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Archive for November, 2009
The new 1984!
November 24, 2009It was this way for me.
November 24, 2009A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. -William Styron, novelist (1925-2006)
It was this way for me when I first read The Lord of the Rings! Exhausted, been to places new to me, and sad it was over.
I return to Middle-earth once every year or two.
When I travel, I often wonder: Where in Middle-earth am I?
Awwwe!
November 23, 2009Lawyer: Hasan ‘has no sensation’ below chest.
Gee, ain’t that just too bad. There are 13 people with no feeling from the top of their head down.
Amtrak get with it!
November 23, 2009Amtrak is still in the 20th Century. I was looking into a cross country train trip. However, Amtrak does NOT support Wi-Fi. Laptops would be off the net. They need to deal with this.
Cool Panel at LOSCON
November 22, 2009I’m looking forward to moderating the panel on the Solar Updraft Tower at LOSCON on the weekend after Thanksgiving. I have 2 PhDs & a novelist on the panel. No fuel [well, there is the sun]/no waste, just energy. Sounds good to me.
Looking for seed money for a 15 billion dollar long term project. 🙂
No change over the decades!
November 16, 2009The cardinal doctrine of a fanatic’s creed is that his enemies are the enemies of God. -Andrew Dickson White, diplomat, historian, and educator (1832-1918)
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
November 15, 2009“Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States”.
A good thing it isn’t usury!
November 13, 2009I recently was notified by BoA that the charge on unpaid balance was not somewhere about 27 to 29+%. Isn’t this higher than the Mafia used to charge? — All the credit card issuers have jacked up their rates just before the new law takes effect. — Hey, the banks need to make money for their stockholders. All the regular depositors have been laid off and don’t deposit anymore.
We got Artist & Writer!
November 12, 2009YEA!!
Ron Miller has accepted our invitation to be the Artist GOH at Albacon 2010.
He joins Allen Steele, who is ALBACON‘s Writer GoH!
We got hotel!
November 12, 2009ALBACON, www.albacon.org , has its hotel for 2010: Best Western Sovereign Hotel – Albany, 1228 Western Ave., Albany, NY 12203; +1-518-489-2981; http://www.sovereignhotels.com/ .
We hope to have on-line registration up and running real soon now. Y’all come. We give good con! Allen Steele is our Literary Guest of Honor.
It Comes From Albany 