I have become addicted to having an internet connection.<\/p>\n
Here I sit, in Gone Wired Cafe<\/a>. I’ve sipped my delicious coffee. I’ve eaten my taco plate and chicken noodle soup (surprisingly good combination). I’ve updated the rough draft of The Glass Crown<\/u> with the stuff I wrote at the very end of November, but never typed up. And, I’m stuck, because the internet service here is down.<\/p>\n Later the same day:<\/strong><\/p>\n At work now. Happy Birthday, On a related note, our license plate has been renewed. This year, the State of Michigan is forcing us to buy a new plate, as they’ve phased out the blue background, white lettered plate. So, the old-school one is hanging in my cube, and a temp is in our window until they mail us the new plate. I was pissing and moaning about it quite a bit, but I think I’ve got it out of my system. The Buddhists say that life is change, and change is suffering. I think that license plate suffering is pretty low on the scale.<\/p>\n This announcement went out yesterday on my writery Google Group<\/a>:<\/p>\n I’ve got terribly exciting news that I’ve been bubbling over with for about a week. And now that it’s finalized, I’m letting all of you in on it.<\/em><\/p>\n Penguicon 5.0 – http:\/\/penguicon.org – will be held April 20-22 this year at the Troy Hilton hotel. It’s a linux\/sci-fi\/fantasy\/anime\/ everything convention that I’ve been going to (save for 3.0) since Neil Gaiman showed up at 2.0.<\/p>\n This year, I will be sitting on six panels, and will be doing a shared reading session with two other writers.<\/p>\n The possibility of a signing exists, and we’re going to do our best to get copies of The Remembrance<\/u> on the tables in the dealers’ room. Also, we will be armed with badge ribbons galore, and have come up with a neat way to spread them around.<\/p>\n <\/em>I’m extremely excited, and hope to see you there. :)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have become addicted to having an internet connection. Here I sit, in Gone Wired Cafe. I’ve sipped my delicious coffee. I’ve eaten my taco plate and chicken noodle soup (surprisingly good combination). I’ve updated the rough draft of The … Continue reading