tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post5792310719995160099..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Ulin on Concentration and ReadingLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-31175443727607363332009-10-06T06:43:57.863-04:002009-10-06T06:43:57.863-04:00I have actually played that flash game, which is d...I have actually played that flash game, which is delightfully silly and reminds me of my childhood when I would hole up with my NES for such long periods of time that my father would threaten to take a hammer to our tv. <br /><br />Found "Let Us Now Praise" on <i>Strange Horizons</i> and will probably read it on my lunch break. It also looks most humorous: <i>"I merely want to disable an attacker with a precision shot to the leg or other uh, limbal region."</i>Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-33549337208213917452009-10-05T22:54:16.517-04:002009-10-05T22:54:16.517-04:00"Awesomer" was one of those weird amalga..."Awesomer" was one of those weird amalgams of ideas. Part of it was "Let Us Now Praise Awesome Dinosaurs," a short story of truly epic proportions, coupled with "Robot Dinosaurs That Shoot Laser Beams When They Roar," a flash game of which I was recently reminded when Kongregate featured it on Epic Week, and also by me browsing through my copy of <i>Nobilis</i>, which features angels prominently in the nanofiction of its sidebars. I'd provide links to all that stuff, but this hotel computer sucks hardcore, has no options available, and seems to reboot randomly, which makes opening multiple windows to collect URLs seem foolhardy at best. Still, Google should locate all of them without trouble (save for <i>Nobilis</i>, which last I saw still retails for two hundred dollars used.)Scattercathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302815654553659644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-27822568152721442112009-10-05T10:09:22.936-04:002009-10-05T10:09:22.936-04:00Extinct lizards with lasers on their heads -- what...Extinct lizards with lasers on their heads -- what's not to love?Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-8253638387881296392009-10-05T09:37:12.598-04:002009-10-05T09:37:12.598-04:00I LOVE DINORIDERS!I LOVE DINORIDERS!B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-74858305081134300642009-10-04T20:28:52.224-04:002009-10-04T20:28:52.224-04:00I wondered if this flitterfic might have been drea...I wondered if <a href="http://scattercatstories.blogspot.com/2009/09/awesomer.html" rel="nofollow">this flitterfic</a> might have been dream inspired. Then I thought <a href="http://www.hung-truong.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/dinosaurs-lasers.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a> might have been the more likely source.<br /><br />If you like linguistics, you might enjoy <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/aug/05/idiotic-joys-idioms" rel="nofollow">this article</a> from <i>The Guardian</i> about idioms.<br /><br />Proud to say I made some decent headway on a Richard Matheson novel today.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-55041043154417581522009-10-04T09:59:00.513-04:002009-10-04T09:59:00.513-04:00My dreams are usually pretty bizarre. I think a c...My dreams are usually pretty bizarre. I think a couple of them have made it (in summary form) into some of the less-coherent flitterfics. They usually have a strong "storyline" (or at least a vague impression of a memory of a storyline) and a heavy "fantasy" vibe.<br /><br />And a good book will ruin my schedule. I acknowledge and accept this fact without rancor (though I regret not having the book to read the next day when I'm standing in line somewhere.) Though I tend to be fairly erratic, schedule-wise, regardless of other inputs.<br /><br />(I heartily endorse "The Stuff of Thought," for what it's worth. If you're not as fascinated by sociology and neuropsychology and linguistic theory as I am, it's probably a lot less inherently engrossing. I doubt most other people chuckle while reading it, for instance.)Scattercathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302815654553659644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-85746006336896572532009-10-04T09:01:44.059-04:002009-10-04T09:01:44.059-04:00I hate to admit this, but I haven't read a boo...I hate to admit this, but I haven't read a book like that for years -- and I miss it. A lot of the trouble is schedule-related for me. Of course, I probably could ameliorate that with a little foresight ...<br /><br />Late-night psycholinguistics sounds like a good way to get some <i>awesome</i> dreams.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-68289993842027634472009-10-03T13:53:05.255-04:002009-10-03T13:53:05.255-04:00I think if you have to force yourself to read, &qu...I think if you have to force yourself to read, "ur doin' it rong." The only time I experience that is when I don't actually much like the book I'm reading and am only continuing out of a sort of sense of obligation. If the book is good, I will stay up late reading until I literally collapse without wanting or intending to do so. (Did that last night with Pinker's "The Stuff of Thought," and let me tell you, if you thought theoretical psycholinguistics was a bit hard to follow ordinarily, reading it half-asleep leads to all sorts of fascinating experiences.)Scattercathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302815654553659644noreply@blogger.com