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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
12:54 pm	OMG, They Killed Science! Just reposting a little commentfic that I wrote for the fabulous abyssinia_4077 and ultranos_fic, in the comments to their Meta for Red Sky: Ragnorak- Where Science Goes To Die. In keeping with my obsession for fixing canon, I concluded after reading their hilarious scientific critique of the episode that the things Sam says in the episode are so outrageous that Sam couldn't possibly have believed them. But if so, why would she say them? (*inserts tongue in cheek*) ( Clearly, the real answer was very, very complicated: ) (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
11:06 pm	Creatures Great and Small There seems be a creature theme going on in books this season...but I started with mysteries. ( Collections of Nero Wolfe Mysteries ) ( The Big Necessity by Rose George ) ( Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life by Carl Zimmer ) Rereads: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff Smoke and Shadows by Tanya Huff Smoke and Mirrors by Tanya Huff Smoke and Ashes by Tanya Huff Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett Johnny and the Dead by Terry Pratchett Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett The Return of the Shadow by Walter Gibson The Shadow (movie novelization) by James Luceno ( Dry Storeroom No. 1 by Richard Fortey ) ( The Shadow: The Murder Master and The Hydra by by Walter Gibson ) ( Cast a Cold Eye by Marjorie Eccles ) ( More Deaths than One by Marjorie Eccles ) ( Blood Test by Jonathan Kellerman ) ( Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois ) ( Folk Mittens by Marcia Lewandowski ) ( What Einstein Told His Cook 2 by Robert Wolke ) ( Knitter's Almanac by Elizabeth Zimmerman ) ( Alex and Me by Irene Pepperberg ) Current Mood: sleepy (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
6:33 am	PSA If you're trying to view my website and are getting an internal server error- it's a network issue. Earthlink says they're working on it. ETA: And it appears to be fixed. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
12:41 am	And Let's Hear It for Squee! Thank you to all the people who nominated in the Stargate Fan Awards. I am thrilled to find these stories nominated: 1969 Prime Don't Ask Time Out of Mind Rearranging Fate I'm particularly excited about Fate being nominated- it's by far my longest and most complicated fic, and was enormously fun to write. It should be an excellent year for fic- I see around my flist that many of my favorite writers are also nominated. Good luck to all! Current Mood: awake (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
1:14 pm	Vidders in the News Probably this has been posted everywhere and I just missed it. However- in case you missed it: Heard this very nice piece on NPR on my way home the other night, about vidding- the article has some links to really fantastic vids. The Star Trek meets Monty Python one should definitely put a smile on your face. And the self-referential one (titled "Us") is an absolutely fantastic piece of work. Highly recommended. Current Mood: contemplative (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, February 7th, 2009
8:47 pm	Books! So, I haven't posted book reviews in a while, but that doesn't mean I haven't been reading. Therefore: ( The Courts of the Crimson Kings by S.M. Stirling ) ( The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson ) ( Stargate SG-1: Do No Harm by Karen Miller ) ( Temping Fate by Esther Friesner ) ( Area 7 by Matt Reilly ) ( Ice Station by Matt Reilly ) ( Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones ) ( Hidden Magic by Vivian Vande Velde ) Rereads: Skeleton Dance by Aaron Elkins To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis ( Space Tug by Murray Leinster ) ( Three Men in a Boat (to Say Nothing of the Dog by Jerome K. Jerome ) ( People of the Wind by Poul Anderson ) ( The Android's Dream by John Scalzi ) ( Airborn by Kenneth Oppel ) ( Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel ) ( Cobweb by Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George ) ( The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett ) ( Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) by Tom Vanderbilt ) ( Silks by Dick and Felix Francis ) ( Contest by Matthew Reilly ) ( Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly ) ( You're Wearing That? Mothers and Daughters in Conversation by Deborah Tannen ) ( Anahem by Neal Stephenson ) Rereads: Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett First Channel by Jean Lorrah and Jacqueline Lictenberg Channel's Destiny by Jean Lorrah and Jacqueline Lictenberg Ambrov Keon by Jean Lorrah Unto Zeor, Forever by Jacqueline Lictenberg ( Nation by Terry Pratchett ) ( Love Masque by Caroline Campbell ) ( Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly ) (  Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter ) ( The World in Six Songs by Daniel Levitin ) ( Demons are Forever by Julie Kenner ) ( Temple by Matthew Reilly ) ( On Being Certain by Robert Burton ) (  Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Strong