Author: theazureshadow

And the second art offering piece. Aya\’s request of an arrogant and fat cat. I hope I managed to pull off the subject well, because I\’m not so used to painting living things. It\’s difficult. But I used a bunch of references to give me some direction, so it should be okay. I like cats.…

Here is the first completed doodle for the art offering. I drew this at a park near my house. The flower is on the shore of a pond, and I wasn\’t able to sit and draw it because of no good way to sit, so I would go take glances at it every once in…

I\’m sorry, Gregory A. Douglas, but this is very nearly the worst piece of writing I\’ve ever stumbled upon. Your book isn\’t quite up to the standards of The Eye of Argon, but it\’s certainly in the vicinity. If your premise isn\’t bad enough (\”It was an ordinary Cape Cod town — until the huge…

Soren and Nathan are in Everett (and without internet) Aaron will shortly be in Spokane again With Becky Sarah is on a research project in Puerto Rico Cami is in Hawaii (well, she'll be there shortly; not sure when exactly she arrives) Rusty lives 30 miles away Paul is in Fairfax, Virginia Life is hiding…

Jon Carroll printed part of an e-mail from one of his readers in his column today, and I thought it was a good way to put things. As you may know, many of the more \”dangerous\” (useful) chemicals are becoming difficult for people interested in science to acquire, because the government is afraid that they…

Paff and I are currently engaged in a very stylish contest of endurance and skill. After a conversation about living arrangements, we came to the conclusion that his currently suffer massively when compared to those of various folks like Willard, Aaron and I. His response: \”In that case, I challenge you to a duel –…

I am happy. That is all.

Not a thing that happens when being artistic. So, I was working on a doodle for The Cat and the Fiddle, and I ended up with something completely different. It was way too colorful, too contrasting for that, so I just took it in another direction. So, Andrea, you'll have to wait a bit longer…

I am happy. No, not happy. Elated. Lots of things are going right today.

Charles Stross, the writer of Accelerando, rants about the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, the famous place where the United States decided to ignore all modern rules of engagement and torture prisoners in order to force them to divulge information. The most haunting words: \”kindly reflect: if you support the war on terror, then you're…