That will be all. Thank you.
Author: Karel Kerezman
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Past, Present, Future – Round Thirty-five
PAST: Mickey Mouse, rotary, cordless… what kind of phone did you have in your house, growing up?
PRESENT: Describe your current relationship with mobile phone technology.
FUTURE: What do you suppose is next? Implanted cellular technology? Videophones? (Yeah, they’ve been promising that since just about forever, huh?)
Yes, I have telephones on the brain this morning. We lost service at home yesterday, so I had to wait until I could get in to the office to post this PPF!
Le sigh.
You know the drill, folks. As always, thanks for participating and do come again.
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Fear my pink line.
Thanks to Megan Denny for this bit of linkage:
EGM: Kids Play
My favorite quote? “Tim: My line is so beating the heck out of your stupid line. Fear my pink line. You have no chance. I am the undisputed lord of virtual tennis. [Misses ball] Whoops.”
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When geeks collide
Geoffrey and I went to the Portland-area NaNoWriMo meet at Powell’s Books yesterday evening for a couple hours’ worth of writers talking about writing. Of the dozen or so folks crowded around the long table, I was one of only two people present who were successful NaNo 2002 participants returning for another try at fame and fortune.
Between talk of lesbian vampire cabbages and plot ninjas and crazy dreams and two guys at the door with guns, the group managed to share a decent amount of encouragement, words to the wise and snippets of useful technique. I came away from the meeting sure in the knowledge that I’m at least not the only crazy masochistic wannabe-writer in the city.
Hey, we take what comfort we can in these dark times, right? Right!
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Itty bitty site updates
In case you’re wondering, no I’m not dead. I’m just busy working and resting, by turns.
Today I made two minor tweaks to this site. On the right side, you’ll see a new button for DeviantArt which will take you to my DevArt page. (I even posted some new art today, whee!)
On the left side, way down there, is the BlogSnob advert. Yes, I decided to go ahead and put it back on again. I’ve been meaning to ever since Wander-Lust went away, and just now got around to it.
This evening marks another get-together for Portland-area NaNoWriMo participants. A report on that, as well as other recent activities, will appear here some time in the next twenty-four hours.
No, really. I mean it.
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This should come as a surprise to precisely none of you.
Found at Strangechord, the BBCi “What kind of thinker are you?” quiz insists that:
You are a Linguistic Thinker
Linguistic thinkers:* Tend to think in words, and like to use language to express complex ideas.
* Are sensitive to the sounds and rhythms of words as well as their meanings.Other Linguistic Thinkers include William Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Anne Frank
Careers which suit Linguistic thinkers include Journalist, Librarian, Salesperson, Proof-reader, Translator, Poet, Lyricist
Go forth and find out what kind of thinker you are, hmm?