http://eatourbrains.com/EoB over 5 billion neurons served Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:28:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... Brains only backed up to June 14th. We've had a problem at our Hosting service and lost three weeks of posts and comments. I will be hunting them up using google caches and wayback scenarios but I don't know if I'll be able to get everything. I'm particulary ... http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/07/03/zombies-eat-our-brains/ ...due in 2012. For reals. Via Avedon Carol: I've worked in industry for many years, and I have no doubt that these kinds of plans are being made. But it will only happen if we let it. If you are a reporter, or know a reporter, there's a huge story here. Also, ... http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/06/11/the-end-of-the-net-as-we-know-it/ (cross posted from my Live Journal) When I went to Clarion in 1981, I was already a published writer several times over. My first two books were in print; the galleys on the third arrived at MSU while I was at the workshop; and I had just turned in the fourth ... http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/06/10/aj/ I haven’t written here much for quite some time, and feel nauseous guilt about it. I’ve failed in my commitment to my fellow Brainiacs. (Not that they’ve done much better lately. Hah! ….Wait….That wasn’t nice…Or friendly….) Not Actually Doing It behavior is a constant theme in my life. I often ... http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/06/08/interesting-nice-friendly-jellybrain/   On Tuesday, I had lunch at my favorite Tex-Mex restaurant in the world, which happens to be located five minutes from my house. My favorite barbecue joint is maybe another minute beyond that. There’s a terrific pizza-and-burger joint nearby as well. Manchaca, Texas is a near-paradise in this regard. And ... http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/06/05/who-do-you-love-2/ Wouldn't it be cool if ten million American citizens each gave a hundred dollars over the next 5 months to help elect the next President of the Unites States? Then he'd be beholden to us,  to all of us,  rather than some conglomeration of corporations. Wouldn't that be just an interesting ... http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/06/03/i-got-a-piece-of-obama-and-you-can-too/ You might say that Alexander Courage was something like the Fifth Beatle of Star Trek. Or at least his theme music for the original Star Trek was. Even when Sarcasm Girl was very very tiny and the first few notes of the theme (glockenspiel, flute and oboe, the ... http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/06/01/and-alas-boldly-gone/ Four minutes forty-five seconds. Really, it will change your life. http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/05/30/to-boldly-go-where-no-man-has-gone-before/ So, I watch with amusement as president of Brash Entertainment quits after spectacularly poor sales of its video game titles. They only had two. One of them, Alvin and the Chipmunks, didn't do horrible. It sold a quarter million units but its only other title sold only ... http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/05/23/pwned/ I once wrote a book called The Stone War, about New York City, which is (as you know, Bob) my hometown, and about which I am a little crazy. Not the least of the fun I had writing the book was doing the research. If you tell ... http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/05/20/down-a-silent-alleyway/ Now, I was born long after the first Tintin comic was published. In fact, I believe my parents weren't born yet (though they were about to be.) But Tintin was indomitable and I read his adventures in college, blessed with roommates who collected the English editions. http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/05/16/tintin-mr-spielberg-mr-spielberg-tintin/   From Publishers Weekly online, May 12, 2008 ("Picador Works the Trade"):  "One way the imprint is getting sales reps excited about older titles is through an initiative called “The Best Books You've Never Read.” The idea, Farrell said, grew out of a conversation with Augusten Burroughs. Burroughs, who is published by ... http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/05/16/disillusionment-no-18612/   I usually dislike books labeled as "memoir" (though I occasionally read them), because I’ve always known they can’t be trusted. In fact, when the whole Million-Little-Pieces debacle unfolded a few years ago, I was bemused by the "Shocked! Shocked!" reaction it provoked. Seriously, now: Were daytime-television bookclubbers really surprised to discover ... http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/05/15/a-wild-and-crazy-truth/ In a rare and wonderful moment of good sense, the California State Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to deny gays and lesbians the right to marry. I particularly like the fact that the decision shuts the door on the "but what will that do to "normal" ... http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/05/15/but-would-you-want-your-daughter-to-marry-one-pt-2/ Seen at BoingBoing. http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/05/14/i-think-brad-has-the-same-harp-rack/