Review: Valentine’s Day (the movie)
If you're looking for an intertwining-plot-threads fun sweet romantic comedy to watch on Valentine's Day, you could do worse than...
Les Miserables Calmes
(Can you tell I still don't speak French?) I finally went to see the movie of Les Miz the other...
Customer service angels
I had a remarkably good customer-service day yesterday. And since I complain so much about the bad incidents, I figure...
Another wacky door-to-door sales group
Doorbell rings. I answer. Tall smiling guy (maybe early 20s?, casually but neatly dressed) asks how I'm doing, tells me...
New Captain Marvel series: excellent so far
Otavia recently recommended the new Captain Marvel comic-book series, starring Carol Danvers, formerly known as Ms. Marvel, and written by...
Star Trek + Gilbert & Sullivan
Went yesterday to see the Stanford Savoyards' ST:TNG-themed production of H.M.S. Pinafore. They wore Star Trek costumes, and mapped the...
The core Prop 8 argument against same-sex marriage
Back in mid-2010, I wrote a ridiculously long and detailed analysis of the closing argument made by Prop 8 lawyer...
Jacob Clifton of TWOP for Fan Writer?
I think it was during a post-WorldCon party last year that people were chatting about who should be nominated for...
Is it fully operational?
I knew about the awesome White House response to the build-a-Death-Star petition, but I hadn't bothered to follow the links...
Lewis Thomas on computers
In 1974 or so, Lewis Thomas wrote an interesting essay titled “Computers,” which he reprinted in his book The Lives...
Awash in paper
Various things from the past couple of months have motivated me to finally get moving on dealing with the paper-drifts...
Princess name
While driving home last weekend, I listened to the Maynard Moose story “Sleeping Beastly.” It has some flaws, but I...