Author Archives: Solonor

Author! Author!

Posted on December 17, 2004 by Solonor

What’s this? Television producers ruin a perfectly good story because they don’t understand it? Bah! Never happens. What does Ursula K. LeGuin know anyway? She’s only the stupid author. A Whitewashed Earthsea: How the SciFi Channel wrecked my books Continue reading →

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Christmas Time-Waster for Charity

Posted on December 16, 2004 by Solonor

Rackspace has decided to put all you good little flash game addicts to work. Based on how well you do at their target shooting game, they will donate a certain amount of money to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. I realize … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays, mon

Posted on December 15, 2004 by Solonor

Just got back from the holiday concert at my kids’ high school. Let me tell ya, you just haven’t experienced the holiday season until you’ve heard the Dreidel Song played by a steel drum band! Seriously, they did a version … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything | 5 Comments

A Potpourri of Noise

Posted on December 15, 2004 by Solonor

Yes, that’s the title we’ve settled on: “A Potpourri of Noise” Back when I started recording songs and putting them up on the blog, some delusonal folk requested a CD of them. Me being me, I couldn’t just slap a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything, Tunes, Yo! Listen Up! | 12 Comments

War of the Worlds

Posted on December 14, 2004 by Solonor

Christmas affords little blogging time. Sorry. Here. Watch this. It might be good. Not holding my breath…but it might… http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/waroftheworlds/ Continue reading →

Posted in The Big Screen | 2 Comments

Annie Russell

Posted on December 13, 2004 by Solonor

The concert last night was held in the beautiful, old Annie Russell Theater at Rollins College (which is on the National Register of Historic Places). I’m always fascinated by places that were named after someone most people have never heard … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NOW, I’m in the Christmas spirit!

Posted on December 13, 2004 by Solonor

Best Christmas concert ever. They had us rolling on the floor laughing with their second number (“Twelve Days After Christmas”) and had the Mrs. all teary-eyed with their third (“The Gift”). I heard a soloist (Joe Erwin) who will make … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything | 7 Comments

Busy, busy, busy…

Posted on December 12, 2004 by Solonor

Ack! What a busy weekend. Besides the Metroblogger meetup on Friday, there was Christmas shopping, putting up the tree, and watching all the Christmas specials we could eat. Grinch, Charlie Brown and Muppets back-to-back… we’re so full of Christmas spirit … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Now with 20-percent more fugu!

Posted on December 11, 2004 by Solonor

I am happy to report that all participants in the first meeting of the Orlando Metrobloggers survived more-or-less intact. Follow the light… Continue reading →

Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything, Metroblogging | 1 Comment

See ya in the funny papers!

Posted on December 10, 2004 by Solonor

What a bizarre day. Everything’s gone shuttling back-and-forth between being incredibly sucky to whiz-bang peachy (usually within a minute of each other). This day needs Prozac. Badly. Off to meet up with those whacky Orlando Metrobloggers at a Japanese restaurant … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything, Metroblogging | 9 Comments