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[26 Dec 2009|04:16pm] |
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Our house is glowing gold from the beautiful sunset. :)
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| Dinosaurs |
[25 Dec 2009|04:10pm] |
We have different approaches to dealing with dinosaurs.
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| Merry Christmas |
[24 Dec 2009|06:01pm] |
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Here's hoping all my friends and readers have a merry Christmas.
And you other people too.
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| Merry Christmas! |
[24 Dec 2009|03:51pm] |
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Let's hope we can all dig ourselves out in 2010!
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[23 Dec 2009|10:49pm] |
i was finally convinced to stop hosting my music on megauplaod,
so here's the album i'm currently working on
http://virb.com/phantom_load
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| no PC practice after all....but..... |
[22 Dec 2009|09:23pm] |
i finally had time to clean the house & edit more art pics to add to my etsy store. sorry to spam you all again today but i know you love it deeply. =p here's more paintings that are available!       i still have 4 more, but i have to retake photos of them. ok time to sew at last. :) |
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| Odds and Ends |
[22 Dec 2009|05:55pm] |
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SUICIDE KINGS is out in hardcover (see below) and BUSTED FLUSH has been released in mass market. Meanwhile, I've delivered the additional content -- three new stories -- for the first volume of this storied series, WILD CARDS itself, which Tor will be reissuing later in the year. Since the first volume was historical in nature, telling the story of the wild card from 1946 to 1985, adding some original material to cover some of the "lost years" seemed like a natural.
The three new tales:
-- "Captain Cathode and the Secret Ace," by Michael Cassutt,
-- "Powers," by David D. Levine,
-- "Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan," by Carrie Vaughn.
No publication date yet. You'll know when I do.
As for FORT FREAK, the twenty-first volume in the series that WILD CARDS began, first drafts are all in, I've given the usual editorial note, and the writers are all off revising. This one looks to be a lot of fun. The Class of 2009 is doing some great work, and the old-timers ain't half bad either.
On other fronts, Gardner Dozois and I are very close to delivering our original cross-genre anthology STAR-CROSSED LOVERS, to Pocket Books. We're waiting for some minor revisions from one writer. Once those are in hand, the book will be delivered. Only it's not STAR-CROSSED LOVERS any longer. Pocket's sales force did not like that title, so the anthology has now been rechristened SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH. Got a great line up of writers for that one, including Diana Gabaldon, Jim Butcher, M.L.N. Hanover, Peter S. Beagle, Marjorie Liu, Jacqueline Carey, Carrie Vaughn, Robin Hobb, Neil Gaiman, and many more.
Everybody's talking about AVATAR, which I haven't seen yet... but I have been going to movies. While the crowds queue up for Cameron, I've been catching up on some of the other films now in release. I enjoyed THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, and liked INVICTUS as well, but the one that really impressed me was ME AND ORSON WELLES. The guy who plays Welles should get an Oscar nomination for that performance.
As usual, I am way behind on my Xmas shopping.
Where does the time go?
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| we are playing this Fri night, so come on out!!! |
[22 Dec 2009|04:25pm] |
 Nothing to do and nowhere to go on the evening of December 25th? Come on down to Plan B and DON'T celebrate the holidays. First 20 folks that arrive 8pm onwards will get 2 free drinks. So be there early. Nico Bella will be MCing the performances of Portland's most talented: PowerCircus LadyShade staticOpera LucretiaRenee (fire!) Omega Amigo Scard and Witchthrone PowderKeg (marching band!) Tunes to be spun by: DJ Paradox DJ Ashkelon DJ Replicant |
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| Now On Sale |
[22 Dec 2009|05:01pm] |
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Today was the official publication day for the latest Wild Cards book, SUICIDE KINGS.
Run, don't walk, to your favorite bookstore and getcha copy now. And hell, while you're there, get copies for all your friends as well. All you Xmas shopping in one swell foop.
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| small paintings for sale! |
[22 Dec 2009|12:51pm] |
putting up the paintings i got back few days ago from the 100's show. i sold 7 out of 20 at the show. and soon they will all be available for you! :) 3 are online in my etsy store right now. but got a lot to do today, hope to get the rest up this week! Magical Cleopatra 1930s Belly Dancer with Snakes Painting Zoo Keeper Original Signed Painting Clown Kachina and Carousel Horse Friend Painting still so much to post about & video from my performance the other night. also we are playing a show this Fri night. i still need to get the flyer to you all! soon. now i need to belly dance & fix my aching body w/ yoga. next is power circus practice. it never ends, really..... |
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| what a way to wake up |
[22 Dec 2009|08:49am] |
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not really a 'way' to wake up
more than what grossness comes with waking up.
went to peek on bunny like always when i get up
and
i figured there'd be huge turds for me in his tank with because he is about
to shed any day. well, today he blew his ass out basically.
usually snakes poop & pee at the end of the shed, but he has been holding this last rat
in for 2 weeks tonight.
so basically i find gross poop but more disturbing
no shed and blood smeared on the paper towel!!!
