With all the computer troubles, I forgot to mention that “What’s a Few Tentacles Among Friends?” has been accepted for the anthology Cross Genre Cthulu, which will be published by Permuted Press “probably in late 2008”. Bless them, they’ve already paid me.
Soon after the last post, I started scanning the computer for spyware prior to online shopping. The anti-root kit scan came up with loads of suspicious files, which I deleted. And now the dang thing won’t boot. It’s not just missing one file. I really messed it up. So yesterday afternoon I scanned the laptop, and eventually did my shopping. And my husband removed the data disk from the main…
I just came back from a three-day excursion into the Caldera. I got halfway through a post and the computer died. Normal service should resume soon!
I just got back from taking 14 kids into the Caldera. Well, their teacher was in charge, but they needed a second adult along. Now most such school trips have to stay in the campsite, which means carrying tents in, but we were seriously lucky. The teacher, Miguel Angel, is friends with the man in charge of looking after the irrigation canals inside the Caldera, so we could stay in…
Just so you can see how mad I am. Yes, that’s me pratting about with the speech and the scissors. And you can see a “before” photo of the bypass here.
Today Spain’s holding a general election. In the red corner, we have Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, leading the Socialist Party, and in the blue corner, we have Mariano Rajoy and the Popular Party. And in the other corners, we have a whole bunch of regional parties, the Greens, and the Falange (Facists). Most residents with other EU nationalities can vote, but not the British (because the UK won’t let any…