Apparently I crossed my 50,000 hits milestone the other day. Not bad. Of course, it would be lovely if that were 50,000,000, but I’m not John Scalzi. In any case, thank you all for sticking around, visiting my blog, commenting, etc. I appreciate it. Here’s to another 50,000!
Apparently SF Crowsnest has added a new section to their website called Sci Fi Play. From the email I got: You can now beat your Monday morning global depression economic woe-filled lunchtime blues by introducing orcs to your bloody axe or blasting enemy starships to pieces. Your bank of choice will probably still end up being nationalised, but at least you’ll have a high score to show for it. Glancing over there I saw a few games I’d like to try out, but don’t have the time at the moment. You all should check it out though! It’s free!
Another sad day this year. Ricardo Montalban has passed away at the tender age of 88, according to MSNBC. SF fans would remember in well, I’m sure. He was in the famous Fantasy Island, but we all probably recognize him by the following line: Khaaaaaaaan! He will be missed! May Khan live forever, or something touching along those lines.
I just wanted to post some links for all of you who may be interested in this. Whether you’re doing it as a hobby, professionally, or for some other reason, Tia of Fantasy Debut is talking a lot about having a convention/meet up of blogging book reviewers. You can find out more here and here. Please join in the discussion and help us make this become a reality. For the record, it is open to ANY blogger who reviews books, whether they be science fiction, romance, fantasy, mystery, literary, non-fiction, etc. It doesn’t matter what kind of books you review, this convention is meant for all of us. So, join in and give your thoughts!
In case you are one of those folks that can either read on a computer without any problem or happens to have one of those new-fangled eReaders (Kindle, Sony, whatever), I thought I would pass along that Orbit Books has a huge deal on ebooks. $1.00 each! That’s dirt cheap! As for me? Well, I hate reading on the computer, so I try to do it as little as I can. I also don’t have the money to blow on one of those readers and quite honestly I don’t know if it would be worth it. Even $200 is a lot of money to spend on something you don’t even know will work the way you hope. I spent $250 on my mp3 player because I already knew what I was going to get: an mp3 player that could hold a crapload of mp3s and play them, and would likely have a bunch of other features that would matter less. I don’t know if I will be getting a great reading experience with an eReader. It would have been nice to be one of those lucky folks who were given a reader for free in exchange for a review. But, alas, I am not one of those folks! Anywho!
I start school today at noon and, well, I figured I’d give you all a heads up. Things may be a little quiet over the next few days. The reason? Well, partially because school is back in and partially because I will be putting the finishing touches on my graduate school applications. I have officially turned in my applications to the University of Rochester, the University of Florida, the University of Oregon, and Oxford University. Oxford is completely done and I only have to send my supplementary materials (CV, statement of purpose, writing samples) to the other three. Those are only the most pressing applications as far as deadlines are concerned. Don’t worry, though. I won’t be putting off all the others until the deadline like those four. The others will get finished before February and all will be well.So, wish me luck, send me money, because I’m broke, and I look forward to spending another quarter with all of you, even though you’re not here!
