JANUARY 4, 2009Public Memorial Service for the Late “First Lady of Star Trek” Majel Barrett Roddenberry Cast Members and Fans Come Out to Celebrate and Remember Roddenberry’s Life WHO: Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, son of Gene & Majel Roddenberry and CEO … Continue reading
Hey, it seems that a buddy of mine is going to have an interview in January’s Locus Magazine. Daryl Gregory. We attended Clarion together, lo some 20 years ago, and Daryl was one of the ones I thought would catapult … Continue reading
A note I jotted to myself sometime in the past. I don’t recall the circumstances, but the question posed feels universal. The spiritualists cringe and argue against any description of self-conscious life as mechanism, that any mere machine is necessarily … Continue reading
Yesterday, I stayed home from work again. Nothing to do. In a way, I like this. I’d go on contract with the company if I could, go in only when there was actually something to do. But it’s not that … Continue reading
The end of 2008 approaches. 2009 is going to be… Not more of the same, I sincerely hope. Mea culpa, I am procrastinating. I watch myself do it. I’m doing it now. I’m writing this instead of hammering out the … Continue reading
I don’t keep abreast of new television very well. I’ve drifted into a mental space wherein I’m dimly aware of new things. I hear about them on the radio or from friends or occasionally I see a notice on a … Continue reading
Like everything else, publishing seems to be melting down. Harcourt announced a buying freeze, but they aren’t the only one, just the only one that has bothered to make it public. In other companies, salaries are frozen, lay-offs are rampant, … Continue reading
The desire for social equality is not unmixed with a certain eagerness to be rid of the bother of pity. Jean Rostand Intelligence would seem to exist primarily as a way to outrun natural selection Samuel R. Delany, 1995 Romance … Continue reading
Last January, Missouri was granted its first official Poet Laureate. At the inaugural celebration, Walter Bargen read a new poem for the occasion, a poem which spoke to Missouri and dreamers and possibilities, called Moonwalk Missouri. The Missouri Center for … Continue reading
This is a very cool piece on writers’ rooms.