weapons of massdistraction

I have been utterly useless today. All right, maybe not utterly. I’ve managed to keep the little man fed, in clean clothes, and fairly entertained. But there are towering stacks of dirty dishes threatening to engulf the entire kitchen. And I’m still in my pajamas. I wasn’t allowed to sleep in (to bed around [...]

Poor Ursula K. LeGuin. I just read her essay, A Whitewashed Earthsea: How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books. There’s also an extended version, called Earthsea in Clorox (via Neil Gaiman). So in hindsight selling the movie rights was not the best move, but she explains her thinking behind it…and a bit about [...]

While out this morning I drove past many gaudily decorated houses, but there was one in particular that caught my eye, with such a dizzying array of christmas crap distributed across its front yard. The decorations ranged from multitudes of reindeer and multiple manger scenes, to several Snoopy Santas and evil looking elves. Naturally [...]

I have another deadline looming before me, but I’m just not feeling it. Lulu.com has a special offer, specifically for NaNoWriMo winners like myself. The offer is this, a free printed copy of my book, with color front and back covers and black and white interior. This offer expires on January 15, 2005. I [...]

And now for something completely different.

Our little familial unit just stopped by our local library. While the visit didn’t yield the books I was looking for, we did come away with a few other things, including two DVDs. Each with the potential to be brilliant or really really bad…or maybe a bit of [...]