My power cord started sparking under the desk yesterday and so I had to retire the old boy, Of Mice and Men-style. Of course, because laptop manufacturers are a bunch of money grubbing crooks, none of the other five or six AC adapters I have in the house will fit the damn thing. And my battery gets about five minutes of charge when not plugged in, so….. I have one on order from ebay, but it looks like I’ll be relegated to borrowing computers for a few days at least. This also means I don’t have my extensive list of links and sources at hand, so I have to go with addresses I can remember here and there. Mah. So here’s a roundup of what’s what, with other posts as I can, relying on the kindness of strangers. (Making cardboard sign that reads “Will blog for bandwidth/terminal time”)

Did you know that Mark Twain liked baseball? Oh, you did?

John Grisham’s staff complete work on ebook editions

My dashing grandpappy Dennis Loy Johnson interviewed

David Beckham injury gets poem from Duffy

Lambda lit awards include some Canadian titles (as usual)

Whither the bookplate?

Writers’ Day Jobs

Joe Hill (Stephen King’s kid) gets some love from the Globe