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12:45 “You are not your brain” – Alva Noe interview on consciousness in Salon: tinyurl.com/dygofh # 14:17 The page for Windycon 36 is finally up! www.windycon.org/windy36/ # 14:55 8% of health insurance premiums added to cover costs of uninsured: tinyurl.com/cnqmv4 … Continue reading →

My schedule at ConBust this weekend: Saturday 3:00 p.m.:”Lady and the Vamp–how women writers shape the vampire genre” When women started writing vampire stories, they influenced the entire field to shift in lasting ways. Few people would argue that vampires … Continue reading →

I’m reading old short stories as I prep for a presentation this weekend, and I ran across this quote: “…a novelist lays the scene of his drama and expects his characters to slide about in the grooves like puppets. It … Continue reading →

12:58 E.W. lists *Moonlight* as one of 26 shows that were cancelled too soon: tinyurl.com/d7dt8g # 13:03 Baker & Taylor at lowest financial ranking, high risk of “default”: www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/03/23/story6.html # 13:29 New Moon casts all Native Americans as the wolf … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday, psychoticjedi!

15:19 Just added myself to the wefollow.com twitter directory under: #author #publisher #vampires # 19:46 Follow @amabaie to get a free SEO book (regular price $40) [From Vyrdolak: Lots of useful information on a topic most people don’t “get”.] # … Continue reading →

21:58 Did all that corporate wealth go away, or just on vacation? tinyurl.com/cojet4 # 09:54 Furnace is fixed & running again. # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

Right, I said “20th,” because the furnace dates back to 1953. It’s fixed–or I hope so, it’s running now, at least. He said that a sort of sensor that detects when the burner is on or off had failed, and … Continue reading →

I got up because it was too cold to sleep and I’m too nervous to sleep with a space heater running. I slept for a couple of hours, possibly. It’s 23°F outside, with a wind chill of approximately 12°F. It’s … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday, paganpaul!