Cottage Industry
A bit of “local color.”
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
On Symbols and Fair Use
When you have a dream about an argument, maybe it has some weight and should be written about. Recently, I posted a photograph on my Google + page. This one, in fact: My caption for it was “What more … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, Relgion
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Necessary Notes
Couple of things. One, as noted in the previous post, I’m going to Bouchercon, here in St. Louis this year. The other event coming up—well, Archon, of course, the first weekend of October, but I always try to be there—will … Continue reading
Just Getting Up In The Morning
Really, I’ve been up since 5:20 already. We have company coming into town, so most of the day so far has been taken up with cleaning the house and arranging the guest room—which is at all other times my office. … Continue reading
And The Winners Are…
The Hugo Awards for 2011 have been presented. The winners are: Best Novel: Blackout/All Clear, by Connie Willis Best Novella: The Lifecycle of Software Objects, by Ted Chiang Best Novelette: “The Emperor of Mars,” by Allen M. Steele Best … Continue reading
Posted in current affairs, Literature, Science Fiction, Writing
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Republicans, Rent Boys, and Rhetoric
Another outspoken advocate of Public Morals has been caught with a hand slipping into the cookie jar of Craig’s List sex. Yes, he’s loudly anti-gay and, yes, he’s a Republican. Now, I don’t for a second believe being a Republican … Continue reading
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Our Dreams Are Sleeping
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is my favorite science pop star. He is right up there with Stephen Jay Gould and Carl Sagan in terms of ability and scope and style when it comes to explaining science to the public. I’ve heard … Continue reading
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Textures and Other Ways
Marty Halpern has an anthology coming out, filled with alien contact stories. I think it’s going to be a really cool book, not just because one of my stories will be in it, but because everyone else who is in … Continue reading
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Around The Neighborhood
Playing with pictures again. Going for long walks, you never know what you might see…
Playing Jazz, part three
Steel-trap smiles made room on the stage, a shuffle of seats, a place where chances die or lives are made, all the welcome of the seen-it-befores and the willingly-impressed, squeezed into a need for the new, hope for discovery, and … Continue reading