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cookie's new palace - 2009-10-11
that's mr. rufous-throated sapphire to you, bunky - 2009-10-10
how would you like to be called cock-of-the-rock? - 2009-10-09
back-to-back winners or, where's that kill button when you need it? - 2009-10-08
peregrine falcon joins the yard list - 2009-10-07

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.

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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.

peregrine falcon joins the yard list

2009-10-07 - 5:53 p.m.

Yay us. A Peregrine Falcon stopped by in a high but not-too-distant pine tree. It might be the first time ever that I didn't regret the loss of the huge old oak trees to Andrew (1992, one tree that neatly KO'd a back neighbor's house), Bill (2003, Mandeville lost 100 big older oak trees) and Katrina. (2005, I've heard that as many as 30 million trees were lost in southeast Louisiana but don't quote me on it, we sure as heck lost the remaining ones along my back skyline.) I heard the bird calling and then found it easily and even had time to run and get DH for a quick look too. He was getting a lot of "tail" but when the bird flew, he finally got a nice look at the face.
I have it on the Mandeville list, but I think I've only seen it in eastern Mandeville, such I remember seeing an overflight of the Northlake Nature Center. It's a new one for the yard.
Maybe it's fate that I decided to skip the aquarium party this year...

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