This is a personal Web site, an ever-growing collection ofmaterial on some of the things I'm interested in. It existsbecause I enjoy doing it, not because anyone is paying me orin order to save the world. (If I thought I could save theworld with a Web page, I would. In the meantime, there'streasure everywhere: here's some of mine.)Science fiction fandomI've been involved in science fiction fandom half my life. It's a good place to meet people who like to talk about any number of things, and has provided me with both an incentive to write and people who are interested in reading the results. [updated 26 June 1999]QuipuQuipu is an irregularly publishedscience fiction fanzine, containing my writing and occasionalpieces by friends (some of whom I know only online or on paper).Quipu 11 was published in March 2000;six previous issues are also online.[updated 3 May 2000]rec.arts.sf.fandom FAQI'm the keeper of theFrequently Asked Questions (FAQ)list for the newsgroup rec.arts.sf.fandom. Like the newsgroup,the FAQ is discursive and tries to be amusing.[updated 13 October 2001]Inwood Hill ParkI maintain an unofficial page for Inwood Hill Park, a little-known and delightful corner of New York City.[updated 18 June 2000; overdue for massive revision]Yet Another Web Log*Since 30 March 1999* I'm publishing Yet Another Web Log to share some of what I've gleaned, in the hopes of informingand amusing. [usually updated several times a week]Other WritingHong KongI went to Hong Kong with a friend in the Spring of 1997, three months before the handover. A written trip report ispart of Quipu, and I've scanned a few of myphotos.TimeThe Century of the Iguana. [added21 January 2000]Rants
So far, I've posted three and a half rants, about
criminally stupid politicians, 
religion,
sheep, and
writing and reading online.
(The last isn't quite a rant--I calmed down by the time
I got to my keyboard.) 
This Privacy Notice isn't
a rant, but may lead to one. Please read it, especially if
you're a marketer or an address-harvesting bot.
Book Reviews
Books are an early love, and an 
enduring one. Rather than attempt critical reviews, this page
points at some books I've enjoyed and feel like sharing. In
addition to the current Book Pick of
the Fortnight, all previous
book picks share a page.
[updated 28 August 1999]
Theatre
Living in New York gives me the opportunity to see a fair amount of 
live theatre, and sometimes I'm in a mood to 
write about it. The most recent theatre review was added
3 April 2000.
Tattoos
I now have four tattoos, and am happy with all of them (and may well
get more at some point). The first was an 
American cardinal (Cardinalis
cardinalis) ; I wrote about the experience of 
getting tattooed. I've since added  
an armband with 
two intertwined spirals, some violets on my right leg, and a
coelacanth.
(For more information on the species, see The
Fish Out of Time.)
Weirdness
An anti-phonetic alphabet. [Added 9 July 2000]
Walking
When I'm not sitting in front of