Kitties!
Because I’ll be gone most of the day doing medical things, and because throwing Cute at you is acceptable once a year,…
Read moreBecause I’ll be gone most of the day doing medical things, and because throwing Cute at you is acceptable once a year,…
Read moreThis is for those friends of mine who love non-cuddly beasties. (I have a surprising number.) From the London Review of Books:…
Read moreThis caught my eye the other day (from the Westmorland Gazette):E.L. James vs. King James: A HOTEL boss has swapped Bibles in…
Read moreThe Danny Boyle-directed Olympics Opening Ceremony was, well, Britain on acid. Or maybe ecstasy. A wild, weird and wonderful party. With great…
Read moreYesterday I read this article from The Advocate New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn filed a…
Read moreMy friend, Dr Angelique Corthals, has a new paper out. (Perhaps you recall her last one, which caused a stir by asserting…
Read moreThe 2012 Man Booker Prize longlist has been announced: Nicola Barker, The Yips (Fourth Estate) Ned Beauman, The Teleportation Accident (Sceptre) André…
Read moreSally Ride, the first woman from the west to go into space, died yesterday. And she came out in the obituary on…
Read moreThe lyrics say it all, really: There’s a story waiting to be toldWaiting for all of us, whether we’re young or oldThe…
Read moreThe first song is “Something to Live For,” written by Billy Strayhorn (who arranged the music, too, I think) and performed by…
Read moreYesterday news hit of Pearson (parent company of Penguin) acquiring the self-publishing vendor Author Solutions. From Publishers Weekly: In a move that…
Read moreToday has dawned light and bright, so I’m going to take the day off. A massage, a long, leisurely lunch, with wine,…
Read moreI enjoyed an article this morning in the Wall Street Journal, “The Return of the British Empire.” Great Britain came home from…
Read more“These novels testify to the extraordinary range, profound intelligence, and indefatigable weirdness of ’50s American science fiction. A must-have for anyone interested…
Read moreWhen I was writing about the Polari prize the other day, I was reminded of a question that came up here both…
Read moreHe’s 86. He used to be half an inch taller than me. Now I’m a couple of inches taller than him. He…
Read moreVia Diva, the longlist of the UK’s Polari First Book prize: Rory’s Boys by Alan Clark (Bliss/Arcadia Books)Pennance by Claire Ashton (self published…
Read moreA couple of days ago I read this in the Huffington Post: WASHINGTON — Women including sports icon Billie Jean King and…
Read moreOver at io9.com, Charlie Jane Anders has rounded up some opinions on the 10 SF novels people pretend to have read–and why…
Read moreAs I’ve said previously, Referendum 74 made the ballot. But Initiative 1192–which could have proved confusing to those voting on same-sex marriage–has…
Read moreOn my way back from the UK last week I ate lunch and watched a film. The lunch, despite one’s palate being…
Read moreLast night I was one of about ninety people who gathered for drinks and delicious food–lamb kebab, grilled salmon, a variety of…
Read moreJust published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences*, “The link between altered cholesterol metabolism and Alzheimer’s disease,” by Paola…
Read moreFish is brain food. At least that’s my sincere hope. Jet lag shrinks my brain to a dot. Fish and fruit are…
Read moreSo last week was mad–we got a last-minute flight to the UK to see my family. It was a special occasion, a…
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