This summer I was tapped by the Armadillocon programming committee to participate on a panel about zombie movies. For some reason I did a modicum of research before the panel and I discovered the Wikipedia list of all zombie movies ever. Since this was displayed onpage in a table format, I thought, hey, let’s export
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Rayguns Over Texas Now an Ebook!
Because we know that the literature of the future is best consumed through an internet-enabled device:
My Last Published Short Story
I’ve not been writing a lot recently, for a number of reasons. Another symptom of how much I’ve checked out of the writing lifestyle is the conspicuous lack of self-promotion for my last published short story. It’s not unlikely that this will be my last published short story ever. Luckily, this is probably the most
Obligatory Hugo Endorsements Post
It’s only one day left to fill out ballots for Hugo nominations, those of us who are WorldConnners. Here’s some suggestions. These are basically just people I know, but you can be certain that they absolutely deserve a nomination. I know that you’ve spent the last few months since WorldCon in a state of hibernation,
An Interview with My Grandfather
As my Grandfather approaches his 90th year, his writing career is kicking it up to the next level. Here’s an interview with him where he talks about his prior career and his writing process.
After the power goes out…
…this is what I look like. You can find the actual moment I’m on the show “Revolution” online on Netflix. It’s the episode “Austin City Limits.” Look for the shot where the whole team is crossing Congress Avenue, just before they go into the gun shop, which used to be Little City Coffeeshop. It was
A microscope. Just because.
I just bought this microscope from Goodwill. It was only five bucks and promised to enlarge things as much as six hundred times. So far the only thing I know for sure is that q-tips may clean smudges, but they also leave a lot of tiny fibers on microscope lenses. The other big discovery: my
Tofu Jelly Salad
A Japanese friend who was staying with us made a little traditional desert for us. It has cocktail fruit in it, and a tofu jelly which had a very similar texture as the fruit.
Burning pinata
Look deep into the fire. Look deep into hungry flames. Let them sanctify your sacrifice, let them purify your candy-bearing spirit animal. Okay, maybe it’s not that exciting.
The High Price of Taco Signs
When I was at the grocery store I saw this sign and took a picture. No good reason for it, I just thought it was kinda funny and taken generally a repudiation of all those bastard vegans. But then a manager yelled at me. “You can’t take pictures in the store.” No explanation why. Is