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| Sunday, May 19th, 2013 |
kradical
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5:28p |
my Balticon 47 schedule
I will be a guest at Balticon 47 next weekend at the Hunt Valley Inn in Maryland, just north of Baltimore. I will be putting in a lot of time at the Dark Quest Books table in the dealer room, where I'll be flogging the new release Tales from Dragon Precinct; here's what I'm scheduled to be doing beyond that: Saturday12-1pm: "Blogging for Dummies," w/Tim Dodge, Allison Gamblin, and Zan Rosin (Chesapeake) 11pm-midnight: reading, w/Charles E. Gannon and Chris Lester (Chase) Sunday2.30-4pm: "You Have Gaming in My Fiction," w/L. Jagi Lamplighter, Neal Levin, Mike McPhail, Alex Shvartsman, Jon Sprunk, and Michael A. Ventrella (Parlor 1041) 4-5pm: autographing, w/Phil Giunta and Robert Greenberger (autograph area) 7-9pm: the Dark Quest Books Mega-Launch, w/Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Danny Birt, Jack Campbell, Myke Cole, Judi Fleming, Charles E. Gannon, Elektra Hammond, Eric V. Hardenbrook, C.J. Henderson, Mike McPhail, Bernie Mojzies, Christine Norris, KT Pinto, James Daniel Ross, Alex Shvartsman, Maria V. Snyder, Jim Stratton, Patrick Thomas, Robert E. Waters, John C. Wright, Jeff Young, and more besides (Frankie & Vinnie's) Monday10-11am: "Voice Acting for Audio Books & Audio Dramas," w/Brand Gamblin, Bryan Lincoln, Alex White, and John Taylor Williams (Derby) I don't have anything currently scheduled for Friday. Hope to see lotsa you there! Current Mood:  happy |
| Saturday, May 18th, 2013 |
animorphs
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8:10p |
Animorphs Back on TV
So, it seems that the Animorphs television show that aired on Nickelodeon in the 90s is now in syndication on a channel called Qubo. http://www.qubo.com/scheduleIt's scheduled for Saturdays at 9:00 pm. If anything, this means new high quality video that isn't ripped from ages old VHS copies. |
kradical
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11:37a |
The Chronic Rift Network update
Some new stuff on the The Chronic Rift Network of pop-culture podcasts: The Chronic Rift Roundtable: Surely You're Joking, Dr. Wertham? A recording of a panel held at the SoHo Gallery for Digital Art, as comics writers Denny O'Neil and Danny Fingeroth, cartoonist/designer/historian Craig Yoe, journalist David Hadju, psychiatrist and author Dr. Sharon Packer, and pop culture librarian/academic Carol L. Tilley examine the influence of Dr. Fredric Wertham, and his polarizing work Seduction of the Innocent on the comics industry in the 1950s and beyond.
The Cinefantastique Spotlight: Ray Harryhausen. CFQ Online’s Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons are joined by John W. Morehead of TheoFantastique.com to discuss the legacy of the late, great Mr. Harryhausen.
Dead Kitchen Radio: The Keith R.A. DeCandido Podcast Episode 31: Tales from Dragon Precinct Part 4. I read the Dru-and-Hawk story, also a vampire tale, "Blood in the Water," from my new short story collection out this month.
The Weekly Podioplex May 14, 2013. Iron Man 3 rules the box office, but Star Trek Into Darkness is about to hit. Plus new stuff on DVD and Netflix, and more from Michael Falkner.
The Cinefantastique Interview: Frank Conniff. The former Mystery Science Theatre 3000 mad scientist's assistant talks with Dan Persons about MST3K, Statical Planets, The Wonderful Pundits of Oz, and more. You can subscribe to the network at iTunes -- either the network as a whole or to individual podcasts -- and the podcasts are also available at the Rift web site or the Rift's page on Mevio. Please comment on the forums, or leave a message at 888-866-9010, or e-mail john at chronicrift dot com, or like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter @chronic_rift. Current Mood:  geeky |
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otherjoseph
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3:49p |
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kradical
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1:19a |
Gryphon Precinct progress....
