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 moreLast night I started to mull my 2010, and what I kept thinking was, “Blimey, was that this year??” So much of…
Read moreFrom eMarketer (via Dear Author) a short but meaty–and fascinating–examination of time “consumers spend with all major media, regardless of multitasking or…
Read moreofficial White House photo by Pete Souza A week ago, Kerry Eleveld interviewed Pres. Obama in the Advocate. President Obama tells The…
Read moreI got a bit obsessed with plant-based lifeforms this year: the trees in the ravine, the garden, the pot herbs on the…
Read moreOne of my most propitious discoveries this holiday season was Modesty Blaise, the character created by Peter O’Donnell. She appears in novels…
Read moreIn 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 morehttp://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 moreLast week I wrote a funeral scene that pleased me enormously. Wrenching, raw, powerful. Wow, I thought, I nailed that! I kept…
Read moreI didn’t get to sleep until close to 5 a.m. this morning so today is going to be one of quiet reflection….
Read moreThe sun is shining. The kerbs are growing. DADT has fallen. Life is good. Here, just because I can, are some gratuitous…
Read moreI 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 “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” is repealed.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 moreSen. Harry Reid has filed for a cloture vote (which prevents filibustering) on the bill to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell.” When…
Read moreI love my iThing, but the camera seriously sucks. Having said that, here’s a photo I just took at Carkeek Park: I…
Read morehttp://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 moreYesterday I read “Favorite Books Of 2010: Peter Sagal On ‘Sex At Dawn’” over at NPR’s website: If you are interested in…
Read moreLast night a storm came through that tore the neighbourhood greenery to pieces and flung it all over our deck and driveway….
Read moreThis is what I saw when I sat down, bleary-eyed this morning, for my tea: This, O People of the Northwest, is…
Read moreNot a new band name, sadly. Nope, we’re in the middle of a Pineapple Express. Under the house, the sump pump is…
Read more(via Social Times) Christmas carols by the North Point iBand, all done on iThings, using apps such as SoundGrid, Medoly Bell, Guitarist,…
Read moreThis is interesting: Amazon is giving writers access to Nielsen BookScan sales data (weekly print sales, including geographical distribution). Here’s the press…
Read moreThe Senate, in their wisdom (pop quiz to prevent literal mindedness: is this irony or oxymoron?), have failed to vote to move…
Read moreThe kerbs are alive!! The thyme came up first: Closely followed by the oregano: Yeah, you’ll have to squint. My camera only…
Read more(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 debuted yesterday. My books are here. Strangely, I can’t find Stay (which is a Knopf Group ebook–Vintage paperback, Nan A….
Read moreOur 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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