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The essay from hell was turned in last night, so now I'm preparing for a few days of relative inactivity (relative being the operative word here). Actually, I came home last night to a number of emergency workers outside my door and thought that something terrible had happened, like my cat had managed to dial 911 with his last dying breath. Turns out the paramedics had to be called in for my neighbour across the hall. I wasn't able to glean any information beyond her being alright, but it was an odd sight to come home to.

For writers: I've come across a massively useful market listing that's much like Ralan, except that it caters to all genres, not just spec fic. It's also searchable, has response time logs, a nice interface and they have a submission tracking system that's in beta testing right now. It's called Duotrope Digest - be sure to check it out and sign up. Also, thanks to whoever listed Goodbye, Darwin there. Speaking of the anthology, I've been receiving a large number of submissions lately, so hopefully we'll get close to finishing it soon.

More SF news: Still coping with the death of Octavia Butler (who, by the way, is having a large Clarion scholarship set up for writers of colour in her honour), the SF community has lost another of its great writers, Stanislaw Lem. I've never read any of his work, but I do have a copy of Solaris on my shelf that I plan to read this summer.

Also, the FHM "Sexiest Woman" issue just came out. Now, between this and the People "Sexiest Man Alive" thing, I'm not quite sure I get the point of the ranking of a lot disturbingly attractive people in an order that, as it pertains to actual attractiveness, is entirely arbitrary. Or, maybe I'm just bitter that Jessica Alba didn't win. For the record, the winner was Scarlett Johansson (which, I'm sure, more to do with this dress than anything else). Not that I'm complaining because, well, you know.


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