The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Tania:

Damn. My thoughts and demands (no wishes here) for a speedy recovery are going his way.

Serge - we're down to under 12 hours of daylight here, and it would be a little chilly, but I appreciate the sentiment.

Normally we have a Hallowe'en ski races, with a fairly decent base. I'm thinking that's not happening this year. Heck, usually we've got the Olympic XC ski team in town about now getting in training runs. Nope. No snow and the temp is supposed to be in the mid 40s again today. Oh well.

Unseasonably warm. We usually have 5 or so inches of snow by now, instead it's been close to 50 F for days. Strange for October.

Bravo abi!

I'm intrigued by Wave, and wouldn't turn down an invite, but I know other people are much more excited about than I am. I'm still working on putting the rest of my life in order...

I think Serge is a really great guy and I need to reply to an email from him from a month ago but I'm a bad bad bad person who does not deserve his friendship. But I hope to get to it this evening.

There. That's random, and even TRUE.

And I'll take #21 from PNH's list. That might be true too. Or not.

Anomalism. That's a word I'm going to have to work into my everyday conversations.

"Well, Russ, what we have here is a fine example of the deleterious effects of anomalism."

A holiday gift* for the budding steampunk prodigy in your life??

A Young Mad Scientist's First Alphabet Blocks

*must.resist. I want to buy some for the niece. I think Charlie Dell needs a set. I want to get them for any other number of younguns I know/know of. D is for Dirgible! T is for Tentacle! They're so cute! I'm gushing again, as usual, etc... Oh, and it looks like they hit BoingBoing on Sunday, and I missed them there...

Sarah E & Aaron - Fran has a better job at UAA, she'd be a fool to go back into politics. Fran's not a fool.

Berkowitz talks a good line, but he is a complete Casper Milquetoast. I voted for him, but I'd vote for almost anyone running against Don Young. I found myself underwhelmed by his campaign, and he had my vote as soon as he became the candidate.

I hope Ted goes down when the absentee/question/early ballots are counted. But at this point, I'm not counting on it.

Hey Serge, I'm thinking about moving to New Mexico. Any suggestions?

fnck.

Looks like my fellow Alaskans have bought into his "you're screwed without me" campaigning and have re-elected the felon Senator Ted Stevens.

And the probably soon to be indicted (please!) Rep Don Young.

America, I apologize and beg your understanding.

Crap. I'm betting this will go to question ballots.

36% of Alaska precincts reporting

Stevens 49.32% R
Begich 45.19% D

Young 51.47% R
Berkowitz 44.06% D

Alaska polls closed an hour ago. I'm reloading the Elections page, following APRN on Twitter, and listening to the radio coverage. Please, let Ted and Don come home. Sarah did. I'm not being unreasonable.

I feel like the horse race has started, with the announcer yelling "Aaaaaannnndddd they're off!!"

Thanks for the update. I'm going to be completely distracted for the next 36 hours.

I got derailed at the mention of Burgoyne. Now I'm thinking about making a quilt with the Burgoyne Surrounded pattern.

I'll be thinking on diner food later.

What/Who I think of when you say Blink.

I've reserved a cabin at Tolovana Hot Springs again, so I always like recipes that I can cook on or in a wood stove. Last winter I wrapped apples halves in foil with raisins and spices and baked them in the coals of the stove. Yummm. Thanks for provoking the grey matter into thinking about these things ahead of time.

Greetings Kévin! Jurassic buggery, what a great description!

I'd recommend Tor.com for discussion of Tor authors and books, as a great place to start. The conversations section might be just what you're looking for.

Good luck, and congratulations on de-lurking. It's a rather stressful act, isn't it?

Serge @ 66 - Make it difficult, after all, I did work in a comic shop.

Rocketeer with the young and lovely Jennifer Connelly.

Also, he was the obnoxious American in one of the Dracula films. The one with Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins.

My vet tech friend gave me a piller. It works great for getting pills down your cat.

Tania is most appreciative for the clarification on bight!

However, she now has images of a pamphlet titled "Naughty knots for Nauts for naught" and visions of astro/cosmonauts engaging in bondage play in reduced gravity situations. Dang it.

I'm stealing Halting State from the husband's side of the bed and going to try to go to sleep.

Linkmeister - thanks! I have heard that word used all my life, and have used it properly myself, without ever realizing that it is bight and not bite.

I always has a visual of the rope bend being a mouth, and when you are "caught in the bight" it was biting you. Caught in the "bite" is much more colorful, but not accurate.

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