Dick quote: “I love SF,” he said once. “I love to read it; I love to write it. The SF writer sees not just possibilities but wild possibilities. It’s not just ‘What if’—it’s ‘My God; what if’—in frenzy and hysteria. The Martians are always coming.” Somehow Dick doesn’t belong in the New Yorker. Martians don’t […]
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: August 2007
Baseball Season
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
I am not a baseball fan. The reason is that they play too many games and the outcome of one game really doesn’t matter. The exception is when the pennant race heats up. I start paying a little attention to the game after labor day. I expect to retire on the funds from websites and […]
Endgame: American Options in Iraq
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
I have to admit that I read the blog at Defense Tech, mostly for the cool gadgets that only the military can afford. The two main drivers of technology are Military and Porn. The later tends to drive bandwidth and interface developments, but it is hard to keep up on the new trends at work. […]
Realist cats
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Better than LOL cats, here is a realist cat site where they jokes are in English. Unfortunately they are only funny because LOL cats are so dumb. new “realisticats” internet phenomenon takes world by storm – top bloggers claim proper grammar next hot trend
J’s cat
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
LOL cats are everywhere. One wound up on J’s blog. As I understand this lol syntax, his cat is in his books stealing his words. I am not sure of this as I have never sent a text message in my life and do not even know how it is done or why they use […]
On the Road: The Original Scroll
Monday, August 27, 2007
Jack Kerouac is one of our great writers. I feel closer to the beats than any other literary movement. I used to say hi to Allen Ginsberg when I lived in the East Village. Allen hung hanging out at the church on first avenue that I passed every day on the way to classes. I […]
The US needs more maps
Monday, August 27, 2007
You’ve got to look at this to believe it. It is from Miss Teen USA and one of the contestants was asked a really hard question. See Miss South Carolina explain why we need more maps.
Blog Anniversary
Monday, August 27, 2007
Tomorrow will mark four years of blogging. It doesn’t seem like a long time, but in internet years it is an eternity. In 2003, when I started this blog, there were about 1.4 million active blogs, total. It had been estimated that as many as 4 million blogs had been started by then, but most […]