Month: March 2009

Haircut

I went to have a trim today and came out… …a brunette.

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Oh, To Be Welsh

I sat at my computer and just goggled. (That’s right, “goggled”, not “googled”!) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw&hl=en&fs=1]

Garden Fun

We had one of those March weekends where the boys get the sandpit open and ask for the pool and don’t believe me when I say it might snow tomorrow. Of course, I don’t really believe it either and I start casting a critical eye on the garden. I have Plans. They have not come… Continue reading Garden Fun

Working Writers – Scalzi and The Big Idea

I really like reading interviews with writers about how they sat down and wrote their latest book/story etc. I don’t so much like interviews where the interviewer gets all “I want to win a creative-non-fiction writing award so let me describe the sound of the gravel crunching under my feet as I walk up the… Continue reading Working Writers – Scalzi and The Big Idea

Sci-Fi is now SyFy

Sci Fi network is rebranding itself as “SyFy” The head dude said, “When we tested this new name, the thing that we got back from our 18-to-34 techno-savvy crowd, which is quite a lot of our audience, is actually this is how you’d text it,” Mr. Howe said. “It made us feel much cooler, much… Continue reading Sci-Fi is now SyFy

“Vestes” Chugging Along

My Estes Vest (aka “Vestes) is coming along nicely. Actually, I have more done, up to the first increase after the waist. As with all cable projects (and lace), the first couple of times through the pattern repeats have me cursing and unpicking and wondering what the h*ll the designer was thinking. Then, once I… Continue reading “Vestes” Chugging Along

"Vestes" Chugging Along

My Estes Vest (aka “Vestes) is coming along nicely. Actually, I have more done, up to the first increase after the waist. As with all cable projects (and lace), the first couple of times through the pattern repeats have me cursing and unpicking and wondering what the h*ll the designer was thinking. Then, once I… Continue reading "Vestes" Chugging Along

The Angriest Stoplight

I really enjoyed this short story. (Warning: there is Language. Bad language. And also very good language.) I love a good short story. And I foam at the mouth when I read a bad one: one of those ones that goes on and on and says nothing and entertains-you-not and leaves you wondering why in… Continue reading The Angriest Stoplight