The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve. I don’t know who said it. I’ve no doubt a Google search would turn up a dozen claimants to the prize. In the end, it’s not the sentence that matters, it’s the meaning. The Golden Age of science fiction is what you read when you were twelve,Continue reading “On Voting in the Psi Phi Awards”
Author Archives: Allyn
On Hockey
The National Hockey League has canned its season due to their protracted labor dispute. Pardon my bluntness but, who gives a flying fuck? The story lead off last night’s eleven o’clock newscasts. The story was plastered on page one of the Raleigh newspaper, an editorial in the news opinion pages, and then three pages inContinue reading “On Hockey”
On Touching the Past
Still sneezing and sniffling, I wrote a letter today. Not an e-mail. A letter. It’s to a friend of mine, one I’ve not spoken to or seen in several years. It says nothing profound, just summarizes the last few years in about two hundred words. Here’s where I am. Here’s the important things I’ve done.Continue reading “On Touching the Past”
On Sneezing
I wouldn’t feel quite so bad were I not sneezing all the time. If I’m not sneezing, I feel as though I’m about to sneeze. If I don’t feel as though I’m about to sneeze, I feel like I have something squishy stuck in my nose. And then I sneeze. And sneeze. And sneeze. AndContinue reading “On Sneezing”
On Sherlock Holmes's Schooling
The first paragraph of the Sherlock Holmes’s essay: “[D]uring the whole of his recorded conversations with Watson, Holmes never mentioned his school-days. As Watson talked freely to Holmes of his own life at school…, the proper inference is that Holmes had no schooldays reciprocally to discuss, which I think is the truth of the matter.”Continue reading “On Sherlock Holmes's Schooling”
On Dreams
My sleep was somewhat restless last night. I thought I was getting over a cold, not catching a cold. Today I feel worse than I did yesterday. The nasal passages feel phlegmy, the head swims. Cold medicine I won’t touch–it makes me wired, jittery, and vaguely loopy. Fortunately, I scheduled myself for a late shiftContinue reading “On Dreams”
On Mike Logan
I watched Law and Order: Criminal Intent tonight. Chris Noth–Detective Mike Logan from the first five seasons of the original Law and Order–guest-starred. I don’t usually watch Criminal Intent–Vincent D’Onofrio can be really tough to take. Truthfully, I don’t often watch any of the Law and Order series, though I used to watch every weekContinue reading “On Mike Logan”
On Wanting and Not Having
I went to Best Buy last night, in search of a DVD and a CD both released within the last week. I walked out with two DVDs, neither of which I had gone in to buy. The music CD? They hadn’t heard of it. Life goes on.
On Pooh and Heffalumps
I went to see Pooh’s Heffalump Movie yesterday afternoon. It’s a fun film, nothing earth-shattering. Someone who likes Pooh will like the movie. Someone who doesn’t like Pooh will probably be bored out of their skull. The story focuses mainly on Roo. A mysterious sound awakens the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood one morning,Continue reading “On Pooh and Heffalumps”
On Wookies
Today’s Penny Arcade comic may be one of the funniest takes on Star Wars I’ve ever seen. I can’t imagine Uncle George will be pleased, but who gives a toss what Uncle George thinks? He put fart jokes in The Phantom Menace. It’s only a short hop from there to crude, sexual humor. Enjoy!