Reading report, 2010, week #4

Currently reading: Galileo’s Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson (54% complete) C. M. Kornbluth: The Life and Works of  a Science Fiction Visionary by Mark Rich (67%) Completed: NEW SCIENTIST (January 16, 2010) NEW SCIENTIST (January 23, 2010) SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (January 2010) Pending: Starbound by Joe Haldeman Up in the Air by Walter Kirn A Brilliant [...]

Weekly writing progress report for 2010, week #4

Here’s the status of the progress I’ve made toward my writing goals for 2010 for week #3:   Week YTD Total words written 3,159 12,212 # stories completed 0 1 # stories submitted 0 2 # stories sold 0 0 Summary:  Not as good as I hoped this week.  Busy with work and family stuff, but I [...]

Homeopath-etic

Great opinion piece by Martin Robbins in the January 30 New Scientist, "Overdosing on nothing", which takes an intelligent, rational approach to the problem of homeopathy.  I agree with the argument put forth, which I think can be condensed to 3 salient points: The "logic" of homeopathic remedies is severely flawed. Double-blind studies of homeopathic [...]

Talking in your sleep

Zach didn’t sleep quite as well last night as the few previous nights.  In part this was probably because of the excitement of having a buch of friends over to play Rock Band.  We took him into bed with us to help him fall asleep.  He turned on his side, facing me, and after a [...]

RIP: J.D. Salinger

I suppose that reports of his death were greatly exaggerated–until today.  It has been reported that J.D. Salinger has died at his home New Hampshire.  He was 91 years old. I loved the voice in The Catcher In the Rye.  The book itself is a triumph of American literature.  I also loved Salinger’s cameo appearance [...]

Descended From Darkness available on Fictionwise

The Apex dark science fiction anthology Descended From Darkness containing my short story, "Hindsight, In Neon,"  is now available as an ebook on fictionwise.   It is also still available as a trade paperback. And don’t forget to vote for Apex Magazine Story of the Year.

The state of the State of the Union

Overall:  a pretty good speech.  There were things I wanted to hear, like a focus on jobs, getting out of Iraq, working to pass health care reform, and repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.  I liked that President Obama seemed feisty at times, as when he criticized the Supreme Court for their recent decision in Citizens [...]

First thoughts on the iPad

I didn’t watch Steve Job’s keynote address yesterday, but like everyone else in the universe, I did catch some news of Apple’s new iPad. Despite being a big fan of Apple products, I wasn’t overly impressed. Here are some of my thoughts: Useful for note-taking, so I imagine it will be useful in classrooms (including [...]

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Reading report, 2010, week #3

Currently reading: Galileo’s Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson (54% complete) C. M. Kornbluth: The Life and Works of  a Science Fiction Visionary by Mark Rich (44%) Completed: NEW SCIENTIST (January 9, 2010) Pending: Starbound by Joe Haldeman Up in the Air by Walter Kirn A Brilliant Darkness by Joao Magueijo Wake (WWW #1) by Robert J. [...]

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