Tad Williams

7 February 2010

Managed to spend the entire day doing things other than watching the Super Bowl. Good on you, Saints and Saints fans, but I had things that needed to get done. Like, for instance, I went out and flattened the tire on my car. Could've just wasted my day watching football, but instead I ran over a nail. Yay, me.

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Listening to Robyn Hitchcock's "Television" in a quiet house. (The fact that it's finally quiet is a miracle, but that's another story.) "Bing-a-bong-a-bing-bong-bing-bong..." Ah. Life is good.

6 February 2010

We have people coming over tonight. That means we have to hide all evidence of how we actually live. Like animals.

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Turnons: Long walks in your backyard, tiny donkeys, and the smell of margerine. Turnoffs: Loud armies, people with eggplant-shaped heads, and words that don't look right, like "wherever" and "jackknife".

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That's right. -Nessuno-, baby.

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My last two Fridays: Bed, Bath, and Beyond, and tonight Home Depot. Am I having it large or what? (Seriously, though, until you've spent some time with Indian Slate tile, you're not really living.)

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5 February 2010

This Cihongo mask portrays a noble, elderly fellow. I'll let you draw your own conclusions. (Except I'm not feeling that noble today.)

4 February 2010

I wish I lived on a Satellite of Love. (Either Joel Robinson's or Lou Reed's.)

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My ten year old daughter has taken the only Watermelon flavored Jolly Rancher lollipop, leaving me with about nine Pink Lemonades and almost as many Sour Apples. That's right, opened a new bag of lollipops bought by her father and left him not one Watermelon, I'm saying -ni uno-, bubeleh. Just for that, I have decided, one day I will send her to a very average university.

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3 February 2010

Just got the ARC (advanced reading copy) for SHADOWRISE. It's on its way...!

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A brief break for basketball, then back to work. Hey, doctor's orders! (Okay, it was Doctor J. He spoke to me in a dream.)

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Yes, I'm up. And I'm at my desk. And I'm watching you. Now, are you going to share those Oreos...?

2 February 2010

Two loved ones, one just surgeried (surgered? surged?), one just-about-to. Thinking of them both and hoping for speedy, happy recoveries.

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1 February 2010

It's February. Damn it.

31 January 2010

My children found their parents' patience today and stretched it and tugged it and deformed it and stepped on it and tied it in knots. They did everything but make us lose it. However, as a reward for trying so hard, we are planning to give the little charmers a 3 am waterboarding anyway.

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Doppel this, you cringing insects!

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Don't mind Boy playing World of Warcraft for a big chunk of Sunday. DO mind that he performs a grunts-and-comments-and-offkey-musical-score as part of his adventures, shared with everyone in a five room radius. "Dah, da DA da -- Die! You stupid...Hah! I told you I could shapeshift, you stupid Lurker! Now taste my...la la la. Va-ZOOM! Hahhahaha! Oh -- wait! What's...? Bum bum bum ba bum ba bum..."

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If you haven't seen this, you must. Wonderful idea, wonderfully done.
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30 January 2010

Hey, baby, can YOUR doppel gang like this? Tell it to the finger!

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Just spent lunchtime discussing "Hamlet" with Boy. He is willing to listen to my belief that it is a greater work of art than Super Mario Galaxy, but he is reserving final judgement.

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Doppelgänger Week, beeotches!

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Shelly Clift posted this and I'm passing it on to others. It's quite tragic!
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