this could be the last time ...

Tell me all your skiffy news! (This'll be my last column for Chronicle: insufficient hours in day).

Especially interested in Picocon reports, pub-meet drama, witty anecdotes about genre authors.

little black blurry things (starlings!)

little black blurry things (starlings!)
Originally uploaded by tamaranth.

the starlings have given up on West Pier, now that it's mostly underwater. Instead they swoop and billow around the Palace Pier. "Please do not feed the birds," says a forlorn little notice. Apparently there used to be nearly half a million birds coming in to roost of an evening.

Excellent Article

... on the obsession with obesity.

"Over half the young women between the ages of 18 and 25 would prefer to be run over by a truck than be fat"