I have now plotted out Gryphon Precinct. I need to write a short story, finish editing a novel, and probably do some revisions on The Project That Cannot Be Named (Yet) before I can actually start writing it, but I now know the plot, and it's gonna be great, if I do say so myself. Okay, that's a bit immodest, but -- well, things are gonna get shaken up a bit. There were already two changes to the status quo in Goblin Precinct, one as part of the plot, and one at the very end of the novel, and there's a lot more shakeups to come -- along with the usual mysteries, intrigue, magick, politicking, and character stuff. We'll learn some stuff about Danthres, too. Enough teasing. Back to the grind............ Current Mood:  tired |
kradical
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1:02a |
snurched from  mac_arthur_park
Some stuff about me from A to Z: A - Age: 44. B - Bed size: Double, though I try to get a King when I'm in a hotel. C - Chore you hate: Cleaning the litterbox, which is why that's Wrenn's job. ;) D – Domestic Animals names: Scooter (dog), Jezebelle, Rhiannon, Sterling (cats). E - Essential start to your day item(s): Coffee! F - Favorite color: Red. G - Gold or Silver: Silver. H - Height: 5'8" I - Instruments you play(ed): Recorder, various bits o' percussion. J - Job title: Writer/Editor. K - Kisses or hugs: Yes, though if I had to choose, I'd go with hugs. L - Living arrangements: A three-bedroom apartment in the Bronx occupied by self, girlfriend, roommate, and the animals named in D. M - Mood: Generally happy. N - Nicknames: KRAD, Bongo Boy. O - Overnight hospital stays other than birth: None, thankfully. P - Pet Peeves: People who don't think shit through (which, sadly, is most people). People who use "between" to refer to more than two things (which, sadly, is also most people). Q - Quote from a movie: "I don't know, I'm making this up as I go." Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark. R - Right or left handed: Right. S - Siblings: Biologically, I'm an only child. However, Laura Anne Gilman is my sister by another mister. T - Time you wake up: 6-8 hours after I go to sleep, whenever that is. U - Underwear: Briefs. V - Vegetable you dislike: Brussels sprouts, eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower. W - Ways you run late: Almost invariably due to the screwups of other people. I'm compulsively on time. X - X-rays you've had: Plenty of dental ones, and my ankle once when I sprained it as a kid. Y - Yummy food you make: Fried chicken, broiled lamb chops, tomato sauce (from scratch), pork braised in milk, "kitchen sink" casserole, chicken soup, some other stuff. Z - Zoo favorite: Tigers! Current Mood: tired |
| Friday, May 17th, 2013 |
catvampcrazines
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7:51p |
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kradical
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3:07p |
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kradical
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8:45a |
the Yankees at the 25% mark of the season on the Pinstriped Bible
The Yanks have played 40 games, which puts them at the one-quarter mark of the season. They're in first place -- but is that predictive of anything? On the Pinstriped Bible, I look back at where the Yanks were after 40 games going back to 2007 to try to find out.An excerpt: I was originally just gonna stick with the Joe Girardi era, but I just love the snapshot of the AL East on the 18th of May 2007. Technically, the Yankees were in third place, but really all four non-Boston teams were knotted. The O's were 19-23, the Yanks were 18-22, and the Rays and Jays were 18-23, all of them either 10 or 10.5 games behind the Red Sox, who were 28-12, a horse-choking .700 winning percentage at the 25% mark.
Obviously, that wasn't sustainable, but it's pretty cool to have four teams all that close to each other (I'm wondering if that might happen later this season in the AL East). Eventually, it settled into the usual 1998-2007 pattern: the Yanks and Sox on top, the Jays in the middle, the O's and Rays on the bottom. Current Mood:  awake |
| Thursday, May 16th, 2013 |
animorphs
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7:46p |
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lj_maintenance
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6:02p |
Back online
We've just brought User Cluster #9 back online, and the errors being caused by the maintenance should stop occurring. Notifications are sending again, but may be delayed as there is a backlog of notifications waiting to be sent. If you are still encountering any errors, please open a Support request so we can investigate the issue. |
lj_maintenance
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1:42p |
Maintenance still in progress
We are still in the process of bringing User Cluster #9 back online, and it is unfortunately taking longer than we anticipated. We are making progress, but are still several hours away from this being fixed. To address a few common questions we are seeing:
How many user clusters are there?
