What storm?...Another year of "Analog" cover art...
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Posted Monday, February 17, 2003 at 06:04 PM [GMT-6]

Update - 2/18/03: Ho hum...yet another day of temps in the 70s. Not a bad start to the day either, as evidenced by the sunrise:

Living in West Texas has its advantages. My wife and I listened to reports of the East Coast blizzard (The Weather Channel folks seemed to take great pleasure from their "Alert Mode," sort of like a certain local TV meteorologist who rejoices at the prospect of potential severe weather) as we prepared for a tandem ride in the sunny winter weather. It's the middle of February, and I'm wearing shorts and a short-sleeved t-shirt, for Heaven's sake. Of course, it was a little breezy, but you don't get warm weather in February without the wind, so it's a fair trade-off.

One of my artist clients, Charles Sovek, reported this morning from his shorefront home in Connecticut that the snow was "up to their knees" and still coming down. However, he is much more concerned about possible flooding from the storm surge; high tide is this evening and he's prepared for the worst.

Charles lives in Rowayton, just up the road a piece from Truro, MA, which...if you were paying attention...you'll recall was the town in which Tommy Lee Jones' character played the postmaster in MIB2. Charles does a lot of painting in Truro, and the brief glimpses in the movie echo the quaintness he captures in those paintings.

What does that have to do with anything? Not much, but it's better than blogging about war.

I forget. Did I announce that another year of cover art from "Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact Magazine" is now online? Well, it is...1967, to be exact. You can start with January and some artwork by legendary illustrator Chesley Bonestell if you like.