science fiction
Flashing Forward and the tyranny of genre
Via the wonder of the internet, I’ve caught up with both episodes of Flashforward so far. I can say that I’m enjoying it, and I hope it avoids the fate of another similarly time-twisting series ABC tried during Lost’s absence, Read more…
appearances
Me, talking about Wolfbreed – and Signings
Back when I did my signing at the Learned Owl, I did a short interview about Wolfbreed. Here is me being all authorial and stuff. Speaking of signings, this weekend I will be over at Joseph Beth Booksellers at Legacy Read more…
politics
You know, the White House is not as politically astute as it thinks it is
Democrats should be realizing now that Obama’s dearth of experience, especially executive political experience, was probably not as big an issue in the campaign as it should have been. I’m sure, at the time, everyone who voted for him assured Read more…
rants
Attempted Vehicular Homicide
In 1983 Steven King wrote the novel Chistine, about a car that was possessed. A vehicle that was, in essence, evil. I now realize that Mr. King, more than likely, owned at one point a vehicle much like my 96 Read more…
internet
Random Collection of Bloggy Stuff.
Corridors! Gods! Wi-fi of doom! Superman! Wal-mart! Treasure! Cute Fuzzy Zombies! Smut! Propaganda! Sexbots!
asshat
So when she says no, it means yes?
Celebrities belong to a different class of people, they are not subject to normal petty laws short of perhaps murder. Even then, you often see the accused, and the fans of the accused, twist facts to the breaking point to Read more…
politics
ACORN is a bad seed
Mea culpa time. I was wrong about ACORN the first time I posted about it. I still believe the thesis of that post, but I think I was a bit ignorant of the scope of the corruption involved. And a Read more…
blatant self-promotion
Review Redux
This is a redo of a post that was eaten when my blog went all ‘splody. I had done a little overview of a bunch of reviews I’d seen lately. So let’s try this again: Dear Author: “I would recommend Read more…