Updates for the week of 2009-11-01

Google Docs Batch Export (http://j.mp/48sECL) – Most excellent. #
Newest arrivals on my to-read pile include The Road, Boneshaker, Leviathan, War of the Oaks, Before they are Hanged, and Powerless. You? #
If I say: "ironically, she was wishing so hard for him to stop that she didn't notice when he did", is that actually ironic? #stupidsong #
My current #win7 hitch is making the Start menu *default* to "All Programs" and not "Kinda/sorta most recent stuff you've opened… " #
Adrift: Deirdre asks if she’s staying on the ship. Again. The tone of her voice… she’s.. http://bit.ly/3xTSw4 #
Jumprope. Ninjas. Omigod. Seriously guys. http://is.gd/4DCOc #
People read more than books (http://j.mp/2h6Ttl) – I see his point, but at some point, you just have a distraction-maker, not a reader. #
Adrift: The ‘lock sensors tell me the air inside the station is good. Better than the air in the B.. http://bit.ly/f99b8 #
Revisions… done? Wow. One more read-through, aloud, and back it all goes to Agent S. Happy friggin' Halloween, indeed. #amwriting #
Writer’s Block Is For Hippies And Slugabeds (http://j.mp/TOjwb) – "Brain teeth go chompy." #
RT: @ChuckWendig: In case you missed it: I spit in the face of your Writer's Block. Ptoo! http://tinyurl.com/yk83rub #
Estributors (http://j.mp/1rtUIJ) – A niche in the publishing world that no one, currently, lives in. #
Decided I'm (finally) going to rip the rest of my CDs to mp3 and trash the… trash. I want an utterly DRM-free ripping tool. Suggestions? #
Every wrecked vehicle I've seen today has been 4wd. Idiots: It's not 4-wheel stop. #
Adrift: The airlock cycles. We step through. Sweet, fresh air puffs in our face. Turret mounted particle.. http://bit.ly/5sUj9 #
Warming up for Halloween. Don't ask me to explain the ensemble. I cannot. http://flic.kr/p/7bqgSC #
Adrift: Figured it was too good to be true; every enviroment has hostile elements. Though in this case, .. http://bit.ly/2cfb6f #
Back at proper revisions. 76% reduction in 'shrugged'. Now to see about all the nodding. Fucking bobbleheads, these guys. #
I'm on google wave (no invites, relax), and digging all the RPG stuff going on, but I want to see any writer co-op stuff. Pointers? #
I don't think horror should BE a genre. It's an *element* of a story – it's like calling "blue" a genre w/in paintings. #scifichat #
Q4: The best sci-fi monster (for me) was the bat-thing in From a Buick 8. #scifichat #
#scifichat I have to confess that Cthulhu has never scared me. C's just… too big. I think stuff my size or smaller is creepier. #
#scifichat Like Cloverfield. The main thing is scary like getting almost hit by a bus is scary. The LITTLE critters deliver horror, though. #
I wonder if an element of humanity is *necessary* in a horror monster – to turn 'scary' into 'horrible'. See: Alien. HAL. #scifichat #
My takeaway from today's #scifichat: horror comes out of 'natural' turned unnatural, or the threat of our nature being stripped. Good stuff. #
My first #scifichat today – first chat of any kind on Twitter, actually – and it was very cool. Thanks, all! #
WHEN I FIND OUT WHO LEFT THESE CASHEWS IN MY HOUSE I'M GONNA KI–mfff rrfff mmrrrff mff ommff nom so go-mfffgodsodeliciou– *food coma* #
Adrift: The ‘do you have pie’ voice reassures us this is basic security – a formality. Step .. http://bit.ly/1zyxz9 #
This pretty much sums up my Win7 upgrade. http://bit.ly/2m06Xq #
If you can't walk, you crawl, and if you can't crawl… http://flic.kr/p/7bNqzU #
4 hours before the next con event. Comfy booth with a power outlet. No wifi to distract me. Surrounded by strangers. Hell yes I #amwriting #
Crap. Flashback scenes in the WIP are supposed to be PRESENT tense. Dammit. Crap crap crap. #
I might rethink/undo this flashbacks-in-present-tense thing; a conceit from a long time ago that I don't know if I still like it. #amwriting #
Just realized one of the players at my gaming con table-an airforce cadet-was 1 year old my junior year in college. Who moved my cane? #