FBI all over
One of the things I liked about the opening rally for the peace march in San José on Saturday was...
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Banksian
New game: come up with names for starships like the ones in Iain M. Banks's Culture novels. See a list...
Bloggage
Did y'all know that February 14-21 is National Condom Week? To celebrate, you might consider sending a condom to Africa...
Art as social commentary
In a 1977 interview, Theodore Sturgeon recounted something that happened during the time of the McCarthy hearings. Sturgeon owed Horace...
An ancient human word
How come when a character in an sf story says "[word] is an ancient Terran [or human, or Earth] word,...
Mostly offline
Been mostly offline all weekend; unusual for me. I did go to the march on Saturday; I'm intending to write...
Earthenware pots
Virginia Woolf on Robinson Crusoe: Thus Defoe, by reiterating that nothing but a plain earthenware pot stands in the foreground,...
On the likelihood of breaking old habits
Had a performance review at work the other day. Apparently I'm doing an excellent job in every way, except for...
To-do list
Things to do on Saturday: Decide whether to go to the peace march in San José. Finish reading a novel...
Humbug
Happy Arizona Statehood Day! Today is the birthday of two friends of mine, but since I believe they don't like...
Formative
Everyone else my age remembers Schoolhouse Rock. But when I was a kid, we weren't allowed to watch anything but...
Recursive, animated, Escheresque
So cool a Flash! Arthur points me to this nifty Escheresque video. Requires Flash....