Steve Davidson turned me on to the fact that there is unusually low turnout for the annual voting for the Hugo Award, which is like an academy award except that it is for SF. I did a little research based on Steve’s model for “Rocking the Hugos” and I was able to discover that in […]
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: October 2009
A Celebrity Staged Reading of The Twilight Zone’s “The Masks”
Monday, October 19, 2009
Oct. 27 there will be a reading of “The Masks” down in NYC. It’s at 6:30PM at the Paley Center, on 52nd between fifth and sixth. $50 makes it outside my budget, especially that I might cost me $75 to park down there plus another $20 in tolls and parking. Also since I don’t get […]
When the Frost is on the Punkin
Thursday, October 15, 2009
It is cooling off and Summer is gone for a while. I love the rustic old poem by James Whitcomb Riley – When the Frost is on the Punkin. Here’s one of the stanzas: They’s something kindo’ harty-like about the atmusfere When the heat of summer’s over and the coolin’ fall is here— Of course […]
Comparison of Google Adwords to Project Wonderful
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
I wrote a short article on advertising for small websites comparing the relatively unknown advertising page Project Wonderful, to Google’s advertising options. It’s over on my Blog’s Eye site. Blogs Eye – Comparison of Google Adwords to Project Wonderful.
PermaFLOQ PF-07001 Never Clog Drain
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
I’m sorry, but the upstairs bathroom sink drain is slow, in spite of using a ton of Drano. I saw this today and I am considering buying it. At $35 plus shipping it’s too expensive, but I can’t help but admire the ingenuity of the design.
This Machine Kills Fascists
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
There was a picture today on a blog that I read of Woody Guthrie playing his guitar. On Woody’s guitar is sticker that says “THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS”. I took the sticker, corrected for perspective as best as I could with my very limited PhotoShop skills, and printed out the results. I am going to […]
Science Fiction League Membership Cards Download
Monday, October 12, 2009
Thanks to a reader, Dennis McCunney, there is a zip of the adobe PDF version, which is a much smaller download of the Science Fiction League cards.
Galavanting in October
Monday, October 12, 2009
We stopped by the Clarmont Estate in Dutchess County, NY over the weekend. We got some picturesof trees just starting to change color and some interesting stuff as we wandered around the huge grounds of the park. The park is on the Hudson River with breathtaking views of the Catskills in the distance.