The Thousand and One Posts of Ecstatic Days

Somehow I've survived to post number 1,001 on the new blog. Thanks to everyone for reading. I really appreciate it. Sometimes your comments have kept me sane.Thanks also to Luis Rodrigues for creating this site and for enhancing it from time to time. Thanks to all the guest bloggers. Especially, thanks to Ann.Here's a look back at just a few "highlights," mostly funny...JeffPredator Opera! (my personal favorite)VanderMeers to Edit Squidpunk Antho (too many peoples thought this was for real--for shame, peoples!)Odd Jobs: Froggie (yes, this really happened)Evil Monkey Guide to Creative Writing--Take 1 (still my best creative writing rant)Grandson Riley Photos (extreme cuteness--had to include)Ten Clues for the Clueless (sarcastic writing advice!)Book Sale Victim (just cute, is all)The Immortal Chuck E Cheese Horror Story (yes, this really happened)The Triumph of Competence (or, telling it like it is and kerfuffle following)Pop Culture Report #1 (all in one take!)The Language of Defeat (the companion piece to the kerfuffle-maker, but since it wasn't directly on my blog, not as much kerfuffle)Penguin Wars (a tip o' the hat to Tessa and her penguins)Unscientific Book Cover Survey (a raucous but fun post)It's Molting Season For Writers! (people either got this one or they didn't; the ones who didn't looked at me odd for a month)How to Write a Novel in Two Months (spawned a book deal)Ann in PJs! (just too cute)Aborted Evil Monkey for Prez Campaign (i never did have time to actually do this...)Two Things I Never Expected (the sh*t post)New Weird Story Contest Participants (a lot of bizarre stories here, let me tell ya)My Weirdest Freelance Moment (yes, it really happened)Unpublished Novel by Jesse (led to the author getting an agent)Felix Gilman Attacked by Hamster (I think Felix is a comic genius)Why I Love Ann (self-explanatory)Reviewing Books (yeah, this is kinda boring; that's part of the point)Predator: Me and Dave Larsen Are Not Playing Around (yeah, that's right--we're not playing around mofo!)Incoming! Books Received March 17 (the first books received post--and infamous for the Scott Sigler incident and sudden outpouring of Sigler fandom in the comments)Scott Sigler Is In My House (I don't think Scott liked being compared to a hamster, but it did lead to classic Felix humor, although I don't think Felix ever thought I'd actually send him a hamster...)The Arms Crossed Gender Power Imbalance (three wonderful women indulged me...)Arthur C. Clarke Appreciation (something I'm proud of having gotten right)Could a City Exist in the Eye of a Giant Salamander? (I enjoyed the heck out of the comments on this one)Formula for Your Literary Name (yes, it's a bit too complicated)Nabokov Bookshelves (I still get a kick out of the fact Dmitri Nabokov commented)Books and Beer (one of my favorites)The Books are Winning (the beginning of the epic, almost insane book slae--over a thousand books, Ann and me shipping them all)Massive Book Sale (...and the official start...)Book Sale 'Nam: Destroy to Protect (...and our near destruction...)Fartscape (Evil gets all up in Farscape's face)My Birthday at Clarion (a nice moment)The Short Story Is Dying? (Evil, me, and the lizard that lived in our yard rhyme in on the short story)Evil Monkey's Guide to Kosher Imaginary Animals (the now near-classic post that spawned a forthcoming book deal)