Thursday, January 31, 2019

Yokai Among Us

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If you're looking for unusual, non-European creatures to use as fictional characters, check out the yokai of Japan. This word, often tra...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Reviews 45 - Military Science Fiction and Mystery Genre

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Reviews 45 Military Science Fiction and Mystery Genre by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Reviews have not been indexed yet, but I talk about...
Sunday, January 27, 2019

The Dirty Cloud and the Environmental Cost Of Piracy

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Everyone who seems to matter decries fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas. nuclear), but not a lot of mention is made of what is used to generate ...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

Portal Fantasies

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If you stepped through a portal into a magical realm and had to choose whether to stay there permanently or live permanently in this world w...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

How To Use Tarot And Astrology In Science Fiction Part 4 - Explore Solutions New To Reader

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How To Use Tarot And Astrology In Science Fiction Part 4 Explore Solutions New To Reader   The previous entries in this series are: ...
Sunday, January 20, 2019

Controlled Digital Lawlessness

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"CDL" is an acronym for "Controlled Digital Lending", and the trouble with CDL is, it is controlled and run by persons w...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

Writer Emergency Pack

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One of my Christmas presents was a clever little item called the Writer Emergency Pack. It's a deck of cards with prompts to help a stuc...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Copyright, DRM, and Phone Repair

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Copyright, DRM,  and Phone Repair  Back in October, 2018, things changed that most people didn't know needed changing. Changes li...
Saturday, January 12, 2019

SCOTUS To Rule On F-Bomb Use

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Let's dive straight into the gutter. Can you call your clothing and lifestyle "FUCT" (for trademark purposes)?  For that matte...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019

Robots in the Home

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More new developments in household robotics: Are Domestic Robots the Way of the Future? One problem foregrounded by this article is peop...
Tuesday, January 08, 2019

Reviews 44 - Marked by Benedict Jacka

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Reviews 44 Marked by Benedict Jacka In the How To Use Tarot And Astrology In Science Fiction series, Part 3 https://aliendjinnro...
Saturday, January 05, 2019

Beware Body Language... And Easy Gifting

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Pundits on news and opinion networks seem particularly fond of analysing the body language of British royal family members, and of Prime Min...
Thursday, January 03, 2019

New Year Customs

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Happy New Year! Do you eat black-eyed peas for luck on New Year's Day? Although my grandmother, who grew up in rural North Carolina, o...
Tuesday, January 01, 2019

How To Use Tarot And Astrology In Science Fiction Part 3 - Suspend Reader Disbelief

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How To Use Tarot And Astrology In Science Fiction Part 3 Suspend Reader Disbelief  Previous posts in this discussion: Tarot: https...
Sunday, December 30, 2018

Tattoo Troubles

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Would you permanently affix someone else's copyrighted intellectual property onto your body, so that  you might have to pay that copyri...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Alternative Christmases

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When is Christmas not Christmas? When its equivalent appears under another name in a holiday episode of a TV series or movie franchise. TV T...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

How To Use Tarot & Astrology In Science Fiction Part 2 - Now Speculate

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How To Use Tarot & Astrology  In Science Fiction Part 2 Now Speculate Part 1 is found at: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot...
Sunday, December 23, 2018

Right Of First Sale Does Not Apply To Digital

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A copyright owner has the exclusive right to publish, reproduce, and distribute her work. This applies to music files, and to ebooks. Fair...
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