Journeyman

So we spent part of last evening watching the pilot of The Adventures of Brisco County, Junior. ...who knew? Go Netflix! I gather this was one of shows that lasted about three weeks sometime in the 90s. Sigh for the what-could-have-been!

Meanwhile, for those following along with the Sharon Lee and Steve Miller StellarCon interview by link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lso_T2OwxPo

or just use to the toobie below:




IF YOU KNEW BUZZY THE WAY I KNOW BUZZY:
in case you're having a lazy Sunday morning, something else for you to share with friends, including a sample of Mr. Shanks reading Local Custom ...another toobie followed by the link...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRXFIphZLpc

Breakfast!

Time ... means something different to the folks at amazon.com. Really.

We've seen several different on-sale dates for Longeye in April (by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, if there was any doubt) ... and we find today that Amazon is apparently shipping the book, and this is March -- or has shipped it and needs more -- or .. .well, anyway, they are accepting reviews and folks are reporting that they're able to order it with nearterm delivery dates.

So, go thou and buy this book ... http://www.amazon.com/Longeye-Sharon-Lee/dp/1416591532
if you haven't already, and if you're on of those readers who hates to buy a book before knowing the next one is coming out --- this *is* the next one -- so buy this and Duainfey (which preceded it), both on sale at amazon and at your favorite genre shop or bookseller as well. Tell you friends to do the same thing .. .because it won't be long before we're pitching "next books" to Toni there at Baen, and it would be a *good thing* if these non-Liaden books showed strong so that the next Liaden contract(s) are well-supported.

Meanwhile, were you or someone you know at StellarCon? Got pictures of us there? We don't -- and we'd like to. True, we're waiting with bated breath for the Buzzy Multimedia interviews to get online, but before that happens, we'd still like some shots from the con if you have them to share.

Note 1:

Another trip to the car place in order, this one tomorrow early, and it may be a long one.

We're going to try to get the in-car location device.. in this case a very simple digital direction-header compass in the mirror -- fixed. Those of you familiar with my North by Northwest post after my trip to Montreal last year may recall the joy of depending on my system... when it failed.

Rather than springing for a GPS, we'll see what the car folks can do. I'd rather not add one more layer of complexity to my trips, and over the years I've been well served by compass-heading navigation. We, shall see. If this does not produce good results I may have to go to the GPS before I wander off on a solo reunion trip to Maryland in November.


Note 2:
Longevity is good, it adds flavor. It adds character. it adds ... complexity. There's that word again. This week the problem has been discovery of a series of SRM orders that have come in under the radar -- meaning I never saw them -- because they relied on cached pages. Yikes -- Paypal dutifully added the (postage-less) orders to the income, but since the catalog never saw them, it never generated a fulfillment or packing slip.

I thought the new system was simpler... but complexity is added because the web tends to hold everything ever HTMLed in gooey tender electric arms. And then, powie, a couple of orders from catalogs I'd distributed *several mainland Worldcons ago* which apparently were unearthed as result of people going home from Denvention and saying to themselves "Gee, didn't we have something from them around here?" So, while hurricane winds may be approaching (today is wonderfully blue!) we'll try to catch that stuff up.

Note 3:
http://www.stellarcon.org/home ...
wonder if I can borrow the countdown gizmo there ...

Note 4:
Hurricane Hanna, oh goody. Current tracking map puts the hurricane approximately in our lap sometime around Noon or 1 PM Sunday. Been awhile since I was in the eye of a hurricane.

Note 5: If I start my tomato extravaganza two weeks early next year ... we ought to be able to grow our own in the now identified tomato zone. In the past our total tomato output some years was zapped by early and unheralded frosts...

Note 6:
Lunch is over, back to work.

THIS JUST IN! BREAKING NEWS!

Note 7:
please bring the ape back...
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=92302&catid=2


v1.2 , thanks to jhetley, eagle eye, and missing apes