Tag Archives: Holidays
Merry Christmas to All
I hope all of you had a great Christmas. Ours was kind of last-minute. In my Hard Luck Hank post, I mentioned that I’ve been spending all my free time job-hunting and interviewing. My wife and I didn’t know if I’d get a job offer, making us drop everything and move to another city, in […]
Early Christmas Present
Merry Christmas Eve, everybody! I was trying to decide what to get all of you for Christmas, but it turns out the only thing you have in common is that you like to read a sci-fi book blog written by a grouchy old man. (My wife informs me that I’m not that old, but they […]
A Mostly-Traditional Christmas
After our not-quite-traditional Thanksgiving, I wanted a more-traditional Christmas. December turned out to be a very busy month at work and in graduate school, so I had to compromise. I only put up a Christmas tree the week before the holiday (maybe I’ll compensate by leaving it up until July 4th), and we decorated it […]
A Semi-Traditional Thanksgiving
It’s just my wife and I (and our little dog) for Thanksgiving this year. My other family members who live here are traveling, but I decided it wasn’t practical for me. I worked late last night, flying on Thanksgiving is a nightmare, and I have two papers to work on for grad school. My employer […]
Christmas Science Fiction
I didn’t have time to get each of you that present you really wanted, so instead I browsed Amazon for some Christmas-related science fiction: Last January, I reviewed Merry Christmas, Mr. Babbers In April, I reviewed The Mighty Peculiar Incident at Muddy Creek, which is not Christmas-themed, but the author has another short story which […]
Planetary Defense Command 