Read over the last three days:
Stories:
95. "Fallen Angel" by Eugene Mirabelli (Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2008)
96. "Mars: A Traveler's Guide" by Ruth Nestvold (Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2008)
97. "Political Economy" by Mark Twain (1870; The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain)
98. "Science Vs. Luck" by Mark Twain (1870; The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain)
99. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin (Vogue Magazine, December 6th 1894; The Awakening and Other Stories)
100. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe (Godey's Lady's Book, November 1864; Complete Tales and Poems)
Book: Last 180 pages of Bios (1999) by Robert Charles Wilson. Seventh book finished in '09.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
\ Rea-dying \
This Week's Cardio Dalliance
Monday 02/23/2009 3.1 miles
Tuesday 02/24/2009 3.1 miles
Wednesday 02/25/2009 3 miles
Thursday 02/26/2009 3.1 miles
Friday 02/27/2009 Rest
Saturday 02/28/2009 4 miles
Sunday 03/01/2009 Rest
Total: 16.3 miles
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Me More Satisfied Than Usual: Again, a very busy week at work. Plus, I finally hit my long sought-after goal (well, not that long, since about December of last year), the 7-minute mile. Yay!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 02/25/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 500
Today's Piece: Story # 04
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 31970
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
\ Rea-dying \
Read/listened to over the last two days:
Stories:
90. "Friday the Thirteenth" (Black Widowers Story #22) by Isaac Asimov (Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1976; More Tales of the Black Widowers)
91. "Eveline" by James Joyce (1914; Dubliners)
92. "Mind Bet" by George Julius (Fantastic, February 1956)
93. "The Unabridged" (Black Widowers Story #23) by Isaac Asimov (1976; More Tales of the Black Widowers)
94. "The Ultimate Crime" (Black Widowers Story #24) by Isaac Asimov (1976; More Tales of the Black Widowers)
Audio: Lecture Sixteen from the The Teaching Company 24-lecture course "The Historical Jesus" by Professor Bart D. Ehrman: "Other teachings of Jesus" - 30 mins
Book: That last batch of Black Widower stories has brought me to the end More Tales of the Black Widowers (1976). Sixth book finished in '09.
Monday, February 23, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 02/23/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 500
Today's Piece: Story # 05
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 31470
Sunday, February 22, 2009
\ Rea-dying \
Read/listened to over the last two days:
Stories:
80. "Season's Greetings!" (Black Widowers Story #19) by Isaac Asimov (1976; More Tales of the Black Widowers)
81. "Reader's Guide" by Lisa Goldstein (Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2008)
82. "Traitor" by M. Rickert (Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2008)
83. "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist" by Arthur Conan Doyle (1903; The Return of Sherlock Holmes)
84. "The One and Only East" (Black Widowers Story #20) by Isaac Asimov (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1975; More Tales of the Black Widowers)
85. "The Scarecrow’s Boy" by Michael Swanwick (Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2008)
86. "Earthset and Evening Star" (Black Widowers Story #21) by Isaac Asimov (Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1975; More Tales of the Black Widowers)
87. "Glass" by Daryl Gregory (Technology Review, November/December 2008)
88. "King Pelles the Sure" by Peter S. Beagle (Strange Roads, 2008; We Never Talk About My Brother)
89. "A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica" by Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld #20, May 2008)
Audio: Lecture Fifteen from the The Teaching Company 24-lecture course "The Historical Jesus" by Professor Bart D. Ehrman: "The apocalyptic teachings of Jesus" - 30 mins
Saturday, February 21, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 02/21/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 500
Today's Piece: Answers to interview questions
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 30970
This Week's Cardio Dalliance
Monday 02/16/2009 Rest
Tuesday 02/17/2009 3 miles
Wednesday 02/18/2009 3.1 miles
Thursday 02/19/2009 2.1 miles
Friday 02/20/2009 2.1 miles
Saturday 02/21/2009 3 miles
Sunday 02/22/2009 Rest
Total: 13.3 miles
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Me Pleased (hard-earned miles during a very busy week)
\ Rea-dying \
Read/listened to over the last two days:
Stories:
76. "Nothing Like Murder" (Black Widowers Story #17) by Isaac Asimov (Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1974; More Tales of the Black Widowers)
77. "No Smoking (Confessions of an American Cigarette Smoker)" (Black Widowers Story #18) by Isaac Asimov (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1974; More Tales of the Black Widowers)
78. "A Medieval Romance" by Mark Twain (1870; The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain)
79. "My Watch" by Mark Twain (1870; The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain)
Audio: Lecture Fourteen from the The Teaching Company 24-lecture course "The Historical Jesus" by Professor Bart D. Ehrman: "Jesus the apocalyptic prophet" - 30 mins
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
\ Rea-dying \
Read tonight:
Books: Final one hundred and ten pages of HARM by Brian Aldiss. Fifth book finished in '09.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
\ Rea-dying \
Read/listened to over the last nine days:
Stories:
74. "The Iron Gem (A Chip of the Black Stone)" (Black Widowers Story #15) by Isaac Asimov (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1974; More Tales of the Black Widowers)
75. "The Three Numbers (All in the Way You Read It)" (Black Widowers Story #16) by Isaac Asimov (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1974; More Tales of the Black Widowers)
Audio: Lecture Thirteen from the The Teaching Company 24-lecture course "The Historical Jesus" by Professor Bart D. Ehrman: "Jesus in Roman rule" - 30 mins
Books: The first 30 pages of Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds.
