Odds and ends

 
Minor stuff since my last post.

I picked up a mild chest cold, which I expected to last for about a day, with another day before I felt back up to speed. The first part went about as expected, but recovery stretched out ridiculously: five days before I was ready to do anything except crash and sleep for twelve hours.

I was nominated at the Absence of Light Awards, right at the absolute end of the nominating period. Whoever submitted my name, thanks. That’s the good news. Bad news, my story — “Walking After Midnight” — was entered in Best Gen, a category that has me up against waddis’ “He’s No Jack Sparrow”. Heavy competition.

One of the people on my team is on leave, and the other will soon be transferred to a field team. Meanwhile, another guy (who’s already been moved twice) is being housed with us. Sometimes I wish things would settle down for awhile.

Is it just me, or does the strip below make anyone else think of liz_marcs?

– Both the kayaking and the acerbic commentary. We don’t socialize anymore, but hers is still a singular voice.

Finally, a rec that doesn’t have anything to do with fanfic. “Girl Genius” (the link takes you to the first strip) is an online comic that has won numerous awards, including two Hugos. It has more than seven years’ worth of strips stored, and is updated three times a week. Funny, entertaining, and visually stunning (the first six months’ strips are mostly black-and-white, but it goes full-color thereafter), this is a delight.