Other synthetic delusions of the electric head

In the end, I spent the evening ripping CDs, composing a playlist, and re-reading Grant Comes East. I need to finish unpacking some of these boxes, since I'm pretty sure a couple of my missing CDs are wedged in there somewhere...anyway, no progress in the kitchen tonight. Maybe tomorrow.

( About that playlist )

One of my other Christmas presents was The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century, edited by Harry Turtledove and martin Greenberg. It's a fairly decent collection, though some of the stories seem to be more time-travel than straight alternate history (Sterling & Shiner's "Mozart in Mirrorshades") and Allen Steele's "The Death of Captain Future" is straight-up hard SF. Still, overall it's a decent collection, with Larry Niven's classic "All The Myriad Ways" and Ward Moore's "Bring The Jubilee".

Other synthetic delusions of the electric head

In the end, I spent the evening ripping CDs, composing a playlist, and re-reading Grant Comes East. I need to finish unpacking some of these boxes, since I'm pretty sure a couple of my missing CDs are wedged in there somewhere...anyway, no progress in the kitchen tonight. Maybe tomorrow.

( About that playlist )

One of my other Christmas presents was The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century, edited by Harry Turtledove and martin Greenberg. It's a fairly decent collection, though some of the stories seem to be more time-travel than straight alternate history (Sterling & Shiner's "Mozart in Mirrorshades") and Allen Steele's "The Death of Captain Future" is straight-up hard SF. Still, overall it's a decent collection, with Larry Niven's classic "All The Myriad Ways" and Ward Moore's "Bring The Jubilee".

Can't sleep, Stuart's cavalry will eat me

Plans to get up early and do a buttload of baking before the Board meeting fell afoul of Never Call Retreat, which I got into last night (er, well, early this morning) after finishing Grant Comes East. It kept me up until about 0230, which meant I slept in until 1100 this morning after whacking the snooze button on the alarm a couple of times.
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I was going to do a massive year in review post, but there's really no time for that since I'm being hired to play taxi for P, and I want some solid food in my stomach before I go off to the work (and party) of the day.

Can't sleep, Stuart's cavalry will eat me

Plans to get up early and do a buttload of baking before the Board meeting fell afoul of Never Call Retreat, which I got into last night (er, well, early this morning) after finishing Grant Comes East. It kept me up until about 0230, which meant I slept in until 1100 this morning after whacking the snooze button on the alarm a couple of times.
( Read more... )

I was going to do a massive year in review post, but there's really no time for that since I'm being hired to play taxi for P, and I want some solid food in my stomach before I go off to the work (and party) of the day.