Hey everyone.

Sorry for the no-new-Deadpan morning.

Moving.

There might be a new episode today, but it would not be a typical Deadpan. And it might not happen at all. We’ll have to see how everything goes. And. . . . it’s highly unlikely that you’ll see a new episode next week. Sorry again. Deadpan is not fading (Deadfade. . . hmmm, I like. Dibs on that term, all you other SpecFic writers), just pausing as I get my shit together.

Wish me luck (again) on my big cross-country move (again).

66 is coming.

Deadpan will live on.

Cool Jack Mangan publishing news: “Bodies in the Water” is the lead story(!) in the latest issue of Tales of the Talisman print magazine, available now from Hadrosaur Productions. you can order a copy from the website, if you’re interested.

The story is about classism and poverty in the face of a natural disaster.

My short story, “The Unsolvable Deathtrap”, which originally appeared in Interzone #202 is now available online at the TTA Press website {Thank you, Andy Cox!]:

Click here to read it.

And click here for a better look at Rik Rawling’s amazing artwork.

The story has been nominated (longlisted) for the British Fantasy Society’s Short Fiction Award.
*Snoopy dance* ahem. Very cool.

ditto, aka The Deadpan Greaseman, is doing something noble and wonderful and important. He is participating in a Relay For Life for the American Cancer Society. ditto is just a great human being. I’m honored to know him.

Please take a minute to check out his page and donate a few bucks.

I met Raequel in person at Podcamp NYC. She’s damn cool. And she interviewed me for her podcast! I just spotted the link and I’m going to listen now. Though of course, if I sound really stupid, then I’ll remove this blog post and pretend it never happened.

Just kidding. Please check out her shows, she has a lot to say.

Will be posted Thursday morning. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Wow, what an experience. If only I wasn’t too exhausted to write about it. Thanks and a Deadpan wordup to everyone I met at Balticon who felt inspired to drop by.

What an absolutely astonishingly awesome group of people.

I’ll be back to relate some stories and give some shoutouts. Just not right now.

(Yes, this is a Lazy Blog Post.)

Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa Senators.
Sabres in 6.

Anaheim Ducks vs. Detroit Red Wings.
Ducks in 7.

Both of these series should be intense, hard-fought spectacles. All 4 of these teams are overloaded with grit and talent (even the Sens). We should be in for some classic hockey games.

This post is going out on the First of May. . . so, check out The P-Cast All-Stars performing Jonathan Coulton’s “First of May”, “We Are the World”/karaoke style.

“First of May” performed by the P-Cast Allstars for the Joe Murphy Memorial Fund.

Kudos to Paul Fischer for putting this together, props to Phil Rossi for a topnotch mix, and big ups to all of the performers.

——– And look at that! We’ve been BoingBoing’ed! http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/01/podcasters_stage_can.html

And OK, you MUST listen to Rich Sigfrit’s outtakes. Listen to all of the voices. OMG. This is some funny stuff.

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OK, so I picked 4 of 8 first round series correctly. I was also off in all but one of my games-played predictions.

Let’s see how I do in the 2nd round:

Buffalo Sabres vs. New York Rangers (Sabres in 6)
New Jersey Devils vs. Ottawa Senators (Senators in 6) Go Devils! Prove me wrong!
Anaheim Ducks vs. Vancouver Canucks (Ducks in 7)
Detroit Red Wings vs. San Jose Sharks (Sharks in 7)