Ole Blinky (also known as Florida Power and Light) decide to give out again, so I was stuck at work in the dark. Luckily, with my cool PDA phone thingee, I was just able to sit back and listen to music while reading Jim Baen’s Universe. I decided to finally get to the serial John Ringo is writing in it as I’ve been quite interested to read some of his work as I know my brother is a fan and he was nice enough to write me an e-mail when I first showed some interest in Baen’s Bar about writing science fiction. He’s known for military SF, but his serial so far is more about a boy adjusting to a new school – but still a good read. Anyone can draw your attention with explosions; it takes skill to make the mundane interesting.
BTW, as for the progress of Hellbender, I’m having trouble getting it restarted. I know where it goes, but the beginning is giving trouble. Still, I’ll power through, and, when I have the first couple chapters done, I’ll put those up for preview and critique for those interested.
I have ideas for a new In My World™ (the political season is heating up, and there’s just so much material), but I also have some number theory to play with – and that I get paid for (well, more than blogging). You’ll get teh funny soon, though, so keep reloading the page like a madman until new posts appear.
Be honorable, ronin.
UPDATE:
If you’re interested in the issue of digital rights management, Baen’s Universe editor Eric Flint has three editorials on the subject all free to view (part1, part2, part3). He doesn’t like Disney – but not because they made a miniseries that reflected poorly on Clinton. As for me, I just want to know when I can steal music and not feel guilty about it.
Oh, wait, I can do that now! Ah, the joys of an underdeveloped superego.

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