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Aug. 14th, 2008
On Not Leaving for GenCon
Aug. 14th, 2008 08:15 amWell, here I am, at work. I just deleted a two day time-off reservation from our "time block" system.
In some alternate universe, I'm driving up to the airport right now—or maybe I've already been there and am on I-44 en route to St. Louis, streaming tunes from my laptop through the rental car radio. In a few hours, this alternate me will stop in St. Louis, have lunch at Fitz's restaurant (and enjoy their superior draft root beer and cream soda), and then head on down Indianapolis way, to meet my brother and take in GenCon.
But here in the "real world" I'm at work, a bit behind on what I should be doing, and with no prospect of hitting GenCon in sight.
( I'm skipping GenCon now, so I can afford to travel to a friend's wedding reception later. )
In the end, I know I'm making the responsible choice, foregoing a convention I'm really not going to miss all that much in favor of a rare chance to get together and meet up with distant friends a little later. But that doesn't mean I won't still feel a few twinges of melancholy at hearing about people having fun there, where I am not.
In some alternate universe, I'm driving up to the airport right now—or maybe I've already been there and am on I-44 en route to St. Louis, streaming tunes from my laptop through the rental car radio. In a few hours, this alternate me will stop in St. Louis, have lunch at Fitz's restaurant (and enjoy their superior draft root beer and cream soda), and then head on down Indianapolis way, to meet my brother and take in GenCon.
But here in the "real world" I'm at work, a bit behind on what I should be doing, and with no prospect of hitting GenCon in sight.
( I'm skipping GenCon now, so I can afford to travel to a friend's wedding reception later. )
In the end, I know I'm making the responsible choice, foregoing a convention I'm really not going to miss all that much in favor of a rare chance to get together and meet up with distant friends a little later. But that doesn't mean I won't still feel a few twinges of melancholy at hearing about people having fun there, where I am not.
McCain runs on empty, gets sued
Aug. 14th, 2008 09:41 pmHmm. Jackson Browne is suing John McCain over using "Running on Empty" in a campaign ad.
On the one hand, he's the slightly more attractive candidate to me in this year's election. On the other, it's always nice to see any politician shoot himself in the foot…
On the one hand, he's the slightly more attractive candidate to me in this year's election. On the other, it's always nice to see any politician shoot himself in the foot…
TeleRead blogging
Aug. 14th, 2008 10:38 pmLately I've been doing a bit of blogging for the TeleRead ebook advocacy blog. I'd been doing it off and on for a while, but lately I've found quite a few things to say about ebooks, DRM, and related topics. (Here's a page with only my posts.) I don't know how long I'll keep it up; I may burn myself out on it and not find anything else to say there for weeks. But while it lasts, it's pretty fun.
I have a bit of mixed feelings about it. It's probably the first time I've actually been edited by someone. He breaks my paragraphs into smaller ones, he adds headers, and sometimes he even moves the entry picture from right to left justification. It's a little irritating sometimes, but I suppose I should get used to it—if I ever write pro, it will happen a lot.
And on the other hand, it's kind of neat to go to the Techmeme blogroller, see "Discussion: TeleRead" under some news story, and know that's one of mine.
I have a bit of mixed feelings about it. It's probably the first time I've actually been edited by someone. He breaks my paragraphs into smaller ones, he adds headers, and sometimes he even moves the entry picture from right to left justification. It's a little irritating sometimes, but I suppose I should get used to it—if I ever write pro, it will happen a lot.
And on the other hand, it's kind of neat to go to the Techmeme blogroller, see "Discussion: TeleRead" under some news story, and know that's one of mine.