Poison, Five Red Herrings, Have His Carcase, Murder Must Advertise, The Nine Tailors, Gaudy Night, Busman's Honeymoon, and Lord Peter (anthology), by Dorothy Sayers ) ( The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards ) ( Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue by John McWhorter ) ( Tragedy at Law by Cyril Hare ) Rereads: Blood Sport by Dick Francis Summer of the Dragon by Elizabeth Peters Curses! by Aaron Elkins Longshot by Dick Francis The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz Point Blanc by Anthony Horowitz Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz ( Pale Gray for Guilt by John D. MacDonald ) (  Suicide Excepted by Cyril Hare With a Bare Bodkin by Cyril Hare ) (  Evil Star by Anthony Horowitz (Book 2 of the Gatekeepers) Nightrise by Anthony Horowitz (Book 3 of the Gatekeepers) ) ( San Andreas by Alistair MacLean ) ( Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly ) ( Duainfey by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller ) ( Stratification: Book 1: Reap The Wild Wind by Julie Czerneda ) ( Stratification: Book 2: Riders of the Storm by Julie Czerneda ) ( And Four to Go by Rex Stout ) Rereads: With the Lightnings by David Drake Lt. Leary Commanding by David Drake The Far Side of the Stars by David Drake The Way to Glory by David Drake Some Golden Harbor by David Drake Current Mood: okay (19 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
9:43 pm	Stargate SG-1 fic, The Parting Glass, Gen This is totally unbeta'd and rough around the edges, but I saw just saw the redial_the_gate post on The First Ones, and couldn't resist the lemminglike urge to post my episode tag, which has languished on my hard drive, lo these many years. Fair warning, I'm quite likely to revise it when I get a round tuit. ( The Parting Glass ) Current Mood: blah (17 Comments |Comment on this)
9:32 pm	Stargate Timeline So, a few um, weeks, months? ago, aelfgyfu_mead reminded me that I had done a rough timeline of how long various episodes took (and what the weather looks like on Earth), as an aid to myself in figuring out what the date is in Colorado during various Stargate episodes. So, this is only S1-6, it's pretty rough, and I make no guarantees about accuracy. But I figured I'd throw it out there and see if people wanted to add on to it. (I have not even *tried* to edit this myself since I originally did it- I'd spend hours looking things up and never get around to posting it.) ( Episode Timeline ) Current Mood: lethargic (13 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
3:57 pm	Feel the Icon Love I've thought for some time that the Oma quote was just as applicable to Teal'c as to Daniel, if not more so...and now thanks to nomadicwriter, I have the icon I've been wanting for it for ages. Woot! Current Mood: happy (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
7:25 pm	Breaking New Ground Epilogue: Bedrosia This picks up a few days after the end of New Ground, and is in continuity with my fic Breaking New Ground, a Nyan-POV missing scenes piece for SG-1 Season 3 New Ground. In the episode recap comments on redial_the_gate, there was discussion of what happened to Nyan's friends after he came to Earth. As it happens, I Can Explain This! However, this relies heavily on the Bedrosian background I created for the first fic, so if you haven't read it (or haven't read it recently), it won't make a lot of sense. I'm just sayin'. Eventually it is intended to become the prologue to a Nyan fic set later in canon. ( Meanwhile, Back on Bedrosia: ) Current Mood: groggy (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
10:11 am	W is for Washington, GEN, Jack Alpha-bits Entry Doh! My entry for the Gen-Fic Jack Alpha-bits ficathon. Late because I'm an idiot and forgot I signed up. Sorry, Fig. The other ficathon entries can be found here ------------------------------------------------ W is for Washington ( Jack wondered how much time he was going to spend wishing he could solve problems with his P-90 instead of with a memo. *All of it.* ) (34 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
1:34 pm	Don't Ask For aurora_novarum who said "I mentioned in chat it would be cool to have a fic from the janitor's point of view." Gen, rated G, OC Commentfic, unbeta'd, the SGC isn't mine, yadda. Post Foothold: ( ficlet behind the cut ) (26 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
12:38 pm	My Computer is Cooler! This is my life for the last few months: "Daniel slid down the hillside on the seat of his trousers, keeping his head down and scrabbling in the dimness for something, anything he could use as a weapon. Another staff weapon blast scorched closely overhead and Daniel ducked to avoid the hail of rock splinters that flew from the boulder it hit. He hadn't seen Teal'c since they'd come through the gate-" Wait? Is that the computer fan? Hasn't it been on for a while now? Hmm, better check the underside of the computer- damn, that's awfully hot. I'd better shut down and let it cool off...drat!! ( And my computer travails continue behind the cut ) Current Mood: way too ambitious (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, August 1st, 2008
