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May. 18th, 2008

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[contest] [info]kenscholes has a contest about me

Check it out, give him some love.
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May. 7th, 2008

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[contest] Cancer funnies winner

The cancer funnies poll is now closed. [info]daveraines is the winner, with:
"Thank goodness it was shaped like macaroni, instead of spaghetti or, God forbid, lasagna."
[info]daveraines wins a signed copy of the Mainspring Powell's | Amazon thb | Audible ] mass market paperback with a bonus drawing of the tumor.

Thanks to everyone who played. Be sure to check out the entries if you missed them before.

Tomorrow I go on clears, and Fleet. Very early Friday morning I'm off for the surgery. My world is already narrowing considerably, so expect limited word from me tomorrow. [info]lasirenadolce will update on this blog starting during or after the operation Friday.

Mar. 31st, 2008

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[contest] And we have a winner

A much-delayed announcement of the winner for the recent caption contest. [info]pauljessup, with this gem... )

[info]pauljessup wins an ARC of Escapement Amazon ].

Judge's special prize goes to [info]kehrli for... )

[info]kehrli wins the last of my Audible gift cards.

Email me, y'all. And a big round of applause for the winners!

Mar. 19th, 2008

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[links] Link salad hump day edition

Caption contest voting poll is still open — Vote early, vote often!

[info]kenscholes on revision — ...and how it has changed for him over time.

Gene Stewart with a Clarke obituary

The Neanderthal-Human Split: (Very) Ancient History

Some extended speculation about SETI from Centauri Dreams

Long distance wifi — "Tens of miles."

Cornell Ph.D. charged in German criminal case for using the title "Doctor" — Weird.

What Are the Odds You Survive an Airplane Crash?Freakonomics blog discussing a book on aircraft forensics. Mmm, good aisle seat reading the next time I fly.

Five Years of Iraq Lies — Juan Cole reviews the situation in Iraq from the point of view of the reality-based community. Unpopular, I know, but someone has to pay attention to the real world, and it ain't going to be this administration.

Atrios says something fascinating about conservative patriotism — "The narrative from the Right - and its representatives in the conservative religious community - is of an America which was once the garden of Eden, until its tragic fall at the hands of (feminists, liberals, civil rights movement, whatever), and they wish to bring the country back to its former state. Thus they can hate the America that is while dreaming of the perfect America that was. Thus there's no conflict between their unquestioned patriotism and their hatred of the country, as their patriotism is for the True America that was, not its current corrupted incarnation."

Barack Obama's speech




3/19/08
Time in saddle: 0 minutes (my knees hurt when I woke up, so I gave it a miss and rested them)
Last night's weigh-out: n/a
This morning's weigh-in: 276.8
Currently reading: Field of Fire, by James O. Born Powell's | Amazon ]

Mar. 18th, 2008

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[links] Link salad for Tuesday (special snack size)

Caption contest voting poll is now open — Vote early, vote often!

Novelists Strike Fails To Affect Nation Whatsoever — Hahahah. (Snurched from [info]mimerki.)

Steam Wars and MORAV — Oooh. Giant robots! Alternate histories! Heroics! (Snurched from io9.)

Copy editing the Bible — Huh.




3/18/08
Time in saddle: 22 minutes
Last night's weigh-out: n/a
This morning's weigh-in: 277.6
Currently reading: Field of Fire, by James O. Born Powell's | Amazon ]

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[contest] Caption contest voting poll

This is the voting poll for the caption contest here. Commenters were challenged to coin a snappy caption for this charming candid photo of me at the Rainforest Writers Village. )

Forthwith is the voting poll. Usual rules apply, first prize (after the voting poll) will be an ARC of Escapement Amazon ].

I will also invoke judge's discretion and award my last Audible.com gift card to my personal favorite. The card can be used for two Audible titles, including Mainspring Powell's | Amazon | Audible ] or any other title, including Old Man's War, A War of Gifts: An Ender Story or any of the Dune books.

Poll #1156102 Rainforest Writers caption contest?
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Which is your favorite caption for the above photo of me?

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[info]suricattus: "Do those damn treefrogs ever shut up?"
2 (2.8%)

[info]criada: Vellux!
0 (0.0%)

[info]martyn44: Use the Force, Jay, use the Force!
0 (0.0%)

[info]etcet: "Why did I get a room with a) lismantchev and b) an espresso machine? That caffeine buzz is going to wear off sometime, and I don't know how long the chandelier is going to last with her swinging from it like that."
0 (0.0%)

[info]markbourne: Dude, I LOVE that scene in The Godfather where the guy wakes up with the big Jay Lake head in his bed!
6 (8.5%)

[info]mary919: Ceiling cat tells Jay, "Getz outta teh bed!"
1 (1.4%)

[info]jenntheamazon: "Why do those idea lights have to be so close to my head? I might go blind!"
0 (0.0%)

[info]paulcarp: "Most of my bedtime reading is nonfiction. Why, I must've read the Underwriters Laboratory label 1,000 times."
1 (1.4%)

