I have a friend who is a little like me. I am a bit of a loner and I don’t join things. I value solitude and don’t remember people’s names. My friend has been a freelance writer for seven or eight years. He is looking for a steady job, but he is not particularly social […]
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: June 2007
Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
For those of you who miss Star Trek. This is a new movie produced by fans for fans on a shoestring, but it has Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, and many more actors and production people from all incarnations of Star Trek. The trailer is a little off the wall, but it still looks like fun. […]
Boom!!!
Monday, June 11, 2007
I work in a county office building that’s across the street and south a little from the Westchester County Court House. About 10AM this morning, someone said the courthouse was closed and the bomb squad was coming. A little after 11AM there was a huge boom that rattled the windows. Someone left a bag of […]
Antiques Roadshow
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Poker buddy Jim and I are off to Baltimore this Saturday for Antiques Roadshow. Jim got the tickets. We’ll be going down by train and then get a chance to look amazed on TV how much a piece of crap antique is worth. I will have to keep myself from yelling “Sold!” like I do […]
Rain Flower Pebbles
Friday, June 8, 2007
I’ve been watching this vendor on eBay for a few months. I am fascinated with the “Rain Flower Pebbles”. These are highly figured agate from China. The layers of color and patterns form landscapes and images. They are in the high range of what I am willing to pay. They are very beautiful and I […]
Where are the Aliens
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
It has come to my attention that some of you doubt the existence of aliens, at least SF aliens. SF aliens are local guys, within 1000 light years. They usually have bug eyes and arrive at earth with a desire to mate with our women or use us as a food source. If there are […]
Space Math – Long Relativistic Journeys
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
I have a JavaScript calculator on one of my pages where you an compute the time for a long relativistic space voyage. I used it in an unsold story that I called The Long Run. A person traveling at an acceleration of 1G can make it 100 light years in 9 years. What the F?!#@*, […]
Sexism in SF
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
The truth is that 80-90% of Science Fiction readers are male. I’m not talking about movies, TV, comics or games. I am not talking about fantasy or horror. I am talking about Science Fiction with space, the future, aliens or technology. I am not talking about vampires, zombies, demons or other religious references. The 80-90% […]