March 15th, 2007
Who...me?
Simple Reaction Test.
My average score was 0.296, which apparently means I may be clinically dead. How'd you do?
My average score was 0.296, which apparently means I may be clinically dead. How'd you do?
What were your reaction time test results?
< 0.200 -- I am like unto a god
8(7.6%)
0.201-0.230 -- Young and beautiful and loving it!
32(30.5%)
0.231-0.260 -- I can take you, Lake
23(21.9%)
0.261-0.290 -- Hey, you kids, get off my lawn!
21(20.0%)
0.291-0.320 -- Checking my own pulse now
7(6.7%)
0.321+ -- Just drop a sheet over my face, I'm done
14(13.3%)
Dept of Intensely Cool Things I Want to Own
Mainspringery
A few mentions of Mainspring [ Powell's | Amazon ] out there in the tubes-and-trucks which are the Internet...
An ARC for sale on eBay right now.
I appear in some very good company on the Tor author experts page.
Kirkus has a review of Mainspring out today. (Which I can't see since I don't have a log in for their online presence.)
The answers.com page on "mainspring" mentions me.
An ARC for sale on eBay right now.
I appear in some very good company on the Tor author experts page.
Kirkus has a review of Mainspring out today. (Which I can't see since I don't have a log in for their online presence.)
The answers.com page on "mainspring" mentions me.
jabberwacky
jabberwacky: What are you thinking about?
jaylake: Airships.
jabberwacky: Indeed.
jaylake:What do you think about airships?
jabberwacky: I don't think about airships.
jaylake:Why not?
jabberwacky: Don't know.
jaylake:You should think about airships more often.
jabberwacky: You should think about the future.
See if you can pass the Turing test.
http://www.jabberwacky.com/
(Thanks tospecficrider for the tip.)
jaylake: Airships.jabberwacky: Indeed.
jaylake:What do you think about airships?jabberwacky: I don't think about airships.
jaylake:Why not?jabberwacky: Don't know.
jaylake:You should think about airships more often.jabberwacky: You should think about the future.
See if you can pass the Turing test.
http://www.jabberwacky.com/
(Thanks to
specficrider for the tip.)Kirkus reviews Mainspring
Thanks to the good offices of a friend, I've now seen the Kirkus review of Mainspring [ Powell's | Amazon ]. No link yet, but I'll quote the conclusion here:
Yeow. At least they spelled my name right.
Despite some good elements-intriguing alternate history, solid characters, briskly moving plot-God created everything in Lake's meticulous scenario, and events are explicable only in terms of Him. Precious little room, then, for mystery, suspense, a sense of wonder or even suspension of disbelief.
Yeow. At least they spelled my name right.
To the movies we shall go
tillyjane's middle sister's youngest daughter's oldest daughter (got that?) has been visiting Portland from Austin. Ie, my cousin's kid. She was recently a supporting actress in a independent horror film called Pathogen [ imdb ]. She brought a rough cut of the movie.It was made by a 6th/7th grade classmate of hers, and stars kids and parents from her jr. high, and is mostly set around the school. Part of it was filmed in her house, and her mom, my cousin, is an extra with a few speaking lines. We watched it at
lillypond's house, with my cousin's kid providing commentary.The movie didn't go over well with
the_child, so we wound up watching Sponge Bob Square Pants in the basement with the Niece. (That was the true horror as far as I'm concerned.) Things got a little stressy afterwards over what the movie meant, with discussions about the boundary between imagination and reality.A lot more work than I expected, this evening turned out to be.
