KRAD's Inaccurate Guide to Life

Twelve of the 22 pages of Farscape: Strange Detractors #2 are scripted.

Some of the gripping dialogue includes: "Uh, Pilot?" "What the hell?" "Hey!" "Never!" "You did what?" "...frell..." and "Whoa, Nelly!"

And yes, they pay me for this.

Also: Facebok is TEH EBIL! Timesink, like whoa.

See? It's even making me talk in 'net-speak! Kill me now!

Here's what I'm doing at Arisia this weekend:

Saturday
3pm: autographing (Crow's Nest 1B)
4pm: "Media Tie-Ins: Dead End or Foot in the Door?" w/Vonnie Carts-Powell, Jeanne Cavelos, and Terri Osborne (Room 204)
9pm: "This is the War Room!: A Look Back at Dr. Strangelove," w/Garen Daly, Terry Franklin, David Larochelle, John McDaid, and James Zavaglia (Crispus Attucks)

Sunday
11.30am: reading: I'll be reading my Klingon wrath novella "The Unhappy Ones" for the forthcoming Star Trek: Seven Deadly Sins anthology (and maybe bits from Farscape scripts) (BU Suite)
12pm: "Bad Contracts and Publishing Scams," w/Inanna Arthen, Sara M. Harvey, Michael Kabongo, and James D. Macdonald (Room 201)
2pm: "TV to Comics," w/Cynthia A. Shettle and Mark "Justin" Waks (William Dawes A)

In addition to all of the above, I'll be putting in time at the Hot Chicks with Books room in Dealer's Row. So if you can't find me at any of the above, you can always either a) find me or b) leave a message at the HCwB room.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday

LIVING LEGENDS

The Library of Congress established its Living Legend award in 2000. Noted artists, writers, activists, filmmakers, doctors, entertainers, athletes, and public servants are selected by Library of Congress curators and specialists for their "significant contributions to America's diverse cultural, scientific, and social heritage." Below are the artists and writers who have been named living legends since the award began:

Judy Blume (young adult author)
William F. Buckley (commentator)
Walter Cronkite (newscaster)
Ursula K. Le Guin (author)
Annie Leibovitz (photographer)
Toni Morrison (author)
Philip Roth (author)
Katherine Paterson (children's author)
Martin Scorsese (director)
Maurice Sendak (children's author)
Steven Spielberg (director)


The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.
Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)

As most of you probably know by now, a US Airways jet with 155 people on board had to make an emergency water landing when both engines lost power, apparently due to a flock of geese getting in the intake. Regardless of the cause, Chesley B. Sullenberger III, the plane's pilot, managed to land the plane safely in the Hudson River, away from populated areas, but close enough for rescue. Everybody survived, and injuries were amazingly minor.

People talk blithely about heroes a lot, and certainly writers of adventure fiction like myself do. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a hero. Bravo, Captain.

Sir John Mortimer, creator of Rumpole of the Bailey, has died at age 85 after a long illness.

Painter Andrew Wyeth died in his sleep surrounded by family at the age of 91.

Two gentlemen who were magnificent creators of art. Rest in peace. *raises glass*