Asian Efficiency said recently: Have you ever felt like all you do is go from one emergency to the next? Do you feel constantly stressed because you are consistently putting out fires? Do you find yourself scanning your inbox because you just know that another one is about to pop up somewhere? If so, you’re […]
From the Mailbag. October 11, 2016 From time to time, I get email (usually) asking me a question that deserves to be answered in public, where a lot of readers who have probably been wondering the same thing can see the answer, too. Lately, there have been a handful of emails: Hi Tracy; I don’t
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This is my first year celebrating the big Canadian holiday as a Canadian myself. To all my readers in Canada, have a great weekend, a fabulous meal, and a peaceful, enjoyable break with your family and loved ones. Enjoy! Cheers,
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Did you get caught up in the craze, too? Although, it seems that Pokemon Go might be one of those instant-instantly-dead fads, if reports are to be believed. Not quite every country in the world went Pokemon hunting, either. In Belgium, a high school teacher was inspired by Pokemon Go to build another virtual hunting
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The thing about any story set in the future that features humans is that all the current human cultures and habits could extend on for a good long bit yet…like eating with knives and forks, for instance. It’s hard to imagine we would ever go back to eating with our fingers, with a belt knife
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The “straight” science fiction genre (that is, the genre that has no romance and a dearth of deep characters and interesting relationships — as opposed to Science Fiction Romance, which has the best of both worlds), has had its share of critics and outspoken authors with strong opinions. Theodore Sturgeon was an outstanding SF writer,
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Xenogenesis is book 4 of The Endurance series and will be released on October 27, 2016. Dar Albert of Wicked Smart Designs is up to her usual wicked smartness. I just love this one! What do you think? And here’s a snippet from the book, just to tease you. (BTW, there’s a whole other snippet
Part 7: Big, Sick-Making Inboxes. This post is part of Inbox Sanity, A Geek Girl’s Guide series. Part 1: Who Gives A Crap? Part 2: Empty Inbox, Always. Part 3: Working the System. Part 4: Filtering I. Part 5: Filtering II. Part 6: Multiple Email Addresses. Part 7: Big, Sick-Making Inboxes. _______________ BIG, giant, sick-making
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There are tons and tons of “Greatest Books” lists out there. The Google gave me these, right off the top: Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels (Although they don’t supplied a criteria in any way) Wikipedia’s Lists of 100 Best Books (They didn’t even try to stop at just one list). There are many, many more
Pulse Pause Moments: Phryne and Jack! When readers sign up for my newsletter or for the blog feed via email, I always ask them for book and TV series recommendations. Often readers will email me back and tell me their favourite book and TV series, just in case I have the spare time to binge.
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