It’s a good day today. After a very long slog (years, really), I’m finally “done” with my sword and sorcery serial (which I’ve re-re-retitled back to The Glamour of the God-Touched Series. There are many reasons it’s taken so long, not the least of which is that I’ve repositioned them between novellas and novels and […]
Read More ...Books that changed SF forever
Jackie Allen-Peters, a friend of mine, linked to this list of 21 books that changed science fiction from io9, and she asked how many I had read, and what I would add. Here are my answers. I’ve read at least 16 of the 21, and maybe 17 … I can’t remember if I actually read […]
Read More ...LLU Day 5 – What’s your strategy?
As noted over the past few days, I’ve been reviewing the Leanness Lifestyle University’s free 5-day program. Today is day five. After this time, it’s clear to me that this program has clearly been approached in a comprehensive manner, meaning that it’s been thought through from the top down, and takes into account all elements […]
Read More ...Life Itself
We went to go see “Life Itself,” the new documentary on Roger Ebert. It is a beautiful film, and both Lisa and I strongly recommend it. I think there are people in this world who are just remarkably different in ways that are hard to fully comprehend. Roger Ebert was one of those kinds of […]
Read More ...LLU: Day 4 – I second that emotion
So today I watched the fourth video in LLU’s Fitness 101 program. It’s among the more interesting, as it’s about the third leg–leading an emotionally fit lifestyle. Before I get going too far, let me drop the breadcrumbs again…here are my thoughts on: Day 1: Overview Day 2: Adventures with Food Day 3: Can you […]
Read More ...Lifestyle 101: Day 3 – Can you outrun what you eat?
Today I went through LLU’s free Lifestyle 101 Day 3 video. If you want to see my thoughts on the earlier installments, you can find them: Day 1: Overview Day 2: Adventures with Food A few more quick notes: 1 – Yesterday I said I expected to get an email to find day 2. I […]
Read More ...LLU’s Lifestyle 101: Day 2 – Adventures with food
Today I undertook day two of the Lifestyle 101 course at LLU. You can find my Day 1 experience here. A few usability notes at this point. 1 – I’ve been playing with the little application that tracks calorie intake, and I find it’s not the most intuitive thing in existence. I may be writing […]
Read More ...Playing around with Leanness Lifestyle University – Day 1
After seeing Rachel Carpenter’s impressive and inspiring success in regaining a healthy lifestyle, and because I’m just naturally interested in the science and psychology of weight loss in general, I decided to spend some time at Leanness Lifestyle University (LLU). For those unaware, LLU is a program founded by David Greenwalt, and focuses on helping […]
Read More ...Simulators saves lives (or, thank goodness for GPL and iRacing)
Lisa and I were driving home from DetCon1 last evening, zipping along I-69 on cruise control at my usual 72 or 73 MPH in the right lane. The radio was playing, and we were alternating between talking and just driving. We had considerable distance between us and the cars ahead, and we had two cars […]
Read More ...DetCon schedule…finally, eh?
Just a note for all the folks out there who will be in Detroit for this week’s DetCon, I’ll be doing a couple pieces of programming–both Friday. If you’re in the zone, stop in and say hey! Friday – 10:00AM: Reading (with Stephen Leigh) I’m still in the mode of deciding exactly what I’m going […]
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