So we got a new puppy: That’s little Ygraine. She’s twelve weeks old, very sweet and fearlessly curious. Her first night at the Castle was as easy as you could wish for–she curled up in her crate and slept most of the night without a peep. We got Ygraine as a companion for Henry, to…
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social week: it’s like shark week, only with more bourbon.
I turned in some on-schedule edits on Saturday, so I rewarded myself by drinking Cuba Libres and playing the truly excellent The Last Of Us on the PS3 for the rest of the weekend. This week will be the highlight of the year, socially speaking (at least for this work-from-home hermit). That’s because it’s Readercon week. I…
strange foreign customs, part XIV.
Lyra will be in first grade in the fall, which reminded me of a German tradition I had forgotten about: the Schultüte. Since about the beginning of the 19th century, German school kids get a Schultüte on the first day of first grade. It’s a big cone made out of heavy paper, decorations on the outside…
the current novel schedule.
Here’s a quick rundown on the writing schedule for the next year or three, since so many people have been asking about the sequel/s lately. The second novel, Lines of Departure, will be out in May. It’s told from Andrew’s perspective, just like the first one, and takes place five years after Terms of Enlistment….
the muslins and their shakira law again.
It’s not unsurprising that some Tennessee lawmakers get all huffy at the idea of accommodating Muslims in the State House. It’s also not unsurprising that they’re unfamiliar with mop sinks.
deal alert.
The Hunger Games trilogy is only five smackers for the Kindle right now. If you have one of them Kindelmaschines, that’s a good rate for 1,100+ pages of dystopian YA goodness. If you’re one of the three or four people in the country who haven’t read it yet, that is. I bought it to re-read…saves…
historically speaking, peace in europe is an aberration.
Politicians in Hungary are calling for a list of prominent Jews in the country. Greece has been rioting pretty much for the last two years over austerity cuts. Spain and Italy are circling the same bankruptcy drain. France just lowered the retirement age for some workers to 62, while Germany—the country that pays off the…
just around the riverbend.
When we moved to New Hampshire, we tossed our joint collection of CDs into a bunch of boxes. After our move, they languished in the garage for a good long while before I got around to sorting through them and ripping worthy stuff into iTunes. One of the CDs I found in the wife’s half…
unreachable poultry.
The chain link fence is the impenetrable boundary between Dogland (the backyard) and the Poultry Realm (the front yard.) This will go well until the first chicken gets too cocky, flies on top of the fence, and then hops down on the wrong side. Right now, however, the denizens of Dogland are having a collective…