The shout box on this page shows as the last entry (at the time of this post) as being a notice that I have worked on the spam problem. I made a change to the program to record rejected messages. It is very easy to identify spam. When I reject a shout message I write […]
Wanderings
Resources for Science Fiction: Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. – Ray Bradbury
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Nyack's 1st Annual Village-Wide Yard & Sidewalk Sale
Sunday, April 26, 2009
May 2nd (next Saturday) Nyack is having a town wide garage sale with events and music in Memorial Park. I am interested in getting a table somewhere. I also want to wander around the village and see what I can find. Yard sales in Nyack are a problem because it is so hard to get […]
Siege Perilous, Lester Del Rey (1966)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
I wasted a day and a half reading this. Del Rey has produced some good stuff, but Siege Perilous is pretty bad. Read a review of Siege Perilous, Lester Del Rey (1966)
Voices From The Sky, Arthur C. Clarke (1980)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
I tried to stretch this one out. I read parts of it slowly and I reread some of the chapters. I have suddenly become a real Clarke fan. If you read or write Science Fiction you must pick up a copy of this. Read the review of Voices From The Sky, Arthur C. Clarke (1980)
Mike's Chair
Monday, April 20, 2009
One of the people that works here uses this giant ball as a chair. He says that it is more comfortable and lets him get a little exercise while he works.
CThreePO.com Tenth Anniversary
Monday, April 20, 2009
JT30.COM and CTHREEPO.COM, my two most extensive websites are 10 years old today. JT30.com existed as an AOL website starting around 1994, but CThreePO.com was purchased on spec without any clear idea of what I might use it for. I began writing Science Fiction essays for the site and when blogging started I used it […]
Mom’s Dolls
Monday, April 20, 2009
My mother collects dolls made from the patterns created by Edith Flack Ackley, especially the dolls that Lucy Geist made and sold in this area. She had them as a child and now collects them as an adult. In the picture below, the Doll on the left is a 50 year old Lucy Doll and […]
All Cats are Geometers
Monday, April 20, 2009
Erica, after many months of scouring thrift stores for wool, finally finished her braided rug. It must have weighed 100 pounds. We put it down on the living room floor and Gracie the cat had to check it out. In the first picture notice how she aligns herself along the longitudinal axis in the center […]