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Recent entries
BIG bird spotting - 2009-10-16
in search of the wild peachfront - 2009-10-14
these bird books are way too heavy for mere mortals to heft - 2009-10-13
club complaints, well, i pretty much figured i was done with the clubs anyway - 2009-10-12
cookie's new palace - 2009-10-11

By public demand, and after a delay of an embarrassing number of years, I've finally put my notorious essay, Ender and Hitler: Sympathy for the Superman, free on the fabulous internets.

A bibliography of my published books and stories.

Here's my card-counting FAQ.

Visit my original website but I recommend putting pop-up/banner blockers on first.

A Sadean take on Asimov's classic Three Laws of Robotics can be found in Roger Williams' NOW REVIEWED ON SLASHDOT!!! The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect. Adult readers only please -- explicit sex and violence. For updates on the "Dead Tree Project" and other topics, you may visit the localroger diary.

Visit Peachfront's Cookbook, for recipes that are fast, cheap, and good. A work in progress.

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill blog by Mark Bittner about feral Cherry-Headed Conures in San Francisco.

that's mr. rufous-throated sapphire to you, bunky

2009-10-10 - 9:11 a.m.

I made a copy of our itinerary and tried to somewhat figure out where we were going and to what climate zones. The itin includes the bird of prey "targets," and the guide also sent me the bird of prey checklist. With 71 birds on the list, it's a considerably smaller chewy chunk than trying to figure out the other species I might encounter.
Now I'm hunting down "regular" bird tours and getting their lists of birds seen or targeted. Then I'm trying to figure out which of these birds I'm likely to see myself. Then I'm finding out which of these birds is not, in fact, in the books, because the books are "Birds of Peru" and "Birds of South America: Non-Passerines Rhea to Woodpecker." Arghhhhhh. If it's endemic to Bolivia, I guess it's logical that it not be in the Peru book. But I'm tearing my hair here. Pray for me.

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