A musical update, of sorts

Thanks to ICFA, golf, ICFA, more golf, and recovering from ICFA and golf, I've been pretty much out of it (and mostly offline) for the last week or so, but not so out of it that I have not been kept abreast of the latest developments in modern culture:

Thanks – I think thanks, anyway – are due to the BBC for recording this in the first place and Eric Gjovaag of the Blog of Oz for directing my attention to it, and also reminding me of a similar glorious moment of human achievement:

to cleanse your ears, as it were.

Or if you really need to cleanse your ears, this clip sent my way by various people. (YouTube won't let me embed that one.) akashiver is right to note that the editing on this, like every other Britain's Got Talent clip, is blatantly manipulative, but...I sniffled. And then headed back to the Muppets.

A Different Rain

Since we've been talking the highlights of modern culture, a quick note that Daily Science Fiction just emailed out my little flash fiction piece, "A Different Rain," this morning. This is not actually the Daily Science Fiction story I mentioned selling some time ago – that story is apparently popping up in April – but it's as good an excuse as any to remind you all that subscribing to Daily Science Fiction is totally free, and includes Good Stuff, and the chance to read a longer story from me in a couple weeks.

More blogging in a bit; I am setting up new computer between bouts of dizziness and fatigue, so reports on fun stuff are going to be a bit slow.