http://antidale.net/blog Books, Music, Golf, Tennis and Idle Speculation Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:11:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At the beginning of the year I thought it'd be good to have a goal of making at least one good image a month. I'd figured that I'd do a monthly recap of three or four shots that I was proud of and declare one of them that month's ... http://antidale.net/blog/index.php/2010/half-a-year/ I'm 18 chapters, 375 pages in to Guy Gavriel Kay's latest novel, Under Heaven, and I have a slight flaw in my comprehension. I've read his other books enough to have their story-paths embedded in my brain, so I can't rightly say whether my reaction to his latest is ... http://antidale.net/blog/index.php/2010/under-thrall-of-under-heaven/ I've mentioned before that Making Light is my favorite Net hangout. The conversation is lively, intelligent, and witty over a large range of topics. And the amazing pun cascades can be neither forgotten nor forgiven. The regular, casual appearance of some of my favorite SF authors further sweetens ... http://antidale.net/blog/index.php/2010/briar-rose/ It seems time for another roundup of read books. A Matter of Honor by Thomas K Martin A Call to Arms by Thomas K Martin Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch Blackout by Connie Willis After the last update, I'd read six new books and reread six others, a very productive January. This ... http://antidale.net/blog/index.php/2010/book-blogging-infodump-3/ Moving all my stuff around three times in '09 taught me a few things. First, I only need help moving one piece of furniture. Second, I still like the physical act of boxing things up and moving them somewhere. Third, unpacking and worrying about finding the place ... http://antidale.net/blog/index.php/2010/music-reduction/ Since the last time we hung out, dear blog, I've read more things. Shocking, I know. Even more shocking is that I still haven't read what I told you I was going to read. Sometimes I think I should just say I'm going to do many horrible ... http://antidale.net/blog/index.php/2010/book-blogging-info-dump-2/ It's a mere 1/24th the way into 2010 and I'm already way behind on blogging about books. I think the kids used to call it "book logging," but I don't know if I should use the word logging too often out here in the northwest. Current count has ... http://antidale.net/blog/index.php/2010/book-blogging-infodump-1/ Tonight I had a plan, a put down the book (or Angel DVD set), get out of the house, and enjoy Portland sort of plan. I was going to take the bus down to the Opposable Thumb, have some coffee, write a few back-logged book log posts, have some ... http://antidale.net/blog/index.php/2010/on-a-winters-night/ While it's not properly a book I read in 2010, this does seem like a good book to restart some hot book logging action*. Since my initial thoughts on John M Ford's The Princes of Air are almost nonexistent, but there are excellent reasons for that. Princes is the story ... http://antidale.net/blog/index.php/2010/the-princes-of-the-air/ Thanks to living on the Left Coast I can slip in one more Obligatory Year End Post. This time: Bests! Best Movie: (500) Days of Summer. I've watched this four times now (well, three times and once more with director's commentary), and it got better each time. I ... http://antidale.net/blog/index.php/2010/four-best-of-ought-nine/