7:07 pm	Cat Antics! Simon Tofield, creator of Cat Man Do and another hilarious short animated cat video has come out with another...strangely familiar...sequence of amusing cat antics. Run don't walk to view TV Dinner Current Mood: laughing (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
9:32 am	It's Been How Long? Since I posted any book reviews? Eh. In addition to being stinking hot and humid, I've been having troubles with the laptop overheating this summer. Which is playing merry hell with accomplishing *anything* on any of my computer-related projects. I've concluded that I really need one of those laptop coolers with fans...anybody else with this issue? I'd love to hear if you've a particular cooler to recommend. Okay, book reviews- here goes: ( The Shiva Option by David Weber and Steve White ) ( The Infinite Cage by Keith Laumer ) ( Welcome to Your Brain by Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang ) ( The Liaden Series by Steve Miller and Sharon Lee ) ( Planet Run by Keith Laumer and Gordon Dickson ) ( Rising from the Plains by John McPhee ) ( When the Tide Rises by David Drake ) ( The River at the Center of the World by Simon Winchester ) ( One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name ) ( The Sharing Knife: Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold ) ( The Widow's War by Sally Gunning ) ( Jenna Starborn by Sharon Shinn ) ( The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes by Mark Urban ) ( The Last Colony by John Scalzi ) ( The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow ) ( Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz ) ( Small Favor by Jim Butcher ) Rereads: Night Watch by Terry Pratchet (My all time favorite of his.) The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett First four books in PM Griffin's Star Commandos Comeback by Dick Francis The Danger by Dick Francis ( Spin by Robert Charles Wilson ) ( Uneasy Relations by Aaron Elkins ) Rereads: (I've been in a re-reading mode lately, can you tell?) Guards, Guards! by Terry Pratchett Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett Fellowship of Fear by Aaron Elkins The Dark Place by Aaron Elkins Murder at the Queen's Arms by Aaron Elkins Old Bones by Aaron Elkins Icy Clutches by Aaron Elkins Current Mood: calm (11 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
1:32 pm	I've Been Illustrated! Just found a couple of illos from Anouk for Performance Reviews and Training Exercises. Check out some of her other work, too. The artwork is so good, it makes me want to read a bunch of the stories (even ones based on the content I probably won't like). Unfortunately, I didn't see any way to contact her and say thanks without creating a membership on the site. :( Very cool! Current Mood: cheerful (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
4:07 pm	Missing Pieces, Gen, PG, SG-1 A sequel to Picking Up the Pieces, set during S9, Arthur's Mantle. Reposted commentfic inspired by sg_betty. ( Sam and Cam Mitchell find a souvenir of past adventures:  ) Current Mood: completist (16 Comments |Comment on this)
12:30 pm	Kheb: The Ways of Enlightenment (Part 2) ( Part 2 behind the cut. ) Return to Part 1 Current Mood: accomplished (22 Comments |Comment on this)
12:22 pm	Kheb: The Ways of Enlightenment (Part 1) * TITLE: Kheb: The Ways of Enlightenment * AUTHOR: Redbyrd * EMAIL: redbyrd (at) mindspring (dot) com * RATING: PG * CATEGORY: drama, action * SUMMARY: Teal'c was a practical man, and had thought his old master was as well. Kheb showed him a spiritual side of Bra'tac he hadn't expected. * SPOILERS: Anything through S3 Maternal Instinct * AUTHOR'S NOTE: Continuing in my trend of trying to look at episodes from alternative points of view. It struck me that Maternal Instinct could well have been a deeply meaningful episode for Teal'c. *Finally* completed and posted in honor of Gen Fic Day, and Teal'c Alphabet Soup And *huge* thanks to my extremely patient betas aelfgyfu_mead and aurora_novarum, who read multiple drafts and or on really short notice, and patiently pointed out not-Teal'c-like bits over and over until I (hopefully!) got it right. * DISCLAIMER: The characters mentioned in this story are the property of Showtime and Gekko Film Corp. The Stargate, SG-I, the Goa'uld and all other characters who have appeared in the series STARGATE SG-1 together with the names, titles and backstory are the sole copyright property of MGM-UA Worldwide Television, Gekko Film Corp, Glassner/Wright Double Secret Productions and Stargate SG-I Prod. Ltd. Partnership. This fanfic is not intended as an infringement upon those rights and solely meant for entertainment. All other characters, the story idea and the story itself are the sole property of the author. --------------------------------------------------------------- Read behind the cut or on my website ( Story behind the cut. ) Current Mood: accomplished (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
11:28 pm	Picking Up the Pieces, PG, Gen, SG-1 An episode tag for S2 Show and Tell (for pepper_field, whose recap questions on redial_the_gate inspired it) ( Tag behind the cut ) Current Mood: amused (27 Comments |Comment on this)