The first 35 pages of Bios by Robert Charles Wilson.
The first 120 pages of HARM by Brian Aldiss.
The first 20 pages of Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder.
The first 20 pages of The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt.
Review of Paul Melko's The Walls of the Universe at SH
This is the third review I've written this year, and the fourth to be published so far. It came out yesterday. Link-y:
Sunday, February 15, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 02/15/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 700
Today's Piece: Story # 04
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 30270
Saturday, February 14, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 02/14/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 800
Today's Piece: Story # 04
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 29570
This Week's Cardio Dalliance
Monday 02/09/2009 3.3 miles
Tuesday 02/10/2009 3.3 miles
Wednesday 02/11/2009 3.2 miles
Thursday 02/12/2009 4.1 miles
Friday 02/13/2009 4.1 miles
Saturday 02/14/2009 2.5 miles
Sunday 02/15/2009 Rest
Total: 20.5 miles
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Pleased To Have Hit Twenty
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 2/11/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 700
Today's Piece: Story # 04
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 28770
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 2/10/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 600
Today's Piece: 2008 Story Rework
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 28070
Monday, February 9, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 2/9/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 900
Today's Piece: Story # 04
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 27470
Sunday, February 8, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 2/8/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 600
Today's Piece: Story # 04
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 26570
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 2/7/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 400
Today's Piece: Review # 04
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 25970
Saturday, February 7, 2009
\ Rea-dying \
Read/listened to over the last four days:
Stories:
66. "The Small Door" by Holly Phillips (Fantasy Magazine, May 2008)
67. "The Sky that Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue into the Black" by Jay Lake (Clarkesworld #18, March 2008)
68. "Quicker Than the Eye" (Black Widowers Story #14) by Isaac Asimov (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1974; More Tales of the Black Widowers)
69. "The Facts In the Great Beef Contract" by Mark Twain (1870; The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain)
70. "How I Edited An Agricultural Paper" by Mark Twain (1870; The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain)
71. "Midnight Blue" by Will McIntosh (Asimov's, September 2008)
72. "Private Eye" by Terry Bisson (Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2008)
73. "The Film-Makers of Mars" by Geoff Ryman (Tor.com, December 2008)
Audio: Lecture Twelve from the The Teaching Company 24-lecture course "The Historical Jesus" by Professor Bart D. Ehrman: "Jesus in his context" - 30 mins
Book: The first 20 pages of Science Fiction, in the Cultural History of Literature Series, by Roger Luckhurst.
Review of Clarkesworld #29 at The Fix
This is the fifth review I've written this year, and the third to be published so far. Link-y:
This Week's Cardio Dalliance
Monday 2/2/2009 2.5 miles
Tuesday 2/3/2009 3.1 miles
Wednesday 2/4/2009 3.1 miles
Thursday 2/5/2009 3.1 miles
Friday 2/6/2009 3.1 miles
Saturday 2/7/2009 3.5 miles
Sunday 2/8/2009 Rest
Total: 18.4 miles
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Me Happy
Thursday, February 5, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 2/5/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 720
Today's Piece: Review # 04
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 25570
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 2/4/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 1000
Today's Piece: Review # 04
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 24850
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 2/3/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 700
Today's Piece: Review # 04
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 23850
\ Rea-dying \
Read over the last three days:
Stories:
61. "The Second Gift Given" by Ken Scholes (Clarkesworld #29, February 2009)
62. "The Jisei of Mark VIII" by Berrien C. Henderson (Clarkesworld #29, February 2009)
63. "Ass-Hat Magic Spider" by Scott Westerfeld (The Starry Rift, edited by Jonathan Strahan, 2008)
64. "Snatch Me Another" by Mercurio D. Rivera (Abyss & Apex, 1Q 2008)
65. "When No Man Pursueth" (Black Widowers Story #13) by Isaac Asimov (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1974; More Tales of the Black Widowers)
Monday, February 2, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 2/2/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 900
Today's Piece: Review # 04
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 23150
Sunday, February 1, 2009
\ Monkey Business \
Date: 2/1/2009
Today’s Wordcount: 1740
Today's Piece: Review # 04, Review # 05
Year-To-Date Wordcount: 22250
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