Hi Patrick, I just wanted to drop you a quick, longer-than-140-characters note about your ebook. Here’s the thing: I have contractual deadlines to meet, I’m in the middle of end-of-term marking, and there are about a million work-related things I’m…
Well, it’s live! Conversations with my Cat Volume 1, which collects all the posts from this site, some previously unpublished conversations, a new foreward/history, a ton of Side Notes, and links to pics of the cats, is now available for…
I mentioned yesterday that I’ve put together an eBook containing the popular ‘Conversations with my Cat’ posts from this blog, adding in some new and unpublished posts, notes and commentary. That eBook should be available for purchase soon – but…
So. As you know, between Twitter, Facebook, this website, my other website, SF Signal, Functional Nerds et all, I spend a lot of time online. As such, I’ve seen a lot of people are hurting these days. Neil Clarke comes…
Me: *walks up the stairs. As my foot comes down on the landing, Shadow the cat races up from the bottom step and shoots between my feet to get there first* Shadow the cat: *spins and stares* Me: …ok. *walks…
Shadow the Cat: HEY! WHERE ARE YOU?! Me: I’m in here. Shadow: *scratch-scratch* WHY IS THIS DOOR CLOSED? Me: I’m busy. Shadow: LET ME IN! Me: No. I’m in the bathroom. Shadow: *scratch-scratch* COME ON! LET ME IN! Me: No!…
*jingle-jingle* Shadow the Cat: Um. What the fuck is this? Me: That would be a bell on your collar. Right. But, WHY is there a bell on my collar? Grandma thought it was cute. Grandma. *jingle* Again. *jingle* I’m telling…
Shadow the Cat: OHMYGOD! OHMYGOD! OHMYGOD! Me: What? What is it? IT WENT AWAY BUT NOW IT’S BACK! What’s back? I REMEMBER IT BUT IT WASN’T SO SHINY AS IT IS NOW! I am so lost here. SHINY SPARKLIE PRETTY…
Shadow the Cat: I can’t get into the closet. Me: I know. How do you know? Cuz I fixed it so you can’t get into the closet anymore. What?! WHY?! What did I eevr do to you? You got into…
Shadow the Cat: We never talk anymore. Me: We talk all the time! It doesn’t feel like it. I mean, I talk, but do you listen? To be fair, I’m usually asleep. You’re awake now. Yes, but I don’t want…