There are 13 user clusters in total.
How can I find out what user cluster my account is on?
You can see which user cluster you are on at http://www.livejournal.com/misc/whereami.bml if you are logged-in. If you cannot login, your account is located on user cluster #9.
I am not on cluster 9, but still can't post or edit entries. What's happening?
Trying to update or edit posts may still fail even if you are not on user cluster #9. An Error 500 will appear when loading the update/edit journal page if you have posting access to a community which is located on this cluster. The update module at http://www.livejournal.com/portal/ may still allow you to post while maintenance is ongoing.
I'm not getting notifications. Is this related?
Subscription notifications are not currently being sent as a result of this maintenance. You may still receive other types of emails, such as pingbacks and password notification emails, but will not receive notifications of new entries or comments being posted.
What other things aren't working right now?
Twitter digest posts are not currently being imported as a result of this maintenance. Some other pages & features may display errors if they need to access information located on user cluster #9. The inbox and community management pages are both known to be showing errors for people affected by this.
We will post again either when user cluster #9 is back online, or if we have any additional information to post. Thanks again for your patience while we work to fully restore service to the site. |
kradical
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12:16p |
the one thing I will say about Star Trek Into Darkness before Monday....
...is that Benedict Cumberbatch totally fucking owned the movie. There's some good acting on display in this movie (in fact, the only really poor acting is from Anton Yelchin, but I blame that on the accent -- I used to think Walter Koenig was a bad actor until I saw him perform with his own voice, and he was much better), but Cumberbatch acts everybody off the screen. Just a tremendous performance. He does more with a stare than anyone else in the movie can do with dialogue -- and again, that's not to dis the excellent cast, but holy shit. Anyhow, I'll have a more detailed review on Tor.com on Monday some time. Current Mood: geeky |
lj_maintenance
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3:35p |
Maintenance update
We successfully finished maintenance on cluster #7. All accounts’ owners from this cluster can now log into their journals.
We are working on restoring the user cluster #9, it will take approximately an hour. We will keep you informed. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.
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| Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 |
lj_maintenance
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9:44p |
Maintenance update
To followup on the previous post, the same symptoms for user cluster #7 are also present for users on cluster #9, so we're in the process of fixing it as well. Having 2 clusters to work on rather than 1 unfortunately means that we expect it to take approximately 6-8 hours for everything to be resolved. We do, however, know how the problems with each cluster started and it is not something which will cause any additional clusters to have these issues. We'll post here again either when the issue has been resolved, or if we have any significant developments to update you on. |
lj_maintenance
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6:46p |
Emergency maintenance on user cluster #7
We're doing some emergency maintenance on one of our databases (user cluster #7, there are 13 user clusters in total. You can see which user cluster your account is on here). The estimated duration of this maintenance is 4-5 hours.
If your account is located on user cluster #7, you will not be able to login to your account until this maintenance has been completed. If you are already logged-in, you will be unable to post, edit, or delete any material on LiveJournal until the maintenance is completed.
If your account is not on this cluster, LiveJournal will still be up, you will be able to login. You may be able to post, edit, and delete content, but if any communities you have posting access to are on cluster #7, you will see an Error 500 when attempting to load the update/edit journal page, or viewing your inbox if any messages have been received from a user on cluster #7. Other pages may also be similarly affected if they attempt to load usernames or data from this cluster. You may also encounter problems viewing journals, entries, comments, or private messages from accounts which are on this cluster.
We're working as quickly as possible to get everything back up & running, and appreciate your patience during this maintenance.
