Not the moment to use that word...
Sometimes I don't think my workplace really knows how to be reassuring:so while the smell is admittedly annoying, there should be no health implicationsShould? Should?Thanks a lot!
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I'm seeing Avatar at the Navy Pier IMAX on December 20, 3:30PM. I'm seats H20 and H21 (guest to be determined). If you want to form on me, that's probably the best way to create a functional expedition...
View ArticleReady for the glory wall...
You can now see a nice, high quality photo of the "Best Overall Party Award". This was taken in a rig designed for macro photos of miniature details so it comes out really well.
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Time Bandits
I'd already seen Time Bandits and cjfringe's place is an hour and a half to two hours depending if I make the optimal but extremely tight first Metra train or not. But we really wanted to get a photo...
View ArticleAtheism (should) heart feminism
When I was at The Amazing Meeting, what was immediately obvious to me was that the movement is afraid of what they’d do without libertarians, in terms of numbers, and the problem with attracting...
View ArticleGoogle Wave invites
I got my first set of Google Wave invites the other day and just sent off the last of my first eight earlier today. Google has since refilled my invite bucket, and I have seven up for grabs. Who wants...
View ArticleBlarrgh?
Back to volatile again? Check. Folks available for discussion on the matter in the appropriate space of willing-to-expose-vulnerable-underbelly-to, inadequate. Damn my many weird criteria on that front.
View ArticleOn a less emo front
(but using my preferred emo icon for no reason...)Some of you know that earlier in November I purchased a blu-ray player, part of a systemic attempt to upgrade my ability to host sociable gatherings....
View ArticleI am not a touchy person....
But this is mostly a failure on my end. I got a chance to perform a relatively in-depth backrub, a first-in-kind for me, and reviews were positive. I enjoy positive reviews. And little noises of...
View ArticleDifferent Strokes
Another thing to turn my affect around: Baen's Universe editorial type Walt Boyes showed up to the social and credited my color flyer with pulling him in, which he praised as having struck him as well...
View ArticleParty 2009, Party 2010
Between rolling over our tips from the party @Windycon in 2009, and selling off our featured art item (the Shell Beach poster) we've got a Party 2010 kitty starting from $200. Not including the value...
View ArticlePeter Watts needs your help
Peter Watts is in trouble with United States border authorities after questioning the basis of a border search of his vehicle. Details at BoingBoing. He's facing the danger of crippling legal bills and...
View ArticleGod: just how marginal?
Just how marginal is belief in God? In a survey of philosophy faculty members the numbers break down like this:God: theism or atheism?Accept or lean toward: atheism 678 / 931 (72.8%)Accept or lean...
View ArticleUse of Weapons
Use of Weapons is the book I've wanted to discuss for the chicago-sf.org reading group since the beginning. In January, I'll finally get that chance as it won the voting. Woohoo!
View ArticleJanuary Chicago-area SF&F reading groups
January 6, 20107PM Destination Wonder reads The January Dancer by Michael FlynnDeKalb Public Library (309 Oak Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115-3369) conference room on the lower level. January 10,...
View ArticleCrack
Mister James Morrow, I enjoy your smack talk, sir.SCOUNDREL OF THE YEAR So there I was, all set to convert to Judaism, my war with God having finally ended, and then along comes the imperially pious...
View ArticleThis is not my Avatar review
SF author I did not expect to post an Avatar review? Greg Egan.
View ArticleFebruary Chicago-area SF&F reading groups
2/3 7PM Destination Wonder reads Mainspring by Jay Lake @ DeKalb Public Library (309 Oak Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115-3369)2/8 6:30PM Chicago Nerds read Makers by Cory Doctorow @ Noble Tree Cafe 2444...
View ArticleAdded info, February SF&F reading groups
With the Capricon schedule up, here are the details of the events taking place there:2/12 1PM Willow A: Phandemonium reads Very Bad Deaths by Spider Robinson2/12 5:30PM Willow B: Phandemonium reads The...
View ArticleCapricon
So, Capricon is almost upon us. I'll be attending. I see they've lost Frederick Pohl as a GoH to some medical concerns, leaving Sawyer as the only topline author GoH. Alas, a substantial feature...
View ArticleThat next peaceful transition of power....
chicago-sf.org's 2010 Council is:Matt DuhanBob GranstaffEmily KnowlesRich RileyJason M. RobertsonPlease give the new kids a little time to settle in before we take over the world. ;)
View ArticleJames Tiptree Jr
The April selection for chicago-sf.org's reading group is James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips. The discussion will take place on April 17th at the Oak Park Public...
View ArticleAutoPimp
You know, it occurs to me that even though I don't post much here, I might as well at least push my own content generation: read my interview with John G. Hemry (who writes as Jack Campbell)!In...
View ArticleWindyCon Schedule
People have been getting understandably antsy for a WindyCon schedule lately. This thread on Chris Gerrib's journal explains and offers a PDF of the program book to use in lieu of a web schedule. Find...
View ArticleSquids on an FPS! (Watts goes novelization-y)
Peter Watts is writing the novelization of Crysis 2.
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