My brother’s father-in-law is selling this: Old Violin 1853 German – eBay (item 270503136859 end time Dec-27-09 21:00:44 PST).
Wanderings
Resources for Science Fiction: Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. – Ray Bradbury
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Lightspeed Magazine
Saturday, December 19, 2009
There is another pro market out there starting Jan 1. This one is edited by the Slush God J.J. Adams. He is leaving F&SF and helping to start this zine. It pays pro rates of 5 cents a word (About $200 for one of my average stories). It will publish 4 stories a month from […]
Women With Big Breast Having Sex With Alien Spiders
Saturday, December 19, 2009
I wrote a widget for my WordPress blog that displays searches from Google. Someone actually hit my site with the search string “Women With Big Breast Having Sex With Alien Spiders”. What is worse, when you search for this information on my blog you get a whole bunch of hits. Women With Big Breast Having […]
Sent out a story
Friday, December 18, 2009
I was going through my trunked stories and found one that I liked from several years ago. I gave it a good going over, fixing things that, in the light of the passing years, didn’t seem to work. I also saw many typos that would have otherwise been invisible to me. I sent the story […]
What English Sounds Like to Foreigners
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
This might be what Americans sound like to foreigners. This is an Italian comedian singing a song in gibberish, but with an American accent. (Warning – very bad harmonica at the end.) See more funny videos and Music Videos at Today’s Big Thing. What English Sounds Like to Foreigners is Today’s BIG Thing in Music […]
Crazy Cat Lady Action Figure
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
I decided not to get The Crazy Cat Lady Action Figure, but the idea is funny. I met a lady who had 14 cats when I was buying cat litter. She seemed nice, but had to have been a bubble off plumb. There was also crazy cat lady soap that has catnip in it so […]
Digital Book Readers
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
I saw a Sony Bookreader at an electronics store and I think that I may have changed my mind against getting a device for reading books. The thing was about the size of a paperback book and the text was clear and easy to read. I will be checking the prices in the new year […]
Annual cutting of the tree
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Annual cutting of the tree – This is at Mountain Fresh Farms in Highland, NY. Basically you take the NYS Thruway north and get off at New Paltz, turn right and look for signs. You have to travel through apple country, but there will be a dozen tree farms to choose from. It started snowing […]