Have you ever wondered why we consider “once in a blue moon” to be the epitome of rare occurrence? This is a good time to ask, because July 2004 is one of those rare months when there are two full moons: one on July 2, and a second on July 31. According to folklore, the …
Today was column day, so I devoted a good chunk of time to researching and writing 1,300 words on blue moons, and the curious fact that the folklore more and more people will confidently tell you applies to blue moons, namely, that a blue moon is what you call the occasional appearance of a second …
…and it’s a giant, of course. The planet, that is. But then, so is the ‘scope. As befits things Texan. (Which is what I used to be–Texan, that is. Also giant. Until I lost weight.) I think this post is getting out of hand…
Well! A Canadian satellite was scheduled for launch today, and I didn’t even know about it until it didn’t happen.
I read a bit more in Red Thunder this week, but then got sidetracked by the newest issue of Locus Magazine, to which I devoted most of my morning-coffee-break-and-reading-time. My wife and I finished The Subtle Knife last knight and will be moving on to The Amber Spyglass. I read The Subtle Knife when it …
I got in a good chunk of time on Excalibur Reforged yesterday, adding another Wally scene and rewriting part of an existing scene. I also had to clean up Chapter 1; it suddenly occurred to me yesterday, in one of those “D’oh!” moments, that the first time I wrote about Wally in the first draft …
This story makes me doubly glad my wife and I worked together to lose weight (30 pounds in her case, 50 in mine): it makes it less likely our daughter will have to battle as much bulging.
I know, I know, every BlogSpot blogger blogs about it, but I got a kick out of the ads that have been appearing at the top of this page ever since I posted the column about where people think germs lurk: “Top Quality Toilet Seat: Toilet seat factory in Canton China Top Quality, Reasonable Price” …
Not much writing yesterday; just a half hour or so at Starbucks with Excalibur Reforged, partly because I had to run other errands (a new, post-weight-loss column picture for the newspaper had to be taken, I had to go to the office supply store, etc.), partly because those darn chairs are just too uncomfortable. Starbucks …
…could ultimately lead to better thought-activated prosthesis for humans. And, presumably, for monkeys.
A fairly productive couple of days. I lost some time yesterday morning to having to take my daughter for a checkup, and some today to hosting emRadio Dell’Arte/em, the arts program I co-host on a href=”http://www.cjtr.ca/”CJTR/a, Regina’s community radio station. (Read, volunteer station–no pay for the work, but it is fun, most of the time.) …
A fairly productive couple of days. I lost some time yesterday morning to having to take my daughter for a checkup, and some today to hosting Radio Dell’Arte, the arts program I co-host on CJTR, Regina’s community radio station. (Read, volunteer station–no pay for the work, but it is fun, most of the time.) Yesterday, …
