I followed him on the strength of this video alone. (Josh Johnson) I had to sit there in the garage to hear the last five minutes of Part 1 before I could force myself out of the car. And then I went right into the house and put Part 2 on the Boze. (Apple Podcasts)…
If only Frodo and Sam had had Google Maps. “This route has trolls.” Also, love the restaurant icons. Click through to embiggen to see how much faster they could have got there if they’d just detoured through Mirkwood. Map creator Mark Crosby. Oh yes, my precious, you must click through to read the comments. LOTR…
This is why I belong to the Authors Guild in a nutshell: They go to D.C. so I don’t have to. From the AG newsletter: Authors Go to Washington: The Authors Guild Takes the AI Copyright Fight to Capitol Hill June 2, 2026 Excerpts: On May 20 and 21, Authors Guild legal staff and board members went…
My garden is late but persevering this year.
The tenth and so far best of McGuire’s October Daye series about a fully realized Fae world living next to the real world of present-day San Francisco, which allows Toby to make Ewok jokes even if her squire Quentin, aka the heir to Faerie’s High King and Queen, doesn’t get them. In this installment a…
Sign in front of the Poisoned Pen Bookstore a few years back, rediscovered while cleaning out my photo file. Every fossil fuel company in Alaska, not to mention the current occupant of the Alaska governor’s mansion, clutched their pearls when this story published. (Alaska Beacon) Dana sez, Terrific story, well deserving of the Pulitzer it…
“There is no such thing as them. There is only us.” So I watched this and there at the end when he says he sees “a blossoming unity spreading across this planet, a blossoming awareness of our interdependent nature,” I had a thought. Nothing new or revolutionary, just a thought. We’ve been looking for leaders…
Always love to pass on news like this to the Danamaniacs–Kobo is running a special on The Harvey Girl from now until June 21st — ten days from now and the Summer Solstice, which ought to be easy enough to remember — for 99p! Such a steal, so hop on that, all you ‘maniacs from…
