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I love clocks.

The Long Now Foundation is trying to build a monumental clock that will run for 10,000 years. It’s part of an overall effort to promote thinking on scales of deep time — far longer than human lifetimes, longer even than the lifetimes of nations and civilizations.

On Friday, I joined Walter Jon Williams, Melinda Snodgrass, Vic Milan, Carrie Vaughn, and Ty Franck at Daniel Abraham’s new house for a day-long brainstorming session to help Daniel plot out his next big project, a five-volume fantasy epic.

I can think of worse ways to spend a Friday.

The first episode of Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is available for download.

Today I received an email from my friend Sara — who is currently spending her days laying bricks in Burundi — wherein she tactfully mentioned that yes, she’s been checking this blog (from Burundi!) but unfortunately hasn’t been able to find updates since May 30. Sara, meanwhile, has managed to post to her excellent blog nearly every single day since arriving in Burundi.

As gentle reminders go, this will be hard to beat.

I have noted in the past that I occasionally see odd things on my way to, from, and around work. This morning’s walk would have been unremarkable (but glorious– perfect weather and that wide, bright New
Mexico sky) if not for the unicycle.