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SF/F author blogs

Massive list of blogs (including indicators of which do/don’t have RSS feeds) by science fiction and fantasy authors.  Cool. Though, that said — I often find myself disappointed by author…

Massive list of blogs (including indicators of which do/don’t have RSS feeds) by science fiction and fantasy authors.  Cool.

Though, that said — I often find myself disappointed by author blogs.  What I find is that I enjoy an author’s works, but not necessarily the author him/herself — especially when they go hallooing off in some other rhetorical direction, stand up on a soap box for their pet causes,or otherwise talk about … well, stuff other than their writing.  (On the other hand, blogs that are basically, “I wrote five more pages today.  Very excited.” aren’t my cuppa, either.  Which just goes to show that it’s as much about the audience as the performer).

And, of course, there’s the issue of frequency — if they rarely post, then what’s the point, and if they post a lot, why aren’t you writing the next story/novel I’m waiting for?!?

The best author blog I’ve found to date is Neil Gaiman‘s both because he has a charming and self-effacing writing style, and because he tends to write mostly about being an author or answering questions about his works.  And he seems like an interesting guy who I’d love to invite to dinner.

(via BoingBoing, too)

Because the music industry has the artists in mind, of course

The music industry defends digital rights management and radio tariffs and all that as representative of how they look out for music artists.  Which makes it amusing when one of…

The music industry defends digital rights management and radio tariffs and all that as representative of how they look out for music artists.  Which makes it amusing when one of those artists, Prince, bypasses the industry — doing a free album give-away via the British paper The Daily Mail — and they suddenly turn on him like rabid wolves

One music store executive described the plan as “madness” while others said it was a huge insult to an industry battling fierce competition from supermarkets and online stores. Prince’s label has cut its ties with the album in the UK to try to appease music stores.

The Entertainment Retailers Association said the giveaway “beggars belief”. “It would be an insult to all those record stores who have supported Prince throughout his career,” ERA co-chairman Paul Quirk told a music conference. “It would be yet another example of the damaging covermount culture which is destroying any perception of value around recorded music.

“The Artist Formerly Known as Prince should know that with behaviour like this he will soon be the Artist Formerly Available in Record Stores. And I say that to all the other artists who may be tempted to dally with the Mail on Sunday.”

High street music giant HMV was similarly scathing about the plans. Speaking before rumours of a giveaway were confirmed, HMV chief executive Simon Fox said: “I think it would be absolutely nuts. I can’t believe the music industry would do it to itself. I simply can’t believe it would happen; it would be absolute madness.”

“Because if we’re not making money on it, there’s something seriously, seriously wrong, and somebody — anybody — should put a stop to it.”

(via BoingBoing)

Bottle of Wine, Fruit of the Vine

Per this cool little trivia thang from Bruce Hansen: One bottle of wine contains: 750 mL of liquid 2.4 pounds (39 oz.) of grapes 25.6 ounces of wine (good for…

Per this cool little trivia thang from Bruce Hansen:

One bottle of wine contains:

  1. 750 mL of liquid
  2. 2.4 pounds (39 oz.) of grapes
  3. 25.6 ounces of wine (good for four glasses or so).

A case of wine has 12 bottles (duh) in it, working out to 30 lbs. of grapes.

A barrel of wine has about 295 bottles (24.6 cases, 1,180 glasses) in it.

Cool

Santa Fe 2007

Master Index of posts for our Santa Fe vacation … Travelogue: Santa Fe – Tuesday Mayan S’more Santa Fe – Wednesday While the vacationers are away … Bunny! Santa Fe…

Master Index of posts for our Santa Fe vacation …

Travelogue:
Santa Fe – Tuesday
Mayan S’more
Santa Fe – Wednesday
While the vacationers are away …
Bunny!
Santa Fe – Thursday
Disconnected
Santa Fe – Friday
Why I love Margie
Weaving
Santa Fe – Saturday

Photos

Reviews:
Recommended guide books for Santa Fe
Restaurant Review: El Nido (Santa Fe)
Restaurant Review: Osteria d’Assisi (Santa Fe)
Restaurant Review: Amaya at Hotel Santa Fe
Restaurant Review: The Old House (Santa Fe)
The Best Margarita
Hotel Review: Inn on the Paseo, Santa Fe, NM

The Best Margarita

Well, I didn’t have the ultimate margarita whilst in Santa Fe, but I had some pretty good ones.  Which for me means: Tart, rather than sweet. No sweet-n-sour mix (see…

Well, I didn’t have the ultimate margarita whilst in Santa Fe, but I had some pretty good ones.  Which for me means:

  1. Tart, rather than sweet.
  2. No sweet-n-sour mix (see #1).
  3. Rocks, no salt (I just don’ get the salt thing, and drinking a margarita slushee may beat a lot of things in life, but not drinking an actual margarita).

The biggest problem one has in Santa Fe, in fact, is that there are too many margaritas — at a decent restaurant, there can be a half dozen to a dozen or more, discernible largely by price, escalating to more sophisticated tequilas or agaves, and more fancy orange liqueurs.

I found the best tactic was to go for the third level margarita — assuming the lowest level is from the margarita machine/sour mix, and the second level is beginning to use “real” ingredients, but without going too much into the “1927 Huaxopotl Platinum Tequila (unfiltered)” kind of schtick (I save that for wine).

Top award for the week goes to La Casa Sena — a marvelous margarita over lunch.

Honorable mention to The Old House (sloe gin added a more sophisticated sweetness, plus a nice color) and the Coyote Cantina (not sophsticated, but strong). 

I actually didn’t drink bad margarita the whole trip, so pour yourselves another one, Amaya, Garduno’s, and, yes, even you, Chef Jimmy.

Cheers!

(My home recipe, btw, is 3-1-2 — 3 parts tequila, 1 part orange liqueur, 2 parts lime juice.  That mixes something nice and strong, not to mention tart enough to make your eyes water; we often muddle in a bit of powdered sugar for the n00bs.)

July? July?!

Sorry, got only about one quarter’s worth of usage in the first six months.  I declare a time out until I catch up with my to-do list…..

Sorry, got only about one quarter’s worth of usage in the first six months.  I declare a time out until I catch up with my to-do list..

Phoney

I’d better arrive at the office Monday to find an e-mail saying “We have approved your new cell phone” — or, better yet, a box with said cell phone sitting…

I’d better arrive at the office Monday to find an e-mail saying “We have approved your new cell phone” — or, better yet, a box with said cell phone sitting on my desk — or there will be hell to pay. 

The current device works between 1 second at several hours at a time, without shutting the phone off (or rebooting itself), the time being directly infuenced (negatively) by my actually doing anything with it.  This has led to multiple instances of hilarity as people have called me, I’ve hit the button to pick up the call, and gotten the cheerful “Good-bye” picture and tone.

Grrr.