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Here and Yet to Come: A 1957 Space Scrapbook 8 Sep 2012 | 10:32 pm
In the fall of 1957, my mother was 12 years old. She had a budding interest in science and an especial interest in space because 1) it was the fall of 1957 and 2) her father was an aeronautics enginee...
Dear Banshee: 28 Aug 2012 | 04:00 pm
Banshee, do you copy? It’s us, Squid and LateNight. (mouseover the pics…or else) You know, your wingmen? Good news, we weren’t blown up. We’ve crashed on a strange planet. I think it might be…Kobol. O...
Understanding Library eBook and Kindle Lending 22 Nov 2011 | 01:00 am
This fall, Amazon and the library ebook vendor OverDrive brought two new kinds of ebook lending to the market. In September, OverDrive announced a partnership with Amazon which allowed people to borro...
Parsing the World Through Painting 26 Oct 2011 | 12:58 pm
While organizing my photos from several old computers, I came across the following images juxtaposed against each other because their file names were wedding.jpg and world.jpg. They both date from 200...
Ruth’s Really Long San Diego Comic-Con Recap 1 Aug 2011 | 02:17 pm
(I was also interviewed a little about my experience in the DC Examiner.) Last week, I got to fulfill an old dream of mine—attending San Diego Comic-Con. While it’s something I’ve wanted to do for ye...
A Year Without Mom… 28 Jul 2011 | 11:25 am
Wednesday, the 27th, is the one year anniversary of losing my mom. It’s been a rough year for our family, but we’ve made it through. I’m no longer crying regularly…so that’s an improvement, right? Mo...
The Tales of Lieutenants Ruth “Squid” Lovecrafted and Jess “Banshee” Toasty of the Battlestar Galactica. Or the Colonial Fleet. Or the Battlestar Gacr... 6 Jun 2011 | 06:00 pm
As we well know, off-duty pilots don’t always make the best decisions about how to spend their free time. Some of them get into fights with superior officers, some get their rocks off with prostitutes...
Cthulhu Chick Presents an eBook of Lovecraft’s Complete Works 2 Mar 2011 | 12:15 am
Over on my Cthulhu site, Cthulhu Chick, I’m launching an eBook today of the complete works of H.P. Lovecraft. It includes all of Lovecraft’s original stories (no collaborations) from his first adult s...
Suggested Reading Order for Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga 31 Jan 2011 | 07:00 pm
I’m about to start on the final book of the Miles Vorkosigan saga and I’ve been recommending them left and right to friends. When I’m done with this one, I’ll write up a post of my thoughts on the ser...
A Quick Sketch Portrait As Drawn by a Stranger on Metro 27 Jan 2011 | 07:00 pm
One of the things about living in a big city is that one runs into all kinds of people. Every day, I ride to and from work on the metro and over the last few years I’ve noticed that there are a few pe...
