Research Notes
In the wake of my previous post about the post-apocalyptic Victorian steampunk nurse character, I’ve experienced something of an outcry from nursing professionals. That post generated several LiveJournal comments endorsing the idea, as well as two emails on the subject — all from folks who are totally psyched about the prospect of a nurse-hero, if [...]
Counterproductive Mayoral Ideas
A couple of days ago I started seeing signs around my apartment for several blocks, indicating that we were not permitted to park, well, pretty much anywhere come August 24th or we’d be towed. The situation looked frankly desperate; we live in the most densely populated residential neighborhood in the city, and for the vast [...]
August 23, 2008
Today I pestered Ellen into taking me out to the army surplus store in Belltown — where I paid cash dollars American for items that, if I’d thought to ask for them sooner, my dad could’ve probably pulled out from under the bed and mailed to me for basically nothing.* But DragonCon is right around [...]
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