Sun, 26 Feb 2006
England soon
I’m leaving for England in 12 days. Yikes! For some reason it seemed farther away. So much to do before then!
New York
Went to New York City for President’s Day weekend. What a fantastic city. Saw Lady Liberty, the Met, the MOMA, Battery Park. Wandered around late at night looking for donuts with Tyler. Found donuts and people who add sugar to milk.
Photos (not mine) here and here.
A Fire Upon The Deep
First Vernor Vinge novel I’ve read; really good, and obvious inspiration to a whole slew of current authors (Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross, for example, seem to share some of Vinge’s style). Anyway, I really enjoyed it, and will probably go hunt down some of his other stuff before too long.
Masks of the Illuminati
Another Robert Anton Wilson conspiracy-fest. Not as good as The Illuminati Trilogy, or even Schrodinger’s Cat.