http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Benjamin Rosenbaum's unregenerate musings on writing, parenting, technology, politics, speculative fiction, fabulism, imaginary friends, and shiny gumballs. en-us webmaster@benjaminrosenbaum.com 2008-11-21T14:07:21+01:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_11.html The first lines of Haddayr Copley-Woods's Tumbarumba story, "Listen to Me": Does it really matter how I got here? I... 691@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Writing Announcements 2008-11-21T14:07:21+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_11.html Since there's an ongoing conversation in speculative fiction publishing on gender representation in short fiction markets (where gender, I think,... 690@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Writing 2008-11-18T09:15:29+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_11.html As you can see, the last month was pretty much a dead zone as far as progress on Resilience is... 689@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Writing 2008-11-17T11:13:34+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_11.html How about a reality TV show set among the scriptwriters for a reality TV show?... 687@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Philosophizing 2008-11-11T23:05:46+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_11.html The fabulous Mur Lafferty has interviewed me on her podcast, I Should Be Writing. It was a great deal of... 686@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Writing Announcements 2008-11-10T10:15:06+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_11.html I didn't get to stand in line; I cast my vote for Obama a couple of weeks ago, handing... 684@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Philosophizing 2008-11-06T13:16:58+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_11.html Ed Park digs the metafictional wackiness of the zeppelin story in his L.A. Times review column, Astral Weeks. Whee!... 683@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Writing Announcements 2008-11-01T20:53:40+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_10.html Q: Steve, what drives you to write? A: A noise like a cross between a duck's quack and a slap... 679@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Philosophizing 2008-10-20T21:12:44+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_10.html Things go so much more smoothly with the kids when I am, say, Nurse Bruce Gumption Bruce than when I... 677@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Children 2008-10-16T23:17:39+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_10.html This time a review (free registration seems to be required) of The Ant King and other stories... as opposed to... 676@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Writing Announcements 2008-10-11T12:31:21+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_10.html Remember that little progressive Jewish congregation I stumbled upon last year and ended up running? Well, the book club there,... 673@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Writing Announcements 2008-10-06T22:06:36+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_09.html I brought apples and honey to Aviva and Noah's school classes last Friday, which was the last day of school... 672@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Children 2008-09-30T19:10:22+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_09.html I have a suspicion that, much as the proper kinds of laziness, impatience and hubris are virtues in a programmer,... 671@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Children 2008-09-27T23:07:56+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_09.html On The Ant King and other stories colllection: A great audio version of the title story, "The Ant King", is... 669@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Writing Announcements 2008-09-18T19:56:30+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_09.html Tuesday mornings, Aviva's second grade class is doing state-sponsored religious instruction. Some places it comes in multiple flavors (Catholic and... 668@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Children 2008-09-16T10:02:04+01:00