The Shore Leave schedule is up and I’ll be both very busy and very tired.For those keeping score:Friday10 p.m. Meet the Pros party. Come bring your books, or buy them from the dealers in residence, and get them signed by one and all.Staurday10 a.m. An hour of chat, movie trailers and stuff. (Valley Room)5 p.m. […]
Baltimore Comic-Con has become my go to show to catch up with friends and colleagues, checking out what’s new, and reveling in being a fan. However, I also get to moderate a handful of panels each year and my schedule this weekend is chock full of coolness.FridayStories I Haven’t Yet Told, Rooms 347-348, 5:00-6:00Writers are storytellers but […]
So, you wonder, how was it being back at work in the city? What’s it like sharing space with Bat-Boy?First of all, you know how you feel after slipping back into the routine, coming back from a vacation. Instantly, the vacation feels like a long ago, distant memory when it was just 48 hours ago?The […]
Over the summer, I was contacted by nearby Temple Beth Shalom and asked to be their speaker at a Shabbat dinner, discussing Jews and superheroes. The mother explained that her son, Eli, was a huge superhero fan which has become the theme of his Bar Mitzvah so when Rabbi Susan Grossman was looking for a […]
Those following my Facebook feed know that we lost our nephew Nicholas Upton on Sunday, August 30. He was on studying abroad in South Africa and while on break with his buddies, went swimming and apparently got caught in a riptide and disappeared.His father, Jim, is Deb’s brother and he’s been a part of our life […]
The Nanny Diaries created A skewed view of nannies as a profession. One would think, given the hoopla this received, that young women who were nannies only worked in tony neighborhoods, pulling down fat salaries and not working very hard.This morning’s USA Today reminded me about this with their Money cover story about Nannies for […]
Two days down and not so bad.I got my classroom as ready as can be despite the lack of computers and at 7:25 Monday morning we were off and running the marathon that is the 2015-16 school year. My schedule is nicely arranged so I have one each of Creative Writing, Journalism, and English 11 […]
I was invited to a screening of Superman III last night and enjoyed the experience. First, it was terrific seeing friends and former co-workers, playing catch-up and all that. Second, I got to see Jeff Rovin, my new boss, since he left his personal Fortress of Solitude to come for the screening. Third, the Loews […]
Sometimes you just never know what will trip you up.At last night’s RTM meeting, we were looking at 10 or so items and several could go on the consent calendar, speeding things along. We made an appointment, approved odds and ends and even had an item fall off the agenda thanks to successful negotiations between […]
Like so many of my peers, I will be at WorldCon in Boston this weekend. For those attending, here’s my schedule. Please stop by and say hi at some point.Friday, 3 p.m., SFF.net suite, SheratonAutographingSaturday, 1 p.m., Trailer Park, Grand BallroomSubstituting for Jeff Walker, I’ll be on hand to introduce trailers and take questions on […]