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kradical
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8:13p |
and now your moment of total-lack-of-Zen
Craig Sager, a sideline reporter for TNT & TBS (mostly for basketball, but he also works baseball when TBS does postseason stuff) -- weaponizing suitjackets since 1973......  Current Mood: amused |
kradical
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8:11p |
going Into Darkness
Wasn't a very productive day writing-wise, but I made a dandy chauffeur. Yesterday  terri_osborne had neck surgery, and I picked her (and her mother) up today after she was discharged from the hospital. In order to have the car available, I needed to drive wrenn to the train station, and later pick her up. Several people I mentioned this to were surprised that I was helping out my ex this way, and that boggles my mind. Terri and I didn't work out as a couple for a large number of reasons, but she's still my neighbor and someone I care about a great deal. I'm gonna help her if I can -- I did when Marcus died, I did when she went on vacation and needed someone to care for the cats, and I did today, and I will again if she needs help during her rehab. I'm no kind of religious person, being rather firmly agnostic, but if I had to pick an "ist" to go with, I'd follow Jay Lake's lead and consider myself a Wheatonist. Wheatonism's sole tenet is Wil Wheaton's oft-stated dictum: "Don't be a dick." Terri needed help that we could easily provide. It wasn't even a question. Anyhow, I'm now off to see Star Trek Into Darkness with firerosearien. Look for my thoughts on same in a spoiler-filled review that will appear on Tor.com on Monday. Current Mood: tired |
kradical
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9:29a |
midweek music: "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Having been on a Paul Simon kick, I thought I'd give his erstwhile partner a spotlight, as we have Art Garfunkel's amazing vocals on "Bridge Over Troubled Water." First we have a performance from a Simon & Garfunkel concert in 1969, before the song's 1970 release as a single. Listen to the crowd's reaction at the end -- this was a hall full of people who'd never heard it before, and they were very obviously blown the fuck away by the song, as well they should've been. Here's Garfunkel doing it at a 1988 Princes Trust concert for Prince Charles and Princess Diana: Current Mood: impressed |
kradical
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1:15a |
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kradical
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12:52a |
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kradical
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12:48a |
Dragon*Con memories on the White Rocket Podcast
I'm the guest on the latest White Rocket Podcast with Van Allen Plexico, as Van and I look back at a combined three decades or so of Dragon*Con appearances, and discuss our memories good, bad, and batshit crazy. There's crowds, celebrities, charities, costumes, and craziness, plus live music, being kicked off panels, doing panels with awesome folks, and hotel lunacy. Check it out! Current Mood: geeky |
kradical
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12:41a |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: "Q-Less"
Sisko decks Q! And, yeah, okay, some other stuff with Vash and Quark and Bashir and stuff, but who cares? SISKO DECKS Q! The DS9 Rewatch gets "Q-Less."An excerpt: Bashir is hitting on a pretty Bajoran woman in the replimat. At the next table over O’Brien is rolling his eyes and snarfing on his coffee. To Bashir and the woman’s disappointment, and O’Brien’s great relief, they’re interrupted by a summons to a runabout landing pad. The Ganges spent too long out of coverage, and their battery is drained of power, and Dax forgot to pack the USB charger. They barely made it to the station. Dax and Ensign Pauley are trapped inside, and they can’t get the door open. Confusing the issue is that Bashir is reading three lifesigns. (Further confusing the issue is the fact that the station has transporter technology, and they could just beam the people off the runabout, but we’ll let that go.) Current Mood: amused |
| Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 |
swtor
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11:38a |
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kradical
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1:01a |
Monday music: "Late in the Evening"
This is one of my favorite songs. I loved it as a little kid and love it even more as an adult. It's a joyous, wonderful, delightful song, that has Paul Simon's trademark brilliant lyrics and just a magnificent tune. Here's the original: Here's the version from Simon & Garfunkel's famous concert in Central Park in 1981, which I and my parents attended. I was only 12 at the time, and I only remember snatches, but I clearly remember when they played this: I also love the version from Simon's solo concert in Central Park ten years later, but sadly I can't find a copy of that on the Tube of You. However there is this version from the same tour in 1992: "I never loved no one the way that I love you..........." Current Mood: happy |
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