Psephology
Thanks to the ever-splendid Economist, I discovered a new word this week: psephology, the study of elections, voting patterns and electoral behaviour,…
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Falling in love, again
On Sunday, Kelley and I had friends over for dinner to celebrate them moving in together. To mark the occasion we served…
Read moreTorture tree
I know the weather is about to change when the torture tree, the last holdout, starts to green. Here’s the tree on…
Read moreWhat to do after you get drunk…
Busy today, so go read the links for writers post on Sterling: some nifty stuff on what to search for just before…
Read moreDid I expect this?
Over on Facebook a couple of days ago someone asked me if I had expected “this kind of recognition” (Locus and Hugo…
Read moreBlurred air
The night before last I stood out on the deck by the ravine. It was sometime around three in the morning. The…
Read moreGay superhero pride
From the New York Times: DIM lighting. Rendezvous-friendly nooks. Muscled bartenders. Pulsating dance music. At first glance, it could be any Saturday…
Read moreLocus Award finalist — a dilemma
I’ve just found out that “It Takes Two” is a Locus Award finalist. I’m in some fine company, including two of my…
Read moreEgg-shaped house
Here’s an egg-shaped home office for the garden, or an emergency living pod. Or, well, something. Pretty nifty. Though not the bouncy…
Read morequeering sf, and comics, and hospital visits
Batwoman is getting her own series, yay! Matt Staggs’ piece in Suvudu: DC Comics announced Wednesday that Batwoman will have her own…
Read moreAdèle Blanc-Sec
Luc Besson’s latest: (thanks Angélique) Based on Les Aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec, by Jacques Tardi. It looks like a great pile o’…
Read moreClarion West Executive Director. Apply Now.
Clarion West, the peoplel who run the fabbest writers’ workshop in the world, is looking for a quarter-time Executive Director. You can…
Read moreThoughts on the short story
Over at Sterling Editing, we have our usual roundup of links for writers. The most interesting, for me, is the BBC Story…
Read moreWow: The Elements–what an iPad textbook can look like
(via eBookNewser) The 3-D option is particularly nifty. I’m thinking what an amazing iPad version I could make of And Now We…
Read moreLife is good
Busy doing stuff. But I thought you might like a photo of some of my Easter chocolate. Naturally, they no longer look…
Read moreIf you’d like to buy me a present
photo: Sotheby’s According to the Guardian: Sotheby’s has announced it is to sell an extremely rare and perfectly conditioned first edition of…
Read moreEmerging LGBT Voices Writers’ Retreat
The faculty have been announced for the Lambda Literary Foundation’s Emerging LGBT Voices Writing Retreat. And, hey, I’m one of them. Emerging…
Read moreComplete list of Hugo Nominees
Lifted whole from the AussieCon4 website: The Hugo Awards are awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. They…
Read moreW00t! I’m a Hugo Finalist!
My very first! For “It Takes Two,” which first appeared in Jonathan Strahan’s Eclipse 3. I’m getting this live from Twitter (follow…
Read moreNo one has the right to live their life without being shocked
Happy Easter. I grew up Catholic so Easter is all about the chocolate for me. But I know some of you think…
Read moreChief Electricity Officer
The best summation I’ve seen so far of Apple’s iPad is from Sarah Rotman Epps of Forrester Research. (Link via Babbage.) The…
Read moreI think we need a new car
I love The Economist, but I doubt we’ll date
I read The Economist cover to cover every week. I’m especially enamoured of their Special Reports, particularly Technology Quarterly, so I was…
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