My 2010: good, bad, and learning opportunities
Last night I started to mull my 2010, and what I kept thinking was, “Blimey, was that this year??” So much of…
Read moreMonth: December 2010
Average use of media per day: 11 hours
From eMarketer (via Dear Author) a short but meaty–and fascinating–examination of time “consumers spend with all major media, regardless of multitasking or…
Read moreThe long slow march towards LGBTQIA equality
official White House photo by Pete Souza A week ago, Kerry Eleveld interviewed Pres. Obama in the Advocate. President Obama tells The…
Read more2010 in pictures: green and growing things
I got a bit obsessed with plant-based lifeforms this year: the trees in the ravine, the garden, the pot herbs on the…
Read moreModesty Blaise and Lisbeth Salander
One of my most propitious discoveries this holiday season was Modesty Blaise, the character created by Peter O’Donnell. She appears in novels…
Read moreHappy, Merry, Supersplendiferous
In honour of the season–and Kelley, and me, and life, the universe, and everything (especially everything tasty)–I’m taking the next couple of…
Read moreHanna: oooh
http://d.yimg.com/nl/movies/site/player.swf I know nothing about this but what I’ve seen here (thanks, Dianne). But a killer teen girl raised in Finland as…
Read moreAccidental plagiarism: a terrifyingly narrow escape
Last week I wrote a funeral scene that pleased me enormously. Wrenching, raw, powerful. Wow, I thought, I nailed that! I kept…
Read moreSolstice eclipse
I didn’t get to sleep until close to 5 a.m. this morning so today is going to be one of quiet reflection….
Read moreSunshine and kerbs
The sun is shining. The kerbs are growing. DADT has fallen. Life is good. Here, just because I can, are some gratuitous…
Read moreThe Ayes have it: DADT is repealed
I just watched the vote. “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” is repealed. All it needs is Pres. Obama’s signature. And, y’know, all those…
Read moreDADT repeal
Sen. Harry Reid has filed for a cloture vote (which prevents filibustering) on the bill to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell.” When…
Read moreCrappy photos can look good
I love my iThing, but the camera seriously sucks. Having said that, here’s a photo I just took at Carkeek Park: I…
Read moreBlack Swan/Showgirls mashup
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=17679018&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 Via Go Into the Story There’s not much I can add to this. Except that Black Swan, judging from the trailer,…
Read moreHild, and sex at dawn
Yesterday I read “Favorite Books Of 2010: Peter Sagal On ‘Sex At Dawn’” over at NPR’s website: If you are interested in…
Read moreA world torn to pieces
Last night a storm came through that tore the neighbourhood greenery to pieces and flung it all over our deck and driveway….
Read moreSunshine, blue skies, happiness in the PNW
This is what I saw when I sat down, bleary-eyed this morning, for my tea: This, O People of the Northwest, is…
Read moreNickel Creek and the Kerbs
Not a new band name, sadly. Nope, we’re in the middle of a Pineapple Express. Under the house, the sump pump is…
Read moreTwo videos: Christmas Carols performed on iThings, and the year in review via Google search
(via Social Times) Christmas carols by the North Point iBand, all done on iThings, using apps such as SoundGrid, Medoly Bell, Guitarist,…
Read moreAnother thing for writers to obsess over: BookScan sales data
This is interesting: Amazon is giving writers access to Nielsen BookScan sales data (weekly print sales, including geographical distribution). Here’s the press…
Read more‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ procedural vote fails. Please cheer me up.
The Senate, in their wisdom (pop quiz to prevent literal mindedness: is this irony or oxymoron?), have failed to vote to move…
Read moreIt’s alive!!
The kerbs are alive!! The thyme came up first: Closely followed by the oregano: Yeah, you’ll have to squint. My camera only…
Read morePut a note in a drawer, turn it into a tweet
(thanks, evecho) From John Kester, a nightstand that will turn your handwritten notes into tweets, and will turn your friend’s Flickr set…
Read moreGoogle eBooks
Google eBooks debuted yesterday. My books are here. Strangely, I can’t find Stay (which is a Knopf Group ebook–Vintage paperback, Nan A….
Read moreSeattle photo Groupon offer: Jennifer Durham
Our friend, photographer Jennifer Durham, has a fab Groupon deal for you: $35 for your choice of Santa or Outdoor Family Photo…
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