I like the advice over on John Scalzi’s Whatever blog this morning: Go buy a Tobias Bucknell book. Or two or three – the guy has just become the father of twins. He probably needs all the help he can … Continue reading
Glenda Larke
Click to enlarge. Busy today. Writing. That’s all you’re getting… … Continue reading
And the earth moved too? “Same-sex ‘marriage’ is a movement driven by wealthy homosexual activists and a liberal elite determined to destroy not only the institution of marriage, but democracy as well.” —Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, on the … Continue reading
Today I was wandering around the garden with a piece of glass from a photo frame trying to catch sunlight and redirect it. Trouble is, in the tropics, the darn sun disappears behind clouds for days at a time. Sheesh. … Continue reading
Last night I spent some time going around the house with a large hand mirror, bouncing light reflections off the walls. Sort of practical physics. I did do a year of physics in high school. I was fourteen, couldn’t make … Continue reading
Those of you who know me well will know that you hardly ever see me wearing lipstick. Not even on very formal occasions. There is a reason for this. You see, I eat the stuff. I’m addicted. Put lipstick on … Continue reading
It’s all over the internet tonight, and doubtless it will hit the newspapers in the morning, so I can tell you now. Noramly – that’s my husband, not me – is in the news. The Malaysian government is submitting his … Continue reading
I have just finished reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Love and Other Demons”. That should be required reading for all those Malaysian students in the UK* who think they were possessed of djinns. (Alternatively, they could start studying their own religion … Continue reading
I go to as many sf/ conventions as I can afford, which is actually not half as many as I’d like. I do without stuff to get there. Last year I attended my second Worldcon, this one in Denver. I … Continue reading