Rogue Warrior
PR types want me to stop being so flip when I talk about upcoming releases.
Huh? I thought that was pretty much my job description.
But to be serious: The next installment in the Rogue Warrior series is finished, and is awaiting publication. At last report, the publisher hadn't set the exact date. Well maybe they had, but if so it's a secret, at least from me.
(I'm not being flip! It's true! It's true! But then again, I'm often the last to know.)
A lot of the story is set in India. The title is Domino Theory . . . or at least it was, since sometimes that stuff changes as we get closer to publication. It's a reference to a serious theory Dick lays out in the book.
No double-entendre intended.
PR types want me to stop being so flip when I talk about upcoming releases.
Huh? I thought that was pretty much my job description.
But to be serious: The next installment in the Rogue Warrior series is finished, and is awaiting publication. At last report, the publisher hadn't set the exact date. Well maybe they had, but if so it's a secret, at least from me.
(I'm not being flip! It's true! It's true! But then again, I'm often the last to know.)
A lot of the story is set in India. The title is Domino Theory . . . or at least it was, since sometimes that stuff changes as we get closer to publication. It's a reference to a serious theory Dick lays out in the book.
No double-entendre intended.
Not an insignificant development
Chinese Supercomputer Wrests Title From U.S.
Chinese Supercomputer Wrests Title From U.S.
A Chinese scientific research center has built the fastest supercomputer ever made, replacing the United States as maker of the swiftest machine, and giving China bragging rights as a technology superpower.
Story here.
(Yes, it's largely symbolic. No, it doesn't lessen its significance.)
Opening day
Wood chopping season opened in earnest over the weekend with red cedar. Still a little green at the core after six months of aging, but the season is young.
The swinging of the axe always raises the important philosophical questions, to wit: What is the proper beer to drink while chopping wood?
I went with Murphy's for opening day. Hard to go wrong with a good stout, even if the afternoon was on the warm side
Next week: Is using a star-shaped splitter cheating?
Wood chopping season opened in earnest over the weekend with red cedar. Still a little green at the core after six months of aging, but the season is young.
The swinging of the axe always raises the important philosophical questions, to wit: What is the proper beer to drink while chopping wood?
I went with Murphy's for opening day. Hard to go wrong with a good stout, even if the afternoon was on the warm side
Next week: Is using a star-shaped splitter cheating?
Did I do wrong?
So I'm in the parking garage after the Yankee game Wednesday, and unfortunately chose the wrong lane to park in - a mistake that gained me more than a half-hour of carbon emissions as I waited in line to get out. (They've been changing the patterns in the lot over the past few months, and now they have them perfected - it's almost impossible to get out quickly if you actually spend any time in the Stadium itself. Which I'm sure is why they felt justified in jumping the price to $40.)
Anyway, this guy in a new Mercury Fusion knockoff tries to cut in line. Like he's got a snowball's chance in hell, even though I am in a good mood since the Yanks won.
Out he jumps from his car and gives me this long sob story about having to get out quickly because he has to see his grandfather in the hospital. Now mind you, he's just gotten into his car, which means he hit the bar after the game. That or he got on the train and remembered in Westchester that he had actually driven.
I of course asked where the hospital was. He said on Long Island and even elaborated on the route he was taking.
It was a long and actually amusing sob story, even if it was total bs. In the end, he was so full of bull that I let him in. He was last seen merrily cutting someone else off and heading at a steady snail's pace toward the exit.
Should have I told him that he cut into the wrong line, and that going out that exit would add at least another hour to his trip?
Nah. And I wasn't influenced by the Mets decal on his bumper, either.
So I'm in the parking garage after the Yankee game Wednesday, and unfortunately chose the wrong lane to park in - a mistake that gained me more than a half-hour of carbon emissions as I waited in line to get out. (They've been changing the patterns in the lot over the past few months, and now they have them perfected - it's almost impossible to get out quickly if you actually spend any time in the Stadium itself. Which I'm sure is why they felt justified in jumping the price to $40.)
Anyway, this guy in a new Mercury Fusion knockoff tries to cut in line. Like he's got a snowball's chance in hell, even though I am in a good mood since the Yanks won.
Out he jumps from his car and gives me this long sob story about having to get out quickly because he has to see his grandfather in the hospital. Now mind you, he's just gotten into his car, which means he hit the bar after the game. That or he got on the train and remembered in Westchester that he had actually driven.
I of course asked where the hospital was. He said on Long Island and even elaborated on the route he was taking.
It was a long and actually amusing sob story, even if it was total bs. In the end, he was so full of bull that I let him in. He was last seen merrily cutting someone else off and heading at a steady snail's pace toward the exit.
Should have I told him that he cut into the wrong line, and that going out that exit would add at least another hour to his trip?
Nah. And I wasn't influenced by the Mets decal on his bumper, either.
Conversation
Me: N told me this married woman was hitting on him and asked for advice.
Her: N? Married woman?
Me: Her husband was going away.
Her: She asked you for advice?
Me: That's not so hard to believe. He wanted to know what I would do.
Her: What'd you say?
Me: I said it would depend on what she looked like.
Her: You are so paying for lunch.
Me: N told me this married woman was hitting on him and asked for advice.
Her: N? Married woman?
Me: Her husband was going away.
Her: She asked you for advice?
Me: That's not so hard to believe. He wanted to know what I would do.
Her: What'd you say?
Me: I said it would depend on what she looked like.
Her: You are so paying for lunch.
Going Rogue . . .
Bunch of questions about Rogue Warrior in the queue. Some answers, in no particular order:
A: Best place to hook up with Dick is at his website: www.dickmarcinko.com
A: Yeah, he does.
A: The next book is coming out . . . well, the publisher hasn't said, at least not to us. Soon, though, because we've just finished writing it. And we're working on one after that, and on and on...
A: Speaking of the next book, yes, it's based on stuff that Dick's involved in.
A: No.
A: No.
A: I can't speak for Dick on that.
A: I don't know any secret cheats to the game, outside of the ones you can find anywhere on the web.
A: Of course.
A: I like her, too.
A: I wasn't involved in writing 'One Perfect Op,' but it's a good story and frankly, if Dick endorses it, that's good enough for me. So yes, highly recommended.
A: No comment.
A: Dick's pretty busy, but you should try through his website (see above).
A: I do.
A: My favorite is the first, though I'm always partial to the one we're working on at whatever moment I'm asked.
A: I'm not sure how much I should give away, but the basic setting is India and the U.S., with more of it in India.
A: Heh. It's your funeral.
Bunch of questions about Rogue Warrior in the queue. Some answers, in no particular order:
A: Best place to hook up with Dick is at his website: www.dickmarcinko.com
A: Yeah, he does.
A: The next book is coming out . . . well, the publisher hasn't said, at least not to us. Soon, though, because we've just finished writing it. And we're working on one after that, and on and on...
A: Speaking of the next book, yes, it's based on stuff that Dick's involved in.
A: No.
A: No.
A: I can't speak for Dick on that.
A: I don't know any secret cheats to the game, outside of the ones you can find anywhere on the web.
A: Of course.
A: I like her, too.
A: I wasn't involved in writing 'One Perfect Op,' but it's a good story and frankly, if Dick endorses it, that's good enough for me. So yes, highly recommended.
A: No comment.
A: Dick's pretty busy, but you should try through his website (see above).
A: I do.
A: My favorite is the first, though I'm always partial to the one we're working on at whatever moment I'm asked.
A: I'm not sure how much I should give away, but the basic setting is India and the U.S., with more of it in India.
A: Heh. It's your funeral.
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