13 Apr 2009, 14:24 p.m.

On Realizing That I Am A Veritable Switchboard Of Buttons To Be Pressed

As Father Brown would say: "Lord, what a turnip I am...Lord, what a turnip."

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12 Apr 2009, 13:14 p.m.

Bluths as Bartlett's

Some lines from Arrested Development stick in my mind as incisive embodiments of some less-acknowledged fallacies, afflictions, and distinctions. To wit: Should the Fünkes try an open marriage? Tobias notes that many couples he counseled …

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11 Apr 2009, 19:50 p.m.

This Retrospective, In Retrospect, Has A Theme

An abbreviated diary of the past few days, mostly for future Sumana's use: Wednesday I went to Supper and the Sci-Fi Screening Room with a journalist who opines that it's his God-given right to drink …

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10 Apr 2009, 9:58 a.m.

The Latter Link Includes Dick Van Dyke Non-Pun Joke

Today, looking at the tax documents, I saw Leonard's name next to mine and felt awe again that we're really seriously married. Mega-married! proclaimed Leonard. We conjectured that maybe the government should let same-sex couples …

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07 Apr 2009, 20:01 p.m.

"Also airport bathrooms."

As Leonard and I read submissions for the anthology, we compiled some tips for writers. Leonard has them up on his site.

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07 Apr 2009, 19:17 p.m.

A Tiny Anthology

If you liked my most recent poem (the Linton Johnson one about BART), you might like these: on my right pinky finger (near the end of the page) on chess "Consistency Bias," on coercion and …

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07 Apr 2009, 13:23 p.m.

Five Books (With A Little Cheating)

Years after Zed and Rachel C. (Update: and Erica Olsen!!) tagged me with fairly similar book blogpostmemes, I respond. Hugo Schwyzer did a similar one once that I'm taking this opportunity to link to, and …

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06 Apr 2009, 19:06 p.m.

Sagacity

Leonard and I are watching Carl Sagan's COSMOS, which is astounding. Also, if you're doing impressions, two parts Obama plus one part Woody Allen will give you an okay Sagan.

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03 Apr 2009, 21:58 p.m.

Happiness

Leonard and I got to hang out with Jed Hartman, an editor of Strange Horizons, this afternoon! We talked about scifi and editing and his magazine and our anthology. Then he left, then Aaditya came …

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02 Apr 2009, 9:13 a.m.

Me In Other Media

The Thoughtcrime Experiments anthology, which Leonard and I are finishing up now, got me into Your Favorite Thing About The Recession from The Morning News. It's also a big reason Sharon Panelo interviewed me about …

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