Fictional translation
A friend of mine used to do something interesting when running roleplaying games: he'd use real-world historical names for famous...
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More on Supreme Court decision
Just read the Supreme Court's opinions (that's a PDF file) in the Texas sodomy case (Lawrence et al. v. Texas)....
May Day redux
There were a couple of things I neglected to mention on May 1. First, I didn't mention a couple of...
Unwitting Cyrano
People in our workshop mix up Zed's and my names all the time, to the point where even I once...
Always coming out
Today, Oct. 11, is National Coming Out Day, and I figured it would make a good excuse to write something...
What’s this WorldCon thing like, anyway?
A couple weeks ago, two people in one day hinted that I should try to convince them to come to...
Blessed
I started writing this a few weeks ago, after intending to write it for some weeks before that, but then...
Fractal connections
So, how did A meet F? It's 'cause they both grew up in the Bay Area, right? Well, it's not...
Leonard I
I said, "They ended up watching Get Shorty. I've seen it twice, but I stayed for the opening. Ten minutes,...
To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet
I've been meaning to write about the weekend of the 13th and 14th for a week now. On Friday I...
Freedom of speech
I think most Americans are unaware of the existing limitations on freedom of speech. I used to think that freedom...
Billy Ray who?
My co-workers had another of their semiannual-or-so karaoke nights last night, and it reminded me of what happened the one...