Oh please, is there no respite from this sort of thing? Over on Pharyngula is this little bit on the Vatican’s newest attempt to recruit an ideal priesthood, this time free of gays. Now, the Catholic Church has done screening … Continue reading
I have come at last to the section of the new novel that I’ve been looking forward to writing for some time. The appearance of the eponymous object referred to in the title, the ship which will take my hero … Continue reading
Politics dictated FDA policy? Say it isn’t so! According to this NY Times piece, the Bush Administration (they get the blame because, after all, he was the Decider) bade the FDA to meddle with contraception when it suited a certain … Continue reading
Through purest serendipity, there will be a conference on Germaine de Stael here in St. Louis in May. About five years ago I started working on an alternate history set in 1923 French America. The conceit is that Napoleon never … Continue reading
It is a bright award, a tower of lucite with a galaxy suspended in the upper half and a gold plaque on the lower with a name a title and a year. A Nebula Award. I’ve held two of them … Continue reading
I just completed an essay for a newsletter about books we never read, but it is assumed, because we are Readers, we have. Catcher In The Rye is such a book for me. Never read it. Know a lot about … Continue reading
Okay, this is too cute. I need to do videos, but they might mean something only to me. So what? My dog…her name is Coffey. About 35 lbs, the color of coffee beans except for the slightly spotted white on … Continue reading
I’ve always been impatient. So much so, it could almost be considered pathological. I’ve had to learn patience like a religious observance, and it chafes, it does. My father is one of those people for whom the act of doing … Continue reading