Spain was lovely, and while I wrote up a quick trip report of the first few days for BookViewCafe, I then fell off the blogging wagon entirely and merely tweeted random updates as we had bandwidth and energy. As soon as I get the photos identified and posted, I’ll let the three of you who’re […]
On vacation, that is. Almost two weeks of Away. No laptop. No deadlines. No hours at the desk, beating my head against the wall. Refilling the well, is what I’m doing. Sightseeing and seeing friends, and reading books I didn’t write, and eating meals I don’t cook and… ok, there’s going to be some work.Â
From Twitter: @LAGilman We never know how long we’re going to get – we just get this chance NOW to do something. Anything. Don’t wait. #fuckcancer If you don’t know someone – probably several someones – with cancer, it’s only because they’re not talking about it. Cancer hits everywhere, in small doses and large ones,
So yesterday I set up my to-do list, and I settle in with my cup of coffee #1, and I lift the lid of the trusty workhorse laptop (whose name is Archie to Nero-the-cranky-desktop), and… The screen displayed not the usual “okay boss, hopping to it!” energy, but the unending beachball of doom-about-to-fall. And sure
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Ok, technically, counting Android, I’m a 3 OS household, but nevermind. Wolfe the Dell is back in-house, allegedly and reportedly fixed of his pre-existing mental twitch (he would ‘forget’ how to find his hard drive periodically, which made him useless to me). Of course, in the process the free sample of Word expired. So now
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And the old year rolled down its sleeves and bid a last farewell, the year we’d shaped between us, now still. With gifts and thanks we sent him off, but did not shut the door. One breath exhaled, and one indrawn, scarce time to share a kiss to wish for a better year to
I have completed all my contracted-for freelance work, and handed in everything that was due in 2011 (except the final “Practical Meerkat” essay, which is scheduled for next Friday). Even much of the work that’s due in early ’12 is under control/out with beta readers. For most people, that would translate to ON VACATION. Actually,
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For those of you within the USA, and for those ExPats searching for a turkey elsewhere (hint: check your local political center) It’s been a hard year – a hard couple of years – and I doubt there will be a sudden recovery any day soon. But I will raise my half-full glass, and say
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As y’all know, I’ve been a supporter of the OccupyWallStreet movement for some time, for the very fact that it existed, that there were people willing to inconvenience themselves in order to be heard, protesting the occupation of our government by Wall Street. That there were people who got the hell off their sofa, gave
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Today is BookDay for TRICKS OF THE TRADE. I am so proud and happy of this book, I wish I could spend all day kvelling over it, sharing reviews and stories. But something happened this morning that has taken my attention and energy away. Early in the morning, the NYPD raided and cleared Liberty
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