The blues world is quite upset with Jim Fusilli at the wall street journal. He wrote an article about how Blues is anchored to its past and is somehow frozen in time. I guess you’d have to be paying attention to see how blues is progressing. Blues will always be roots based, but there are […]
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 2010
Sunburn
Sunday, June 20, 2010
I have a rather bad case of sunburn on my legs. My pasty complexional, whose only light source is LED screens, was not prepared for a hazy day on the beach. I used sunscreen, but a little late. My legs are so burned that I cannot walk easily. My ankles are swollen and painful. I […]
Me and HP Lovecraft
Thursday, June 17, 2010
On our trip to Cape Cod, I talked Larry into stopping by in Providence to pay tribute at H.P. Lovecraft’s grave.
Justine’s new toy
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Justine got herself an iPad. This means that in 4 or 5 years, I might get it. I can hardly wait! (It’s good news that Wanderings renders OK on the iPad using Safari. I never test on anything other than Firefox and IE.)
Unity Mitford and Hitler’s Daughter
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
For those of you who are unwilling to abandon Nazis in Science Fiction, it seems that an English girl named Unity Valkyrie Mitford boinked Hitler and, after a suicide attempt, returned to England where she gave birth to a baby girl in secret. She was a complex and interesting character, obsessed by Hitler, who stalked […]
USB Typewriter
Monday, June 14, 2010
This guy has a device that attaches to the bottom of old style typewriters so that you can use them as a USB PC typewriter. I typed a whole lot of words on old style typewriters and the only thing that I did not like was the fact that it was hard to correct a […]
Hugo Voter Packets
Monday, June 14, 2010
I had been looking forward to receiving copies of the Hugo Award nominees. This year the powers-that-be decided to distribute the books in electronic form. Since there is no way I am going to read anything as long as a novel on my computer I will not be voting for anything longer than a short […]
That 60s Style
Monday, June 14, 2010
Someone on FaceBook uploaded this image of some people I knew about 1969. I am struck with their style. They exude coolness. The kids that I see on the streets now seem to lack the sense of style that these guys had. That’s Tony Ziegler 2nd from right he (married my cousin). They other guys […]