Tête-à-Tête-Tête

Someone… maybe the Tennessean himself… should collect stuff like this… Keep it around the office for laughs… and leave it for posterity … to be enshrined in some sort of museum. As a cautionary tale for future science critics.

I am:
Hal Clement (Harry C. Stubbs)
A quiet and underrated master of “hard science” fiction who, among other things, foresaw integrated circuits back in the 1940s.

Which science fiction writer are you?

… and it’s called the Tree Lobster Game. I had no idea, but it kind of makes sense now.

I ran across this looking for something to watch. So, John A Arkansawyer, & other fans…

An e-mail I sent to my COO:
I think this fellow is right, and what he says applies to many of the things we do. I wish he would have talked about mastery and purpose more, because I think they are even more important than autonomy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y&feature=player_embedded
Yes “I wish he would have” is a southern colloquialism. Times [...]

We can learn a lot from old dogs and children.
And of course a little bit of  watermelon wine.

There was a post from me this morning that no longer appears… It was not meant to be published to begin with. I typed it, scheduled it to publish – then thought better of it… I thought I set it to draft.. But I noticed that it was “up” most of the day. So… [...]

Welcome to the world, Shayla Naomi Mae…

A blessing from the lyrics of Natalie Merchant:
I believe
that Fate smiled and Destiny
Laughed as she came to my cradle
Know this child will be able
Laughed as she came to my mother
Know this child will not suffer
Laughed as my body she lifted
Know this child will be gifted
with love with patience and [...]

Well, Bud Selig’s tenure as the Commish will end in 2012 and, of course, he feels he has to leave a legacy…I thought he had already accomplished that.
This will have to be ratified by the players union as well so I don’t really see it happening by the year 2012 but I think it will [...]

It’s that it’s happening to me.