So the neighbors made us cupcakes for Easter. This, of course, ends with me goofing around with cupcakes, microwaves, and the digital camera on my Blackberry… Our story starts with an innocent Peep on an innocent cupcake, a normal residence of Cupcakelandia, on the fair continent of PlasticaPlate. Obviously, all is right with the world. […]
Yeah, my plaque for Best New Fanzine Fan showed up in the mail today, and that’s me proudly holding it. And yes, that’s a shirt from the Denver Worldcon I’m wearing. For those who want a closer view, here’s a picture of the plaque I took. Anyway, gotta get back to writing. The end of […]
When I was in fifth grade, my teacher suggested to the class that now that we were learning decimal points, we should circle our problem numbers to avoid having them accidentally show up in the math. It’s a habit I gleefully adopted, and used through several classes of higher mathematics. Even to this day, if […]
Because I would love to get my hands on this collection. Alas, I am still not yet a multi-millionare, so I’ll have to keep dreaming.
in which katster finds herself winning a fandom award that is not a rocket.
But I want to go outside! Originally uploaded by retstak This is Ebony-kitty, the newest member of the family. She is obsessed with windows. I caught this shot of her this morning staring out the sliding glass door. Does she want to go out in the rain or is she just fascinated with the birds […]
If you had been following my twitter on Saturday, you would have seen the following entry: Was in an accident. I twittered that from the ER, where I was waiting to be seen for injuries sustained in said accident. The key point here is that I’m alive. Injuries were a sprained right knee and a […]
Okay, so I’ve set myself a new task, of reading all the winners in the Hugo for Best Novel category, figuring it would give me a broad overview of the genre that I love. (Plus there’s a lot of good books there that I haven’t read.) But this leads me to the obvious question: What […]
You are on a speakerphone with at least 14 teachers and librarians and suchlike great, wise and good people, I thought. Do not start swearing like you did when you got the Hugo. This was a wise thing to think because otherwise huge, mighty and four letter swears were gathering. I mean, that’s what they’re […]
Best gift bag ever Originally uploaded by retstak This is the bag that ‘s evil surprise is coming in. Isn’t it the most awesome gift bag ever? Oh, you want to know what’s in it? Patience, my friends, patience. There will be photos.
May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next […]
Y’all might recall about a year and a half ago, or thereabouts, how I was going on about a small work I’d contributed to and how you all should buy a copy or three. I dunno if any of you actually did at the time. I can understand why not, but hey, it was my […]
Lazy days Originally uploaded by retstak It’s been that kind of morning. I snapped this shot of the kittycat having a bit of a snooze on my bed this morning. I actually think she’s got the right idea, as it’s foggy and grey outside, and really, just the right sort of morning to sleep in. […]
