A modest proposal for alternative Saturday night entertainment at literary science fiction conventions (Remember how, in the days of standard episodic television before streaming and binging, many dramas and some comedies would give a thumbnail update starting with “Previously on…”, flashing scenes so fast that people starting midway through a season or story were more confused than before? Well, that’s what this newsletter is like. Look at these as regular…
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Personal Interlude: "Freebies and Other Marketing
Want flyers? Take heed of this installment It’s now been nearly a year since the first installment of The Annals of St. Remedius Medical College wafted your way, much like the other effects of overdosing on pickled eggs and beer, and now it’s time for Phase Two. Much like other attempts to define Phase Two, this one took a while, but now there’s a plan. Sorta. Maybe. To begin, your…
Personal Interlude: "Post-Migration Translocation Blues"
Trying to get things under control… Well, it’s been a little while since the last state of the union address from the masive media empire that is St. Remedius Medical College, and there’s a very good reason why. For various reasons, with no need to bring politics into it unless you just like to scream into the void, I’ve moved. I’m still in Texas; hell, I’m still in Garland. The…
Personal Interlude: "Plans Within Plans"
Doing the Utmost To Make Newsletter Promotion Fun (Remember how, in the days of standard episodic television before streaming and binging, many dramas and some comedies would give a thumbnail update starting with “Previously on…”, flashing scenes so fast that people starting midway through a season or story were more confused than before? Well, that’s what this newsletter is like. Look at these as regular updates of how the sausage…
Personal Interlude: "Kneecapping 2024"
An Update Of Where We Are and Where We’re Going (Remember how, in the days of standard episodic television before streaming and binging, many dramas and some comedies would give a thumbnail update starting with “Previously on…”, flashing scenes so fast that people starting midway through a season or story were more confused than before? Well, that’s what this newsletter is like. Look at these as regular updates of how…
Personal Interlude: "Slice It Open and Count The Rings"
Dallas Keeps Calling Me Back, Even After All These Years (Remember how, in the days of standard episodic television before streaming and binging, many dramas and some comedies would give a thumbnail update starting with “Previously on…”, flashing scenes so fast that people starting midway through a season or story were more confused than before? Well, that’s what this newsletter is like. Look at these as regular updates of how…
Personal Interlude: "The Story So Far"
Getting Recent Readers Caught Up on the State of Affairs (Remember how, in the days of standard episodic television before streaming and binging, many dramas and some comedies would give a thumbnail update starting with “Previously on…”, flashing scenes so fast that people starting midway through a season or story were more confused than before? Well, that’s what this newsletter is like. Look at these as regular updates, probably quarterly,…
Personal Interlude: "Solo Flights and Other Finalities"
A eulogy for Paul Mears I first met Paul Mears on my first day in school after moving to Lewisville, Texas from Chicago: as we joked for decades, “December 7, 1979: a day that would live forever in infamy.” I was a scrawny kid with a big mouth freshly moved from the south side of Chicago, and he was less scrawny with less of a big mouth and about a…
Personal Interlude: "The Hour That Polymerizes"
You think you know things that drag on and on and on? Try listening to stories about Dallas summers. Okay, so we’re now in the first week of July. In North Texas, this means that summer not only is here, as it’s really been here since the middle of May, but now it’s established. Most realistic assessments suggest that the heat and sun finally start letting up by the end…
Personal Interlude: “Breaking Radio Silence…”
So…what’s been going on? It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I mean, it’s been well over a year since the Texas Triffid Ranch shut down, with all of the drama that this entailed. All of that food you left behind spoiled a while back, and the cat doesn’t recognize you any more. I’m not even going to go on about the bag of russet potatoes you left in the back…