Bon voyage!

Our friend Denny crashed with us last night. He was only passing through; so alas, we didn’t have much time for shenanigans. But at least we made it to the Needle!

Bye sweetie! Have a happy birthday tomorrow, and a marvelous remainder of your vacation.

Well, okay.

Yes, I know about the Macmillan thing. Thanks for all the emailed heads ups. No, there’s nothing I can do about it. You can just chalk this up under “one more thing authors don’t control.”
John Scalzi and Cory Doctorow have beaten me to the thoughtful breakdowns, so I won’t go into that here.
Suffice [...]

Sometimes these things happen

I’m inclined to blame Mark Henry. He’s the only man who could inspire me to turn my petite, hard-scrabble 19th century single mom into a drag queen.
It kind of rocks, though.
I mean, from a certain angle …

Calling Seattle-Area Victoriana Buffs

It’s Bartitsu time! You know, Bartitsu — the 19th century “gentlemanly art of self-defense,” AKA Victorian stick-fighting … coming to Seattle via seminar on March 6, at the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts. Behold, a link: Bartitsu In Seattle.
The seminar’s presenters are creating a documentary on this subject, called Bartitsu: [...]

good news/bad news

This morning I went to the dentist for a routine cleaning — my last before our bullet-proof Amazon.com insurance benefits go away at the end of this month. I’d been having a little sensitivity with one particular tooth; so while I was there, I asked about it. The doc did some tests. [...]

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