I use Bookpedia because it has a companion iPhone app (Pocketpedia). That way, I always have my catalog on hand. It keeps me from accidentally re-buying books, but also I can track borrowers and maintain a wish list. It taught me that I don't need fewer books, I need more shelves.

It's been remarked on in interviews with show creators that HBO makes a definite push for having a lot of sex in a show, whether or not it makes sense. Neil Marshall, talking about Game of Thrones in a podcast: "This particular exec took me to one side and said, "Look, I represent the pervert side of the audience,…

I had to get a book catalog app to stop me from doing this all the time, but it works well. Did you get the Amazon warning before or after purchase?

I had to get a book catalog app to stop me from doing this all the time, but it works well. Did you get the Amazon…

Ellen herself was more disguised than just having her arm in a sling, so I think the actress could pull it off.

I only knew her from the Anne Rice "Feast of All Saints" miniseries.

Nicole Lyn? She is a multiracial actress of African ancestry who could 'pass'. (Her mother is African-Jamaican and her father is Chinese-Jamaican, which might let her count as black enough for those who police that sort of thing.)

When I wanted to know what the inside of an exsanguinated human body looked like, I called our local medical examiner's office. First question after my greeting was, "Do you have a minute to help an author's research assistant? If not, is there anyone handy?" If you say you are an author or that you work for one,…

Deckard's Apt (YouTube), another Deckard's Apt (on ambient-mixer), and Coffitivity.

There are other good options for ambient noise that are less likely to steal your focus. There's a site called Coffeetivity that generates different coffee shop atmospheres, someone on YouTube makes videos with science fiction background sound (the hum of spaceship engine noise, Deckard's apartment from Blade Runner,…

I'm a compulsive researcher. At first, I was just archiving links for myself, for later reading. Then I saw your post and thought, "Hey! I can help!" It's a blessing and a curse...

I wish I'd seen your post before I made my own, so that I could have simply agreed with you...

I've rounded up some interesting articles on color forecasting as a thing:

I love this color; I shall call it The Dried Blood of My Enemies. "Why, yes, I am wearing The Dried Blood of My Enemies! Really makes my eyes sparkle, don't you think?" Or, "My nails look so pretty when they're painted with The Dried Blood of My Enemies."

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You have my support, at least, fellow ghost. I wonder this all the time. I don't post a lot, but I do at least try to be informative and on-topic.

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