Your Sunday moment of zen.
Alcatraz, from shore, 2007. © 2007, 2011, Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
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Posted: 11:57 am Sun March 20 2011 | Comments(0) |
Mainspring reviewed, possibly in Hungarian
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mariness tells an ICFA funny on me
Summer Camps With a Technology Focus — What has the future come to? (Via my Dad.)
Shipwreck exhibit stirs up storm at Smithsonian
?otD: Florida or Floridon’t?
Posted: 11:56 am Sun March 20 2011 | Comments(1) |
But I am rather busy this morning. Regular blogging service will be restored later today.
You may shop as usual, there is no need to return to your homes.
Posted: 5:54 am Sun March 20 2011 | Comments(0) |
Yesterday: Woke up. Walked in the fields. Cleaned up. Went to a delightful reading alongside Kit Reed and Paul Park. (Theme: Writers whose names are four-letter words.) Wrote on the pier over the lake. Hung out by the pool. Drank. Hung out by the pool. Ate dinner. Hung out by the pool. Drank. Hot tubbed. Slept.
Today: Write on the pier. Hang out by the pool. Joint interview with Joe Haldeman. Drink. Hang out by the pool. Eat. Hang out by the pool. Drink. Hot tub.
You?
Posted: 8:16 am Sat March 19 2011 | Comments(0) |
Your Saturday moment of zen.
Cheese menu, at a co-op in Berkeley that I can no longer remember the name of, 2007. © 2007, 2011, Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
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Posted: 8:13 am Sat March 19 2011 | Comments(0) |
Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You — The rise and fall of the phone call.
Why aren’t more women airline pilots?
Why don’t journalists link to primary sources?
Japan Earthquake not the “Big One”? — An article by a friend of mine.
?otD: Would you like a crocodile?
Posted: 8:11 am Sat March 19 2011 | Comments(0) |
3,100 words in the past two hours, on the pier over the lake. Only the herons, storks, hawks and an alligator for company. And warm, nice and warm.
I like it here.
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Posted: 11:37 am Fri March 18 2011 | Comments(0) |
The flight yesterday was okay, except when it wasn’t. On the Denver-Orlando leg, the seat immediately behind me was occupied by a young boy who was either non-neurotypical or developmentally delayed. About every 60-90 seconds for the entire 3.5 hours, he had to tell his mom what he doing right then. This took the form of, “Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. MOM! MOM!” until she acknowledged him. Also, he kicked the base of my chair almost the entire time. Ah, the romance of travel. Nonetheless I managed to get in a decent nap and a couple of hours work on Sunspin.
Stepping out of the airport in Orlando to the bus rank, I was warm for the first time in over a year and half. Last summer, tapering off chemo, I felt cold the whole time even when the weather was hot. It hasn’t been hot since. That was a blessed sensation.
Once I hit ICFA, the usual round of hallway chat began with a cast of dozens. All good stuff. Had dinner with a new friend, then spent the evening hanging out by the pool drinking a bit and talking a lot, including a midnight swim and hot tubbing. I got back to my room about 12:30 to discover that I had lost both my credit card and one of my gloves. Now mind you, it was one drink. A few panicked minutes later I discovered the credit card on the floor, wedged up against the dresser. This morning I found that my missing glove had apparently stayed up drinking after I went to bed, and was passed out under one of the poolside chaises.
Walked just before dawn today with Farah Mendlesohn, Edward James and Cecilia Holland. Here’s Edward and Cecilia as authors in the mist:
I have a reading shortly, then my schedule includes lunch, a nap, some writing, poolside lounging, drinking, dinner, poolside lounging, drinking, with a swim or two in there somewhere.
Ah, ICFA.
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Posted: 6:18 am Fri March 18 2011 | Comments(3) |
Your Friday moment of zen.
Cheese, at a co-op in Berkeley that I can no longer remember the name of, 2007. © 2007, 2011, Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
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Posted: 6:06 am Fri March 18 2011 | Comments(0) |
Icy moon and distant rings — A stunning closeup of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
Japan Takes Extraordinary Measures to Cool Nuclear Plant — U.S. officials also warn that the situation may be worse than official reports suggest. Lead shielded helicopters?
Pawlenty’s linguistic “southern strategy”? — Uh huh.
?otD: Egrets or herons?
Posted: 6:04 am Fri March 18 2011 | Comments(0) |