I decided to redo the family tree…

All 15,000 to 18,000 people of it. A tree is a database, and databases that have had bad info input and then erased (learning curve) have problems. So — I started over. OMG. I got 10 generations on with practically everybody—and discovered the program...

Pleasant call today—

a skating buddy called up, said, “I”m hungry, let’s do lunch!” Ta-da. We revisited an old fave restaurant and survived it. They’ve changed their recipes back to avoid garlic powder in everything….they’re using garlic, real, in...

New things here—and coming…

1) You know I turned Protector in yesterday. 2) We have audiobook contracts for Cyteen, Downbelow Station, Foreigner, and Chanur with audible.com. If you buy from these links, I get a dollar. I’ll put them in the first comment box, because the program strips...

We took a little hop over to Seattle…

Mariners’ game. It wasn’t the Mariners’ best weekend. The next day they were the losing team of a Chisox ‘perfect game.’ Bummer! We ate far, far too much junk food. And while we were gone, local temperatures had soared to 81, and...

Weird scientific theory of the week

I just got to thinking—I love watching The Universe, How the Earth Was Made, etc…and I remember arguing with Don Wollheim about the origin of flowers and colors (two separate debates, actually.) Today I’m thinking about color, and the tendency of...