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guess he was constipated?!
gross i know
but grosser for me before my morning coffee.
up ridiculously early this morning.
i guess this was why.
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| happy solstice! |
[22 Dec 2009|12:18am] |
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happy solstice.
now warm weather hurry on back!
hahaha
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| Giants Crush |
[21 Dec 2009|11:42pm] |
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Well, that was fun. If only every game was like this...
(Maybe it is, if you're a Colts fan).
These were the Giants I remember. The swarming aggressive D, the sacks, the knockdowns, the hurries, the interceptions, runners tackled at the line of scrimmage. And on offense, long time-consuming drives ending in touchdowns. Eli looked terrific, spreading the ball around. Nicks, Smith, Manningham, and Boss all had big catches, and even Derek Hagan scored a touchdown. The running game was back, especially when Ahmad Bradshaw had the ball. The O line opened gaping holes, and the D line was so relentless that our wafer-thin secondary was never threatened.
Yeah, these were the real G-Men.
I have no idea who those clowns in the Redskins uniforms were.
That fake field goal the Skins tried at the end of the first half had to be one of the most bizarre plays I've ever seen. Watching Steve Young talk about it in the postgame was hilarious.
I do feel sorry for Jim Zorn, whose postgame press conference was... well, obviously, no one ever taught the guy Coachspeak. Poor guy is not long for D.C.
But it was a great win.
Now we need two more like it, coupled with a Cowboys loss.
(Or a Packers loss, maybe... but while I know the G-Men have the tiebreaker over Dallas, no one has ever mentioned who wins a tie between New York and Green Bay).
Next week, the Panthers. Who beat the Vikings yesterday. Let's hope the real G-Men show up.
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| History is hilarious |
[21 Dec 2009|04:03pm] |
Corporate personhood is one of those quirks of history and politics that make me feel like there's no reason to read fiction anymore.
In 1886, the same year as the Haymarket Tradgedy and the Carrollton Massacre, California's Santa Clara County sued Southern Pacific Railroad over some fees and such. This case would have been forgotten among countless such boring cases, if not for J.C. Bancroft Davis. Former president of a railroad company and the court reporter for this case, he decided to record an offhand comment by the judge which has since been used to argue that the 14th Amendment, meant to give citizenship to freed slaves, also applies to corporations.
Fast forward to 1998, when two Fox News Channel investigative reporters in Florida tried to sue the "infotainment" megalith under whistle-blower laws, as they had been forced out of their jobs for refusing to present news they knew to be false. They won in the lower courts, but Fox appealed, saying "it is not technically illegal for a broadcaster to deliberately distort the news on television." Citing corporate personhood granted by the precedent created Bancroft Davis, the company asserted that they had a first amendment right to lie. Fox won.
Now there's a case that will be decided in January that will push corporate personhood even further. "At issue [in the case ofCitizens United v. Federal Election Commission]: whether corporations, as 'unnatural persons,' can make contributions to political campaigns." Surely, if they are people, then they have the same first amendment rights as people, yes? And though the strength of corporate personhood has waxed and waned through the years (in 2003, Nike settled rather than risk losing it's court case over false advertising), there's still plenty of precedent for the conservative-majority Supreme Court to work with.
We'll have to wait until 2010 (it's gonna be a great year) but there's a chance that there will be a tragically funny punchline for the joke Bancroft Davis wound up over 100 years ago. The Houston branch of the Bin Laden Construction company could bankroll a candidate to run against a candidate sponsored by Frito-Lay and Yum! Foods. As legal persons, corporations could skip the middle man and run for office themselves (as long as they were "born" in the U.S. and are over 45. I guess I'd vote for Ford over Bechtel).
Crazy world we live in.
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| Jets Crash |
[20 Dec 2009|06:04pm] |
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Life is meaningless and full of pain.
I saw this one coming. Three missed field goals will always come back and bite you in the ass.
Great D, but Mark still has a lot of maturing to do.
With the Colts and the Bengals yet to come, I think we can kiss the playoffs goodbye.
And I'm not feeling good about the Giants game tomorrow either.
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