I promised Lisa at PhilCon that I’d post about this. 🙂 In the run-up to the mid-term election Pennsylvania’s junior Senator, Rick Santorum, made a most bizarre statement: that the war in Iraq was drawing the Eye of Mordor away from the United States. No, really. He did. “As the hobbits are going up MountContinue reading “On Writing a Letter to Rick Santorum”
On Egyptian Signs
Once again, stolen from Lisa, my Egyptian Zodiac sign is: Satis Peace-loving and tolerant, receptive to wealth, analytical and science-minded, tender towards those who are not ignorant, can sometimes be angry. Colors: male: deep red, female: deep blueCompatible Signs: Amon-Ra, Set Dates: Jan 1 – Jan 7, Jun 19 – Jun 28, Sep 1 –Continue reading “On Egyptian Signs”
On Great Simpsons Quotes
Michael Chabon, while beating up Jonathan Franzen: Ooh, you fight like Anne Rice! Of course, the highlight of tonight’s episode was J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson, editor of a poetry magazine. 🙂
On Tarot Cards
Though I’ve done a similar quiz before (where I was revealed to be the Hierophant), there’s a new Internet meme going around, seen most recently on Lisa‘s LiveJournal–which Tarot Card best fits your personality: You are The Lovers Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse. The Lovers represents intuition and inspiration. Very oftenContinue reading “On Tarot Cards”
On a Sign of the Apocalypse
My grandmother is watching The O.C.. She wanted me to sit down and watch it with her. I think I’d rather stab my hand repeatedly with a fork than watch The O.C.. Is this what my life has been reduced to?
On Excel
I want it said. I hate Excel. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. So why must I be so bleeding good at using it?
On the Books I've Read
Stolen from Richard White, a list of the most significant science fiction novels written since 1953. We’re going to bold the titles I’ve read, strikethrough the ones I’ve read and hated, italicize the ones I’ve started and never finished, and put a star next to the ones I love. Any questions? 🙂 The Lord ofContinue reading “On the Books I've Read”
On a Pastafarian Insight
This occurred to me at work today. Might the Flying Spaghetti Monster be one of the Elder Gods? Consider. Pastafarians bless one another with the saying, “May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage.” Conventionally, we think of the Noodly Appendage as, well, pasta. Could it actually be a tentacle? Could the pasta merely beContinue reading “On a Pastafarian Insight”
On Grand Designs
Grand Designs, the Star Trek: Corps of Engineers compilation containing my novella Ring Around the Sky, will be published by Pocket Books in July of 2007. The cover for it was unveiled today: The cover image is of the world Kharzh’ulla IV, seen in my story, as rendered by artist Chris Moore. Kharzh’ulla boasts ofContinue reading “On Grand Designs”
On Some Political Speculation
There’s a rumor that Vice President Dick Cheney may be resigning in the near future. Considering that Cheney is the one person in the government with lower approval ratings than the President, unloading the albatros that is Cheney might give the administration some bouyancy. Oh, who am I kidding? President Bush is his own albatros.Continue reading “On Some Political Speculation”