Monthly Archives: July 2011

I’m going off-line for a few weeks, so comments have been disabled to avoid spam building up. Keep cool! TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

Realizing that endings give me trouble, I’m paying closer attention to them. I read two books with unsatisfactory endings this week,  and one with a thoroughly satisfying ending.  ‘The Baron in the Trees’ by Italo Calvino had an ending that … Continue reading →

Discworld convention, that is — I’m at the North American Discworld Convention in Madison, my first encounter with Pratchett fandom, and a really engaging one. It’s hard to believe, now that Terry Pratchett is a household name, but fifteen years … Continue reading →

Heading to North American Disc World convention day after tomorrow, wondering when it is appropriate to wear a shoulder dragon in Madison.  Are there rules — labor day, sun over yardarm, etc? TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious