Talkback... or is it soccer? — A.M. Dellamonica with a bit more on the talking to mid-career writers discussion, plus a source attribution back to Jessica Reisman for raising the question in the first place. Critix Redux — Art guru James Gurney on art criticism (again), which he compares to music criticism. How does this apply to literary criticism? It would seem that SF/F is to literary criticism as comics are to art criticism, but still. SMBC on sex with nerds — Though this could be sex with writers. Binding, bondage: is there a difference? Big Bend National Park — One of my favorite places on Earth, from orbit, natch. Robot vs. Lobster — When a hexapod robot challenges a decapod crustacean, who wins? A million years of human evolution. Fifty thousand years of cultural development. Over two centuries of industrialization. And now, this. ?otD: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? 7/18/2010 Writing time yesterday: 6.5 hours (revision, editing and WRPA) Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride Hours slept: 8.0 (pretty good, look, ma, no Lorazepam!) This morning's weigh-in: 233.0 Yesterday's chemo stress index: 2/10 (fatigue, peripheral neuropathy) Currently (re)reading: Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert