Rice and I met in 1994, and have been together since 1995, but today we've been married since 1999.

He asked what I wanted to do, and honestly I'm up for whatever. It's all good if we're spending time together.

<a href="http://media.www.usforacle.com/media/storage/paper880/news/2008/04/24/Montage/Theres.No.RedBlue.Divide.In.The.Federation-3347099.shtml"> Courtesy of TheCalifornian.</a>

We live in the future and the future rocks.

Michael Jasper has put together a nice collection of links.

I'd also like to add this by Alex Wilson.

to describe or explain, and don't want to capitalize on what happened. But it affected us all in some way. And I am grateful there is good coming from it.

Here's to Jamie.

But I have two items of good news:

1) Because they rock in amazing and wonderful ways Small Beer Press is giving away free Creative Commons Licensed copies of John Kessel's new collection. WOO! (Not like I have time to read it or anything right now...)

2) Avadore gets to go visit the first grade for the whole day tomorrow. You know what this means, don't you? Yeah, my little boy is growing up :( and :) and *weeps* and WOO AVI! Also, and I've probably mentioned this before, my boy can read! My kid! And he loves it. He says it's his favorite. Oh, yeah. He also adores Captain Underpants, which is a good thing to adore when you're six.

One of the most beautiful things I've read this year.

It's going to be a hard week for a lot of people. Give someone you love a hug.

Omni

Peanut Butter Snickers

Pilot BetterGrip Medium ballpoint pens in black... I should order some of those

My favorite pencil

memory39, whom I always miss when I can't find the right writing implement, but at other times, too

Pulp

My dad

If any of you are voting for the Campbell awards, I would like to suggest that you give Mary Robinette Kowal's fiction a look. She's an amazing new pro AND would look good in a tiara and comes with her own ball gown.