That was… quick. I mean, I was expecting this to take a bit more than “Oh, yeah, you’re done. Click here annnnnd yeah! You’re done there, too. Rock on with your bad self.”
Computers. Go figure, huh?
That was… quick. I mean, I was expecting this to take a bit more than “Oh, yeah, you’re done. Click here annnnnd yeah! You’re done there, too. Rock on with your bad self.”
Computers. Go figure, huh?
I need to update WordPress, so that will take… a bit. I’m therefore declaring this to be an early night. Perhaps I shall watch television, or read a book.
See you on the other side!
My. Aren’t the walls particularly vertical today?
So far I have RisuCon, Fright Reads, the MD Renn Faire, and Stellar Con lined up, but I can always do more. Maryland venues preferred, although York, PA is only an hour away. Indoor events are probably also preferred, seeing as that time period includes all of winter.
Feel free to let me know!
And the literal mail, no less.
TO TURN THE TIDE (time-travelling to Imperial Rome) came in the mail today, but I’ve read the e-ARC about three, four times. I buy SM Stirling in hardcover or paperback, these days. Whichever is available, really. Anyway, it is a rollicking read and I look forward to future books in the series.
#commissionearned
The weather sucks, the site is a pool of mud, my wife may have to go rescue a friend of ours tomorrow, there’s apparently plague in the land, and somebody apparently snuck around at night and stole things from merchants. …Yeah, that’s actually rare there. And I’m not even mentioning the temperature. August in Slippery Rock is always miserable, although the constant hail seems to have helped there this year.
Not the best War.
I’m a little weirded out by how easy it is to make daily wordcount on this. Although not as weirded out as what the previous regime must have been like, to make these guys feel like a breath of fresh air.
“The town has already been cleared.” Special Agent Clarita Pardal had the studious non-accent ambitious hispanics used. Norm had been hearing that non-accent a lot during training. “All known residents of the town have been put into cold sleep. Domestic animals have been requisitioned and redistributed; pets were kept with their owners, when feasible. Lucky you! The hard part has been done already.” There was a faint murmur as the agents at the briefing chuckled, followed by a rippled echo as the trainees followed suit.
Pardal flashed a quick smile, but it didn’t last long. “So. Churchill is officially now listed as depopulated.” She looked around at the twenty four pairs of agents and trainees. “One of your duties will be to double-check that. Human beings are clever, and imperfect. Don’t expect to find a holdout, but don’t be surprised, either. Yes?”
A trainee lowered her hand. “What are the rules of engagement, Agent Pardal?”
“Detain anyone you find. If they’re not supposed to be here, then they’re supposed to be on the Arthur Phillip, and in cold sleep. We’ll straighten out any special circumstances after they’ve been processed. So… capture, if they’re not armed or actively a threat. Accept surrenders. If they resist being detained, you are authorized to use force, including deadly force. Also: take prisoners. Let me be explicit about that: the use of ‘no quarter’ is not authorized.” She looked around at the group. “You should probably start assuming that this will be Federal policy, going forward. There’s a new broom, ladies and gentlemen. Don’t get in its way.”
I’m not even mad. Clicking on ‘tales from the fermi paradoon’ just takes me to the book anyway as my first search result. I just wanna know why Amazon Search seems to think that people are using only-sorta words to look for my stuff.
#commissionearned