Single Malts in Seattle

Mostly for my reference, but for anyone looking to drink single malt whisky in Seattle, there are a number of options listed in this entry of the occasionally useful seattle group.

Give It Up For Darcy

Good God. Darcy Burner's house burned down yesterday. (I just found out about it reading Digby's blog.) For those of you not following Washington politics, Darcy is the Democratic challenger to Republican Dave Reichert. She's a netroots candidate: tech savvy, anti-war, anti-FISA immunity, pro-Constitution, and that kind of good stuff. We think Darcy rocks, and not just because she sometimes reads Hal's LJ.

So. Fire. The humans are all okay (though the cat didn't make it) but with the house a total loss, the family will be busy putting their lives back on course in the aftermath of a major personal disaster. Meanwhile the Reichert campaign will be churning right along, raising funds and doing what active political campaigns do. It would be nice if Darcy's campaign fund-raising didn't have to suffer because of her personal set-back. Nice for all of us, I mean, for all those who want more and better Democrats in Congress, anyway.

So, if you're the sort of person who is looking forward to a more progressive America in 2009, could you maybe kick a few bucks Darcy's way?

If you'd like to, you can make a donation at this Act Blue page.

The Paradigm of Process (Mine)

Pretty much how my writing brain works: I have a major revelation. About the metaphysics of vampires. And how they relate to demons, angels, and gods. And how all of this is just an instantiation of Thomist metaphysics, and accounts for the problem of vampire souls and disappearing gods in my story.

Inevitably, this occurs in a location where I am totally out of contact with the means to write stuff down as I think of it. Sometimes I'm in the shower. Sometimes I'm on an elevator. Or a very bumpy bus ride. This time, I was on the toilet. Okay, I guess there was paper. But no.

I would start carrying pen and paper everywhere I go, but my fear is, then I would stop having ideas altogether.