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Because I’m a nerd, I’ve been excited all summer about the new Twin Oaks branch library. I’m sitting in it right now, in their quiet-room study carrels (although I wish the rest of the library was less stingy with the … Continue reading →

Haven’t checked in at the porch light recently. Got a particularly weird moth and a rare sighting of a praying mantis.

I’m going to give you an idea of everything I’ve been writing in the past couple of days. I wrote up an overview of a Czech version of Jules Verne and a travelogue of Winnipeg at No Fear of the … Continue reading →

Caught my first largemouth bass in a long time the other day. It bit on the first cast, which lends support to my theory that the fish don’t bite once they figure out you’re there. It bit on a regular … Continue reading →

Today was my last day at the bakery. I went in for a couple hours to make sure that the website was updated as much as it needs to be, at least for now. I decided that I’ve spent enough … Continue reading →

Since I last mentioned him, the author C. Deskin Rink has been making good progress in shopping around his Helmut Finch story "What They Consumed." The story is now out in the premier issue of Bete Noire. The blurb on … Continue reading →

Longtime followers of this blog have seen how inadvertent aquarium ownership devolved into an obsession with Austin creeks and finally left me with my current enthusiasm: fishing. I’ve had some fishing failures, but there have been triumphant fishing successes. The … Continue reading →

Editor D Chang has performed a total revamp on the SpaceSquid.com site. There’s now a wordpress blog, where we will be posting Space Squid related news. Possibly our stories will go up here, as well as on the PDF. What … Continue reading →

The inestimable Lawrence Person blogged about his complete Space Squid collection and the clay tablet that he acquired at the Armadillocon art auction. As it turns out, he has the tablet on a place of honor on his mantelpiece. Right … Continue reading →

I’m going to post an entry for no other reason than sniping hits off a hot new topic: azodicarbonamide. In case you haven’t taken a look at America recently, it’s filled mainly with hysterical, cowards who’ve had poor science education. … Continue reading →