So she rose and she dressed and she pushed back the night

[sovay]

1. I woke up to an explosion of my name on Facebook notifications, which in this rare case heralded a pleasant surprise, because I had nearly forgotten until I saw asakiyume's announcement that a delightfully macabre bit of messing around on cucumberseed's livejournal two Octobers ago had turned into Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes, edited by Francesca Forrest and illustrated by Adam Oehlers. Contributors include Erik Amundsen, Samantha Henderson, Rose Lemberg, Julia Rios, and other fine writers; I can't wait to see if there are any rhymes I missed. Proceeds go half to charity and the rest to the support of Cabinet des Fées.



Apparently I'm on a streak of good things to wake up to. I would say that I should forget about pieces I've had accepted more often, but I'm sure that way lies some terrible crack-up of paperwork.

2. George Dyson will be at the Brattle Theatre next Tuesday to discuss his new book, Turing's Cathedral. I was already interested for the obvious reasons (and the fact that Dyson was a friend of my father's when I was in high school; some of it was just the windbreakers and living in the Pacific Northwest, but I associated him almost irresistibly with Stephen Falken), but this review is a strong encouragement. Anyone else going to be there?

3. I didn't see this card from 2D Goggles in time for Valentine's Day, but I approve of it nonetheless. Also, that is one sexy Brunel.

4. Courtesy of Dean Grodzins: the Round House in Somerville. How is it I've never walked by this place? Has it in fact been restored?

5. I am meeting lesser_celery for lunch at The Salty Pig. I should leave before the buses of Satan get any ideas.

Seriously, it's like someone flipped a switch in my brain. I am walking around feeling like Alastair Sim at the end of Scrooge (1951): "I don't deserve to be so happy! I can't help it!" I'm used to the toggle going the other way.

Comments

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

I have such a jones to meet this Salty Pig of which you have spoken.

Also, kudos on the forgotten sale!

Also also, two different people, one from a news org, are interviewing us this week (one is from the U.S. Census.) If there are newspaper pictures of your godchild, I will of course send. I am just baffled because this has become the Bright Sunny Day of Being Queer. (As opposed to the more usual Bright Sunny Day of Wondering Whether My Boss is Non Compos Mentis.)

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're toggled to happy! And that book looks great...

[gwynnega]

I'm glad that switch got flipped! The book looks lovely.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I saw this earlier, but I fell down the rabbit hole of links on round houses. Alas for my free time.

You have now successfully earwormed me with your header twice in one day. Hooray for Dave Carter. Do you know that Tracy found the master tapes for a new Dave Carter album in her basement? It just came out at the beginning of the month.

[margavriel.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I'm glad for the remembered publication, and gladder that you're feeling happy.

The Lovelace valentine is adorable! I like the Brunel one as well.

The Round House is wonderful. I hope it's being preserved. I've always had a fondness for octagon houses, and a round one is even more interesting.

I hope you've enjoyed your lunch and that the busses have been unaccustomedly un-Satanic.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

(Just to say--Erzebet is actually the editor, in that she did the layout, ordering of the rhymes, etc. I'm just the assistant or, to adopt the great title she gave me, the curator.)

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Oh, lovely!

Nine

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

Keep that switch taped down to the "happy" setting! I'm glad for you.

That's a damned fine cover.