Border searches still legal
A US judge has ruled (in agreement with various other court decisions and administrative rules) that it's still OK to...
Too-ticky on adventures and heroes
“Quite, quite,” she thought with a little sigh. “It's always like this in their adventures. To save and be saved....
Two views of sex
In 1990, poet Mark O'Brien (who had polio) published an essay titled “On Seeing a Sex Surrogate.” I just read...
Another Peter Capaldi connection to Dr. Who
I just came across an old blog entry in which I linked to the IMDB entry for a 24-minute 1995...
Donations 2013
Here are the organizations I'm donating to in 2013. I used to post such a list every year, but haven't...
The wombat and the box that must not be opened
I'm reading Digger, and just reached the part (about halfway through; p. 451 of the Omnibus edition, p. 491 of the webcomic)...
Solstice
Here in the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice happened three hours ago. In honor of the sun beginning its gradual...
Utah marriage news
Much to the surprise of me and most of my friends, a federal judge ruled on Friday that Utah's prohibition...
Excellent Easter egg in Vogue and GQ websites
This was probably my favorite thing that I saw online yesterday. Requires a computer keyboard. Go to the Vogue UK...
Female sf artists and the Hugo ballot
Jenn just linked to a great piece by Justin Landon about the paucity of female sf artists on award ballots...
What spotlights are for
Many years ago, Arthur E and I were driving somewhere, and we saw a spotlight sweeping back and forth across...
All these worlds are yours except Europa and Titan and maybe some others
As Chekhov once said, if in the first act you have Europa or Titan, then in the following one it...