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Worldcon
Another week, another con. 😉 This time, one more likely that some of you will be attending! I’ll be in Chicago for World on August 31st to September 2. Come on down and say hello! My schedule: Sat Sep 1 9:00:am – 10:30:am Writing Groups: Good, Bad, or Indifferent Some writers crave the company of…
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Dumb job humor
So I have these conversations with myself at work sometimes. Me: Hehehe, that’s hilarious! Me: No one but someone who’s been staring at sketch maps of old mining features for four hours would think that’s funny. Me: I don’t care. It’s still funny. The one for today is from a photo log. Photo logs are…
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Unhelpful appliances
My parents’ shower is extremely obliging, but rather clueless. I’m staying over at the parental house to attend a wedding this evening, and since it’s somewhat hot this afternoon, when getting ready I tried to introduce their shower to the concept of “cool”. It was a not very successful lesson. First I turned the knob…
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When Words Collide
I’ve got another convention coming up! It’s a new one for me, out in Calgary. I look forward to visiting there for the first time! My schedule, should anyone reading this stop by: Saturday 10 AM Reading from Silver Saturday 11 AM Conflict & Tension Saturday 1 PM Genre vs Setting Saturday 2 PM Urban…
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Website update
A quick update to point out that there’s cool new stuff on my website. Have a look up on the upper right, and you’ll see some new categories where I’ve collected reviews and the various things I’ve been doing out and about on the internets. I’ve also updated my appearances: I have a couple new…
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Westercon Schedule
Done with signings for the moment…so it’s time for a convention! C’mon down and join me and other cool people at Westercon at the Sea-Tac Doubletree this coming weekend. Fri Jul 6 12:00:pm Inventing Culture Human societies have amazing cultural depth and individuality. Naturally we suppose other sentient species will be the same. Myth, art,…
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Q&A event
A quick post to spread the word about a blog event I’m doing. Over at Bitten by Books, I’ll be answering questions and there will be a giveaway on June 20, so c’mon down and join me!
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Release Month!
I thought I’d swing by here and let you guys know that I’m going to probably be blogging much more sporadically this month (a little more than a day left until the official release!). If you’re feeling sad about that, come see me in person at one of my readings and signings: June 5, 7…
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Andrew Vannas Again
Why, what’s this?
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Fridge Apnea
So I’ve determined that my refrigerator has fridge apnea. Yesterday I noticed water dripping from the ceiling of the fridge compartment, as if something had melted from around the freezer compartment that shouldn’t. I wiped it all up, necessitating the door being open for some time, and then noticed that despite this, it hadn’t turned…
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