But utopia can only be achieved one step at a time…one better-smelling step at a time.

Yesterday: editing of the science column (scroll down to read about the flu shot), and a few pages of Excalibur Reforged; today, Excalibur Reforged and odds and ends. How’s that for being brief and to the point?

I’m a big fan of airships–I’d love to fly in one and I’ve long mourned the demise of the Zeppelins of old–so I found this story interesting.

…to own a Norman Roswell T-shirt.

SpaceShipOne made it to the edge of space and back again in today’s first official X-Prize flight. It had me on the edge of my seat with that roll on the way up, though…probably because it reminded me of the opening sequence of The Six Million Dollar Man.

The leaves are turning yellow, the nights are getting colder, and that can only mean one thing: a new season is upon us. Specifically, flu season, which last year, according to Health Canada, kicked off right here on the prairies at just about this time. With the advent of this new season comes a growing …

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Today I spent mostly on my science column–no fiction writing. The column, on influenza vaccinations (see it here tomorrow!) was harder to research than anticipated–mainly on the history side. Of course, when I finally did find a history of the development of the vaccine, it was an enormously detailed one, and all I wanted were …

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And no, this isn’t some kind of religious miracle. Richard Branson plans to begin offering sub-orbital flights for 110,000 pounds in 2007, working eventually toward orbital flights and a space hotel.

This sounds like a blast–until I remember I get queasy on merry-go-rounds.

Sent out an old manuscript, my YA SF novel Star Song, to a couple of fresh markets today; that took up some time. Also had some design work to do for the poster for We’ll Meet Again, the show I’m directing. And also worked on Excalibur Reforged; yesterday I spent most of my writing time …

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The pressure’s on! The Da Vinci Project’s X-Prize launch has been delayed.