onight I finished the most remarkable chapter I’ve encountered thus far in my rereading of The Lord of the Rings: “The Council of Elrond.” I have absolutely no memory of this the first time around, and everything I thought I knew about it going into it was from the movie, The Fellowship of the Ring. I’ve said…
rt work in science fiction has been with the genre since its beginnings. I became much more attuned to the art work, both covers and interiors, as I embarked on my Vacation in the Golden Age, getting to see covers and drawings by golden age masters. There have been many outstanding science fiction artists that…
ecently I was chatting with Evernote’s Fitness Ambassador about how I capture some of my activity and fitness information in Evernote. It occurred to me that this may be a popular topic, especially since I do it without paper. Moreover, I’ve managed to automate some of the process, making it easy to get the data…
arlier this month, I began my reread of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. It has been going slower than I hoped, for two reasons. First my time to read has been limited. Second, I have been reading slowly and carefully, since it has been close to 30 years since I last read the…
t would seem that I have reached the stage in my writing career1 where I am receiving more and more questions about becoming a writer, selling stories, getting agents, and all of the other stuff that I imagine many of my more senior2 writer friends have had to deal with for some time now. Generally,…
was watching Star Wars1 with the Little Man. It was his first time seeing that particular movie and he had endless questions about the good guys and the bad guys and the good guys ships and the bad guys ships. It was fun watching him watch it. But what struck me most about this re-watch—the first…
hen I got back from our Thanksgiving trip, I found a new book had arrived. It’s actually one I am interested in reading so I imagine you might look for a review of it over at InterGalactic Medicine Show early next year. The Fractal Price by Hannu Rajaniemi (TOR)
ust poking my head in here quickly to say that we are back home from our long Thanksgiving weekend up in New York. We had a great time and the kids especially had a really fun time hanging out with their cousins. A big thank you goes out to my sister and brother-in-law for hosting…
esterday was Thanksgiving and we spent the day cooking and eating. The result of all of the cooking was a wonderful Thanksgiving feast. I captured the menu, which my sister cleverly scribbled on the refrigerator door, but I also tried to capture some pictures of the food. Below, is what we had for our Thanksgiving…
oday is Thanksgiving here in the U.S. and we are spending the long weekend with my sister and her family. We are planning on feasting throughout the day today, which also involves cooking most of the day. We are sharing the load and so it's my job to make the green bean casserole and the…