Cooler near the shore

I've been out, briefly: sunshine and fresh air, and a tiny bit of exercise. (Tiny is relative: call it a 3- or 4-block walk, in the park.) I concluded that my shoulder muscle and knee were not being helped significantly by the ibuprofen I'd taken a half hour earlier, and that a workout wasn't a great/appealing idea. It was colder than I really liked for just walking for its own sake. The weather pages were putting the number around freezing, and the state of the puddles we saw supported that, but the wind off the Hudson was cold this morning.

"Cooler near the shore" is a cliche of our weather reports, true except in that part of Spring when the ocean has warmed faster than the land. My bit of river-edge Manhattan doesn't get significantly colder air, but the onshore wind can be biting. So I've come back to my nice warm apartment, and plan to do nothing more physically strenuous than make a batch of cakelings.

Cooler near the shore

I've been out, briefly: sunshine and fresh air, and a tiny bit of exercise. (Tiny is relative: call it a 3- or 4-block walk, in the park.) I concluded that my shoulder muscle and knee were not being helped significantly by the ibuprofen I'd taken a half hour earlier, and that a workout wasn't a great/appealing idea. It was colder than I really liked for just walking for its own sake. The weather pages were putting the number around freezing, and the state of the puddles we saw supported that, but the wind off the Hudson was cold this morning.

"Cooler near the shore" is a cliche of our weather reports, true except in that part of Spring when the ocean has warmed faster than the land. My bit of river-edge Manhattan doesn't get significantly colder air, but the onshore wind can be biting. So I've come back to my nice warm apartment, and plan to do nothing more physically strenuous than make a batch of cakelings.

I still don't get it

I picked up a copy of M. John Harrison's novel Light because it was a Tiptree winner (the year before I was on the jury). I not only didn't like the book, I couldn't see why it won the Tiptree.

Prompted by rysmiel's review of the book, I finally got around to seeing what that year's jury said about it. I still don't get it. Partly I don't see what they saw in the book, and partly I don't agree that what they saw explores or expands gender.

I still don't get it

I picked up a copy of M. John Harrison's novel Light because it was a Tiptree winner (the year before I was on the jury). I not only didn't like the book, I couldn't see why it won the Tiptree.

Prompted by rysmiel's review of the book, I finally got around to seeing what that year's jury said about it. I still don't get it. Partly I don't see what they saw in the book, and partly I don't agree that what they saw explores or expands gender.

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Happy holidays!

Yes, happy holidays. Not just one holiday, I want everyone to have a good time on lots and lots of different holidays. (If that's too intense, as an alternative, I wish you a Happy New Year, for your calendar of choice!)

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Happy holidays!

Yes, happy holidays. Not just one holiday, I want everyone to have a good time on lots and lots of different holidays. (If that's too intense, as an alternative, I wish you a Happy New Year, for your calendar of choice!)