- Rick Hautala – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I just read about the death of Rick Hautala, a science fiction and horror writer. He was friends with Mark Steensland, who used to teach film here in Erie. And he wrote a couple of screenplays that I got to work on.
- Alfred Anaya Put Secret Compartments in Cars. So the DEA Put Him in Prison | Threat Level | Wired.com
So this is fascinating – a man who used to make hidden compartments is convicted as a co-conspirator in a drug-ring trial because some of the actual criminals made use of the secret compartments he built.
- BBC News – Huge survey reveals seven social classes in UK
Something to keep in mind if we ever do move to Scotland like Gill keeps dreaming of.
- Freelancers Union :: A Federation of the Unaffiliated – Pages from Freelancers Union
This is a wonderful idea – a union for freelancers, to give those of us who work for ourselves, by ourselves, some collective power. I read about this when the folks behind the Girl Genius webcomic ran into some trouble with their publisher.