Lee Whiteside

Always sad to see someone have to cancel, but always glad to hear that they've got an acting gig.

There are times where I wonder what type of real-life experiences you have had that inspire your fiction. Probably better that we don't know...

No booksellers at the con, I assume?

I paid points down to get a 2.5 % mortgage in the middle of the pandemic. Definitely not refinancing anytime soon.

I figure you and Joe already knew each other. The fake obviously did not think this through. I wonder who else got one...

YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO Bruce Springsteen - Cadillac Ranch (The River Tour, Tempe 1980)

Leading in to Cadillac Ranch.... youtu.be/4dG3jc6fzPY?...

YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO Bruce Springsteen - No Money Down (The River Tour, Tempe 1980)

45 years ago tonight, Tempe, AZ. Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band. A four hour show. Most of it captured on video. Here's how he opened his second set with references to local car dealer Tex Earnhardt. youtu.be/YdLC-sG4f4U?...

Post from Peter David on rec.arts.startrek in Feb 1991 in response to a long TV pitch from a fan. "The ST:TNG Enterprise meets the Doomsday Machine. Boy, are you gonna love VENDETTA.

I like this response he left to a fan in Feb 1991 that posted a long fan-fic/script of his idea for a TV pitch.

I definitely remember Peter David being on usenet back in the late 80s. He used the same dial up service I did to get online (cup dot portal dot com). You can find old posts on google groups usenet groups from the late 80s into the early 90s. groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.s...

I was a Sysop on the Compuserve SciFi forum back in the day. I definitely remember you talking about Captain Power in general when it was airing. I specifically remember you comparing how the death of Tasha Yar was handled in comparison to how you did Pilot's death.

And, I did see that Russell said that "This is a huge, spectacular Christmas treat", so obviously likely around Christmas, maybe a five day event of some sort. Time to fire up the UK VPN it looks like...

The latest I've seen is the BBC will make it available by the end of the year but that Disney will still hold it off for 2026. The BBC rarely announces an actual air date until they have to for the Radio Times schedules, so we'll likely find out just a couple of weeks beforehand.

OH AND HEY-- ALSO one week from tonight I'll be at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social talking with the ever-wonderful @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social about writing and dinosaurs and GOD'S JUNK DRAWER. Stop by! Ask questions! Get books signed! Far away? Order books to get signed and sent to you!

The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.

I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)

he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit

I remember the time the Royals were leading in the ninth in game five of the LCS and they brought in their star pitcher to close out the Yankees. It didn't end well....

I'm in the Phoenix area so in the mid 80s. I guess everyone's a Dodger fan and didn't go out. At least I have Peter "The Count" Zaremba on Little Steven's Underground Garage to listen to.

Halloween display with inflatables of Snoopy on a giant pumpkin, a ghost cat, Snoopy on his doghouse with Woodstock and a Pumpkin An alien holding a pumpkin and aUFO abducting a pumpkin

Five trick or treaters so far. Much slower than last year so far.

Looks like there will be a special Christmas episode at least?

YouTube video by Sparks - Topic I Predict

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Change one letter, ruin a candy

Sugar Rabies

Shazam!

I got it so bad at scout camp one year I had to go to the hospital. Not fun.

The people who bought tickets are getting their moneys worth...

Dr Manhattan meme reading "2025. I am watching Game 3 of the World Series."

Right. Who would bother stealing home made tapes in the early 2000s? I got a new car a year later, so I had a CD player then.

In the early 2000s, someone broke into my car and took my case full of home made mix tapes. I hadn't upgraded to a CD player yet. Only other stuff they took were some Witchblade t-shirts I'd gotten from TNT to hand out at cons.

Library thing entry for Red Star Hustle/Apprehension (Saga Doubles) by Sam J. Miller and Mary Robinette Kowal) with a picture of the cover for the Apprehension side of the double book.

I'd treat it as one book with two signatures. Library thing lists it this way (via data from Amazon).

Agreed. That was part of why I was dismissed from PHXCC, the head of "talent" wanted to treat all the guests like this.

This sounds more like something you would give to an actor you are paying lots of money for, not for a regular author guest. I have a pretty good idea who this is from...

Image of a small passenger ship on a beach with large holes in its hull. It is the SS Minnow from Gilligan's Island.

They could have been a group out on a three hour tour...