[info]sheelangig: Chicken Little Slept Here
1 (1.4%)

[info]steve_buchheit: Jay Lake makes entreaties to the Book Fairy while double checking his synopsis is under the pillow before going to sleep.
2 (2.8%)

[info]mtrimm1: God, I weish I was sleeping with Mikal again...
0 (0.0%)

[info]robot_scandal: Jay Lake caught in an embarrassing accidental 'upshade' glance. The perv.
0 (0.0%)

[info]jeffvandermeer: "Note to self: My brain is now so large from doing so many simultaneous projects that I really need a crutch to pull my head up off the pillow in the morning."
0 (0.0%)

Ann VanderMeer: Why oh why did I eat that second helping of head cheese???
0 (0.0%)

[info]garyomaha: My ghu. He *does* sleep with his eyes open.
1 (1.4%)

[info]matthewsrotundo: "Did I leave the iron on?"
3 (4.2%)

[info]lt260: “Oh, great... I write science fiction and the image in the water stain on my ceiling is Ayn Rand?”
2 (2.8%)

[info]iamrazorwing: "Most people get one idea lightbulb at a time. Jay Lake gets two. Except this time."
0 (0.0%)

[info]saveswhat: The breakthrough moment in Jay Lake's creation of the "Lightpunk" subgenre.
6 (8.5%)

[info]ianrandalstrock: If I think at it hard enough, it'll go down... Oh! You meant the light bulb.
2 (2.8%)

[info]makoiyi: If I don't move may be it won't.
0 (0.0%)

[info]threeoutside: Alien Lights Turn Man's Ears into Giant Cauliflowers!
1 (1.4%)

[info]jtdiii: Jay discovers the latest product from Ronco, The Snorer. "Snore On, Snore Off, Snore On, The Snorer!"
0 (0.0%)

[info]saycestsay: Only one? Where's the idea switch?
0 (0.0%)

[info]stillnotbored: Can't sleep...can't show weakness...new writers will eat me...
7 (9.9%)

caryn71: Noticing a large shiny black spider in the lamp just inches from his head, Jay must negotiate his means of escape; throw back covers and jump, or crawl away slowly.
0 (0.0%)

[info]wild_patience: God? Is that you?
1 (1.4%)

[info]joshenglish: Blink on! Blink off! Damn tic!
0 (0.0%)

[info]jeffsoesbe: In the rainforest, ceiling spiders are Very Large.
0 (0.0%)

[info]alasdair1076: One day, when I've finished my Jedi training, I'll be able to turn BOTH lights on with my mind.
7 (9.9%)

[info]pauljessup: Is it still there?
0 (0.0%)

[info]pauljessup: I, Loxor the Lamp god, shall devour you mortal!
0 (0.0%)

[info]pauljessup: Why is robot sex so damned loud?
2 (2.8%)

[info]pauljessup: Can't sleep, lamps will eat me.
10 (14.1%)

[info]twilight2000: "Be vewy vewy qwiet..."
0 (0.0%)

[info]delkytlar: "Maybe rooming on the party floor at FurryCon would be better than rooming under it."
1 (1.4%)

[info]kproche: "Every time I close my eyes it moves closer! Must... not... blink..."
3 (4.2%)

[info]akirlu: "If that thing comes on every time I have an idea it's gonna be a l-o-o-o-o-n-g night!"
2 (2.8%)

[info]jeffsoesbe: "Are you there, Ghu? It's me, Jay."
3 (4.2%)

[info]kehrli: On the second day of Rainforest, there was nothing. Then the Light spake, "Let there be Lake," and there was Lake. And he was good.
7 (9.9%)

Mar. 16th, 2008

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[links] Link salad on a bleary Sunday

Don't forget the new caption contest — Another ARC of Escapement Amazon ], as well as an Audible.com gift card, are at stake!

Endeavour to orbit — APOD with a much closer view of the space shuttle night launch that I saw last week

Bonsai gear clock — Mmm. Shiny. :: wants ::

Dollar's plunge pushes eurozone past US"With the euro now trading around 1.56 against the dollar, the size of its annual output (at market value) has exceeded that of the United States," US investment bank Goldman Sachs estimated last week. Your Republican Party, safeguarding America's standing in the world.

Iraq war's cost: Loss of U.S. power, prestige and influenceThanks in part to the Iraq war, the next U.S. president — Republican or Democrat, black or white, man or woman — will take office with America's power, prestige and popularity in decline, according to bipartisan reports, polls and foreign observers. Your Republican Party, safeguarding America's standing in the world. Oh, wait. I already said that. Guess it can't be repeated enough.




3/16/08
Time in saddle: 0 minutes (heavy labor yesterday, hiking today, so I gave it a rest)
Last night's weigh-out: n/a
This morning's weigh-in: 276.0
Currently reading: Field of Fire, by James O. Born Powell's | Amazon ]

Mar. 14th, 2008

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[links] Link salad for a quiet Friday

Don't forget the new caption contest — Another ARC of Escapement Amazon ], as well as an Audible.com gift card, are at stake!

