The Shattered Prayer

A couple of things I’ve pre-ordered and am waiting for impatiently:
Neal Stephenson has a new book coming out in September. Its called Anathem, and early reviews are very positive, and indicate that there’s a CD of very interesting music with it. Woohoo! Music AND literature. My favorite combination. But […]

I go back and forth between the healthy method, and the unhealthy method, of boosting my creativity and brain-power.
The healthy method includes brain-foods like Ginko Biloba, Huperzine A, L-Theanine (read: lots of tea) and vitamins. Add a dollop of exercise and a pinch of meditation and voila! instant creativity.
Except it isn’t working.
Physically […]

You may have notice the microblogging widget where the google ads used to be. I added Plurk to SP because, well, we don’t always have time to post a full blog, and with Plurk, all of you can keep up with every second of my tedious day.
I’m assuming you want to.
But what about […]

I gotta say, Silence in the Library was a kick-ass Dr Who episode. I’ve been waiting for it to air here, ever since it first aired, and was reviewed, in England. It was written by Steven Moffat, who also wrote Blink, and it featured Tubbs Tattsyrup… er… I mean Steve Pemberton. But really… he’ll always […]

I spilled tequila on my keyboard today. Is that bad? I mean, it can’t be any worse than all the cat-hair adhered to my keys. And hey, the tequila might even eat through some of the cat-hair and make typing easier.

We have a lot of writers on SP. And by a lot, I mean four. And I get the feeling some of you may be using Microsoft products to write fiction. Can you see what’s wrong there? How can a soulless monstrosity like Microsoft possibly be conducive to the creative process? It can’t.
In fact, […]

I must not be a very hip witch. Because I don’t dress like this. That tarot deck was in an Amazon ad when I got to SP today. Check out the illustration on the box - the pink sky and the sparkles. And the guy in the muscle-shirt. Yikes! Now you see why I […]

I think I saw Miz Wilma today when I took my mother to the doctor to get her eye-patch removed. (She had cataract surgery). Some of you may remember Miz Wilma from the blog-post I wrote about her, though judging from the number of comments on that post, only Bas read it. (Battery […]

Today my mother asked me, “So how old are you going to be tomorrow?”
And I answered “Forty-somethingmumblemumble”.
And she began waxing nostalgic about the day they brought me home when I was adopted. I had colic for 6 months, and she ended up in the hospital from nervous exhaustion (how sentimental). She also told […]

Now that we’re all using our shiny new FF3 browsers -. erm… we ARE all using our shiny new FF3 broswers aren’t we? - I figgered I’d share some of my favorite add-ons. I’ve done this before, but my list has changed. More of my extensions are geared toward work these days, so maybe some […]

As of 7:22am EST, Firefox 3 had over 7 million downloads. The fact that I’m up at 7:22 am to know that is a little unsettling. The fact that I even want to know that is downright disturbing.
I get excited over software. My life has really taken a wrong turn somewhere.
Steff emailed me […]

Knowing the readers of this blog, I’m thinking you haven’t even noticed your lab settings yet. In Gmail, go to your settings. You’ll see a new tab called “Labs”. Click on it to find some experimental features that Gmail has been working on. Some of them are very useful, while some of them… well. Lets […]

The Baptists finally came by to help us clean up the damage done in the yard by the tornady. And yes, it was very nice of them. My nephew and niece were also here, mowing the lawn and helping pick up limbs and what-not.
I, on the other hand, was not doing any of those […]

I’ve had a crap couple of days, but I’ll post our horoscopes anyway. Just don’t expect me to be witty or anything. Today, I’m the evil anti-wit.
Steff’s horoscope:
Ernest Hemingway said that his best work was a very short story consisting of six words: “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.” Alan Moore’s brief masterpiece […]

The first law of storms is: If Che is in the vicinity, head straight for her.
It was early Sunday morning, and I was dreaming of an incubus I once met. I was awakened by emergency sirens. Outside, the lightening was like strobe lights, and the rain was pouring. I got up and turned on […]