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Where Stories Are Made, and Bonus Glass Block

S Andrew Swann — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:44:56 +0000

Over at Book Chick City I’m being featured in their series “Where Stories Are Made,” where authors get to do a mini photo-essay about the environment where they actually do their writing. So you all can get to see the (clean parts of the) office at home and at the day job. Unfortunately, she didn’t use one of my pictures, showing the view from my office at work. So I include it here:

I admit, it was probably the right decision.

And now, a word from Poland

S Andrew Swann — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:33:04 +0000

A pretty kick-ass version of Lilly, I think:

Canine reaction to my current WIP

S Andrew Swann — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:24:09 +0000

Why I’m going to let the TSA grope my fat white ass

S Andrew Swann — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:04:53 +0000

Sure, it’s borderline sexual assault and a violation of the fourth amendment, but bear in mind what your other option is. The motive behind the “enhanced” pat-downs is IMO less to do with our security and a lot more to do with “encouraging” you to file meekly through the good old naked body scanners. There are two main reasons why I’m still opting out and letting Bubba the TSA dude grope my junk.

Bubba ain’t going to give me cancer. And the TSA is underreporting your radiation exposure by a factor of ten. And they don’t have a great history of maintaining x-ray machines safely.

Bubba ain’t going to take a photo of my junk and leak it onto the internet.

Truffle Update

S Andrew Swann — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:00:36 +0000

Unfortunately, Truffles has begun taking a turn for the worse. Again, she can no longer walk, and still no firm diagnosis. The steps outside were really becoming an issue, especially since I’m going to cons and such and Michelle can’t lift Truffles all by herself. So, now we have the Trufflevator:

Going up:

Top floor, everybody out:

That mechanical engineering background finally came in handy.

Me – Beard

S Andrew Swann — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:23:02 +0000

Here I am at Confluence this past weekend, minus some facial hair:

On the Writing panel:

Signing books (note the cat-shaving battle scars):

Guess what came in the mail?

S Andrew Swann — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:37:49 +0000

And our wonderful UPS guy decided to leave the package out in the rain, on top of a trash can next to the house. . . But I got this to cheer me up. Go there, you may win a book.

And Summer also…

S Andrew Swann — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:44:13 +0000

As a follow-up to the post where I built a bunch of raised boxes for the veggie garden. Here’s the garden today:

And here are some planters with herbs, and some homemade earth boxes I made last year.

Norwescon pics

S Andrew Swann — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:44:00 +0000

Well, you probably know by now I didn’t win the PKD award, but I still had a fun time at Norwescon, and I thought I’d post a few pictures:

Me and my book:

Daryl Gregory, Ian McDonald, Daryl Gregory #2 (inside joke), David G. Hartwell:

Me and Cory Doctorow:

Spring is here

S Andrew Swann — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:20:26 +0000

Spent this weekend building raised beds in the back for a vegetable garden. Spent most of Saturday building these, three boxes 8x4x2 and three 4x4x2.

And Truffles is much more mobile now, and she can hang out outside now.

Another Truffle Update

S Andrew Swann — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:04 +0000

If you’ve followed my blog, you’ve seen me talk about our dog Truffles. Back during the summer, she was stricken with something, no one has yet diagnosed what, that weakened her until she was unable to walk. At first we thought it was neurological, but she was never completely paralyzed. In fact, even when I had to carry her outside three times a day she still has had fewer accidents in the house than Lilly the boxer. So we got her a cart, and started swimming her three times a week. And just recently, we discovered that I could get her to move around with some physical support and the promise of a cookie.

Now, I am happy to report, Truffles has gotten strong enough that she can walk again:

She’s still rather unsteady, and can’t keep it up for more than a dozen feet or so, but this is more than we’d ever expected.

Rocking out with POTUS

S Andrew Swann — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:25:47 +0000

Deep in writing deadlines and such, so here are some videos for you all:

And equal time:

And a bonus clip from across the pond;

Godwinizing Climate Change

S Andrew Swann — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:42:20 +0000

Heretics is out today!

S Andrew Swann — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:08 +0000

Zoe doesn’t seem too impressed, but it may be because she can’t read.

If you want to buy it on-line, but you’re pissed at Amazon’s antics of late, you can buy it here. Or here.

Grand Decay. . .

S Andrew Swann — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:00:19 +0000

Browsing around the interwebs I’ve come across some cool galleries of modern ruins. These pictures have a weight to them in times like these, perhaps a glimpse into a common future.

One wonders what Dubai might look like in a dozen years.