Day 288: Got a number of compliments on both my shirt (X’s and O’s and the occasional heart) and shoes (bright, all-over pink Converse) today. Just right for Valentine’s Day!
Personal
The stuff about me and my life. The “diary” side of blogging.
Year 50 Day 287
Day 287: I got asked today if the design on my shirt was donuts or bagels. It’s definitely donuts. Nothing against bagels! I like bagels. But as a fashion choice, I definitely go for donuts.
📚 Crisis on Vulcan by Brad and Barbara Strickland
14/2024 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A short YA book set in Spock’s teenage years, as he joins Sarek on a diplomatic mission that becomes more dangerous than expected, and Spock finds that there may be a different path for him than the Vulcan Science Academy.
Year 50 Day 286
Day 286: Just lounging around between the end of the workday and dinner. Got lots done today, but as with many workdays, it wasn’t terribly photogenic.
Year 50 Day 285
Day 285: Y’all can have your superb owl. We woke up, had breakfast, went back to sleep for a while, and then after some minor home chores, made ourselves some treats by dipping things in chocolate (Ritz crackers and pretzels, to be specific). Now we’re going to find something non-superb owl-ish to doze in front of for a while.
📚 Clarkesworld Issue 209 edited by Neil Clarke
13/2024 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Standouts this month are “The Enceladus South Pole Base Named after V.I. Lenin” by Zohar Jacobs, “Kardashev’s Palimpsest” by David Goodman, “Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J. Kim, and “Lonely Ghosts” by Meghan Feldman.
Year 50 Day 284
Day 284: Back at the DoubleTree for today’s Norwescon planning meeting. In addition to much better weather than last month, we had heat in the meeting room as well! Much more comfortable all around. And since we usually meet on the top floor of the hotel’s tower, the elevators have a really nice view of the hotel property.
Year 50 Day 283
Day 283: Just an uneventful work day, so I’ll show off a piece of art I got from Shari a number of years ago.
Year 50 Day 282
Day 282: After much of the day had a lot of noise from an event going on in the conference room on this floor, the quiet of the afternoon after they left was almost eerie.
📚 The Prisoner of Vega by Sharon Lerner and Christopher Cerf
12/2024 – ⭐️⭐️
Another late-70s children’s book. The Enterprise arrives at a planet to sign a trade treaty, only to find the planet captured by Klingons! Only apparently the illustrator had never watched Star Trek; the main character likenesses are shaky, and the Klingons look hilariously unlike Klingons (and much more like 1950s Sci-Fi villains).