A review promotional mention of Trial of Flowers Powell's | Amazon ] — Complete with dwarf disclaimer. In Portuguese.

Green Man Review rather liked Paper Cities Powell's | Amazon ] — They especially liked "Promises: A Tale of the City Imperishable". The story is in the Flowers continuity, concerning the life of Biggest Sister, leader of the Tribade at the time of Trial of Flowers.

[info]kenscholes on the agonies and wonders of the writing process — Definitely worth a look.

Agent Joshua Bilmes on the coming changes in Borders bookstores — "You can either see this as the complete dumbing down of the bookstore, or as salvation as somebody attempts to think out of the box and do something new in a bookstore for the first time in decades." (Thanks to [info]devonmonk.)

Some interesting comments in last night's post on dialog, btw.

Cheese fear — Engrish.com takes on cheese. (And yes, I owe a cheese blog from Rainforest. Busy here.)

The state of Tennessee shows some real class and economic foresight in dealing with illegal immigrants — This one's a doozie.




3/14/08
Time in saddle: 20 minutes
Last night's weigh-out: n/a
This morning's weigh-in: 278.8
Currently reading: Field of Fire, by James O. Born Powell's | Amazon ]

Mar. 8th, 2008

sanguine-pooh, tech-x4449_lamp, writing-retro_spaceship, flowers-green_leaves, sanguine-st_helens, graffiti-smiling, tech-generator, writing-Nippon_badge, child-paper_dad, tech-dirigible, pissed-skull_funky, jay-redwoods, writing-smiling_stone, signs-grammar_crisis_room, graffiti-bikes, jay-laughing, jay-lego, jay-selfish_attention_whore, cats-ripley, graffiti-funky_eyes, writing-genre, jay-windblown, flowers-berries, child-laughing, graffiti-cheetohs, jay-southpark, wry-NKPR_guitar, jay-author_boy, flowers-puffy, graffiti-growler_face, jay-dramatic, jay-street_300, politics-rifleman, signs-do_not_lick, food-wensleydale_cheese, wry-taillight, cancer_tumor, sanguine-poseidon, signs-drifting_log, politics-sideways_flag, jay-eye, tech-Comet_crosshair, sanguine-pelican, jay-viking, sanguine-mossy_wall, sanguine-hydrant, flowers-little_pink, sanguine-pontiac, funny-do_not_hump, funny-buddahomer, jay-Adrienne, signs-flammable, travel-running_man, Jay - Mighty, signs-five_dollar, signs-never_give_up, graffiti-panda, religion-belief_bw, funny-samples_photo, signs-drain, tech-turbine, signs-grocerys, signs-next_services, funny-samples_image, sanguine-spiral_stairs, pissed-truck, child-smiling_close, sanguine-rc, signs-octopus_hole, politics-report, wry-slab_viewing, signs-curb_wheels, tech-sythnoscope, graffiti-reading_time, politics-upsidedown_flag, jay-suit, sanguine-tractor, graffiti-shirley_you_jest, jay-1976, sanguine-pipe, flowers-alien_plant, sanguine-mushroom, signs-no_meat_parking, signs-gibbon_pit, food-knot_roll, jay-preaching_with_ken, signs-no_skating, signs-rock-o-plane, writing-Trial_of_Flowers, child-gnome, sanguine-moonrise, signs-falling_objects, travel-jet_engine, jay-chef, writing-bookshelf, flowers-sunflower, jay-electrode, writing-flying_car, sanguine-zen, flowers_wasp, writing-bookmobile, signs-closed_after_dark, graffiti-fishbones, signs-savage_plants, wry-darth_tater, child-drawn_face, sanguine-birds_wake, child-smiling, signs-hygiene, writing-leopard_cow, food-ribs, signs-active_garages, wry-iredale, signs-too_nervous, pissed-satan, signs-bagdad, graffiti-lake_chalk, sanguine-corn, sanguine-tads, writing-Mainspring, writing-stained_glass_book, signs-worms, pissed-skeleton, signs-hot, jay-headset, child-acorn, flowers-lily, writing-Escapement, signs-life_preservers, child-campbell, signs-caution_bees, child-graffito, food-peking_duck, graffiti-robot_brick, sanguine-Japanese_fire_truck, jay-negative, child-birthday, jay-road, sanguine-smokestack, happy-niece, signs-human_powered, child_michaelmas

[links] Link salad lounges in the rainforest, checks in anyway

A new caption contest has spontaneously emerged here — Usual rules apply, go join in. I'll give away another Audible.com gift card, and another Escapement Amazon ] ARC. Tell all your friends.

A reader recommends my story "The Sky that Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and into the Black" — Also a number of other nice links there.

"I think I would remember having amnesia."Get Fuzzy is funny.

A directory of obsolete skills

The Guru Handbook on teaching with lies — We had a brief discussion here this weekend about the relationship between fiction and lying. That's something I think I'll be exploring more soon.

[info]florismk recommends Windows Live Writer — For you Windroids, anyway