I Have No Brain and I Must Blog
This week is kicking my butt. And also my elbow, courtesy of a slip in the driveway yesterday.
So have a pair of links.
- The new issue of the fanzine Journey Planet has some pieces about privilege from John Scalzi, Erin Hoffman, Emma England, James Bacon, and a reprint of “Facts are Cool” by yours truly.
- The latest SF Signal Mind Meld is about monarchies in fantasy. I channel my inner Loki, and there are also contributions from Daniel Abraham, Delia Sherman, Diana Pharaoh Francis, James Maxey, Kristen Bell, Marie Brennan, Mark Charan Newton, Martha Wells, Mazarkis Williams, Mieneke van der Salm, Sherwood Smith, and Yves Meynard.
Also, have a funny from my son. I posted this on Twitter and Facebook last night:
- The boy made a LEGO minifig of himself and showed it to me. Then he took the hair off and said, “Now it’s you!”
And that’s all I’ve got for today.
Mels
July 19, 2012 @ 10:16 am
this week is kicking my butt, too. broken legs are HARD WORK! Also, your boy is a smart aleck. I wonder where he gets it from!
Jim C. Hines
July 19, 2012 @ 10:19 am
Ouch. Are you on crutches, or are you completely off your feet for a while?
And he gets it from his mother, of course!
Mels
July 28, 2012 @ 10:16 am
A little bit of both. When I commented on the 19th, I was on crutches. I also had a scooter thing that lets me put my weight on the knee of the broken leg (my tibia and fibula both broke near the ankle) but it had recently become painful to use. The next day I learned it was because the screws that were supposed to hold my tibia together popped loose enough that they were not doing the job, and spent that weekend on bedrest but went to work after. I had my 2nd surgery this past Wednesday, so I’ve been largely off my feet since then, but today I am allowed to Do Stuff beyond getting up to pee or get a snack, and I can use the scooter with less pain (the tibia still feels bruised, because the plate is held in place with 6 screws, so it hurts a little bit, but not like it did last week!) It’s still hard work, but it’s not as hard as it was last week!
My dad always says that he gets his smart aleck ways from me.