For the curious reader of science fiction (scifi) and fantasy
You gotta play this animation on Newsday.com. It’s by Walt Handelsman: “N.S.A. Wiretapping.” (Thanks to Keith Truesdale for passing this on to me.)
The following picture has been emailed to me twice now. Maybe some of you have seen it, too. The caption that came with the photo said, in part: “This is the sunset at the North Pole with the moon at … Read More
I stumbled onto this through an email from Orion Magazine. For a nifty slide show of some very cool nature photography, take a look at Drive-By Photography of Dewitt Jones.
This video came to me in an email, but it wasn’t hard to find a web site where I could link to it. In case you wondered whether animals like to have fun (I don’t know why you would doubt … Read More
Meme Therapy is the name of a science-fiction related blog that’s pretty interesting. They’ve wangled a fair number of mini-interviews of authors, and everyone knows authors have interesting things to say. (cough cough) And—oh!—I forgot to mention!—they have a mini-interview … Read More
Much has been written about the 2004 presidential election, and questions have abounded about whether or not the election was stolen. The issue is far from settled, though not so much talked about now. But what reawakened my interest was … Read More
They just can’t leave Big Bird alone, can they? This is from last Friday’s Washington Post: A House subcommittee voted yesterday to sharply reduce the federal government’s financial support for public broadcasting, including eliminating taxpayer funds that help underwrite such … Read More