Peer Pressure

It's been expressed by certain parties that I'm not blogging enough.

You know, I'm all about peer pressure.

Status Update

I'm in K-town, with the whole fam-damily (wife, brother, sister, brother-in-law, parental units). Everybody who isn't me and the old man is watching Enchanted. I'm blogging, and then I'm going to go back to reading Dune on my Sony e-reader.

They have next to no snow in K-town. It's like Jamaica or something.

Hygiene Update

I got a haircut.

You'd be surprised how many people look forward to the Hygiene Updates.

Disquieting

My brother giggles like a schoolgirl because a deer in the cartoon part of Enchanted is cute.

Hmm.

Vampire

We had Vampire night on Thursday. It was a lot of fun, even though Serdic flaked. (He's usually so reliable.)

My partner in crime has acquired a box of Vampire cards. I anticipate the hurt.

Following our game, after Optimist Prime had left, the P.I.C. and I discussed many things, among them a card game I've been working on. He had some trenchant suggestions which sparked new lines of thought on my part. Further work is required, I think.

I know that nobody cares about my geeky card-game posts but me, but, you know ... my blog.

Dune

I'm enjoying Dune on my Sony e-reader. It's been a while since I last read it. I have to say, as writers go, Herbert really doesn't so much. I get the feeling that he would be really good at world-building, but should probably have left the actual writing to somebody else.

This impression is particularly reinforced in books 2 and 3, when things really go off the rails.

Homeless People

You can't trust homeless people.

Arthur C Clarke

Thoughts.

2001 is what he is most often remembered for, which is unfortunate, because it's not very good. It started as a short story called Sentinel, which was good, but when he expanded it to novel length it was mostly padding, a good basic concept expanded beyond its optimal depth.

I'm probably not qualified to talk about 2001 the movie, since it's been hailed by experts from hither and yon as the greatest thing since sliced bread. I thought it was plodding and boring.

Childhood's End was much better. The Rama books were, likewise, much better. But probably my favourite Clarke story was The Nine Billion Names of God, which is one of those things you just need to read.

He had a good run.

Best T-Shirt Since the Last One

I'm No Gynecologist, But I'll Have a Look

That is all. Go back to your knitting.