Sunday, May 30, 2021

Get Your Draws On

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Summer time, and the drawings are easy. Or are they?  Disclaimers first, which is always a good policy. I am not a doctor, not a lawyer, and...
Thursday, May 27, 2021

Human Domestication

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Here's a cartoon, funny in a slightly warped way, about the alleged negative consequences of Homo sapiens domesticating ourselves in the...
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Reviews 66 The Collegium Chronicles Novels of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey

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Reviews 66 The Collegium Chronicles Novels of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey Reviews haven't (yet) been indexed. https://smile.amazon.com/g...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

You're In Glad Hands?

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Handshakes  are  back!  Today, I am at the Amelia Island concours d'elegance, where classic cars and safe hands are very much top of min...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

Whale Culture

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Do animals have culture, defined as the customs of a particular social group? Not too long ago, established science would have answered with...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

How Long Should A Chapter Be?

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How Long Should A Chapter Be This may become a Part One A Chapter should be long enough to complete its structure and set up the next chapte...
Sunday, May 16, 2021

The Importance Of Being Backed Up

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Which is nothing to do with the alimentary canal, nor with being Ernest.   Please forgive today's brevity. After four days since my seco...
Thursday, May 13, 2021

Quantitative and Qualitative

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Cory Doctorow's latest LOCUS column analyzes the difference between quantitative and qualitative measurements and the pitfalls of depend...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Reviews 65 Mercy Thompson novels by Patricia Briggs

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Reviews 65 Mercy Thompson novels by  Patricia Briggs Reviews haven't been indexed yet.  Search Reviews on this blog to find more. Patric...
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Saturday, May 08, 2021

Geeks Doing Good #SFWAauction

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Science Fiction Writers of America is partnering with Worldbuilders to hold a week-long silent auction starting on May 10th from 12:00 pm Pa...
Thursday, May 06, 2021

Me Tarzan, You Jane

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Recently I've watched several Tarzan movies, including two of the classic Johnny Weissmuller films. It's always annoyed me that this...
Tuesday, May 04, 2021

Reviews 64 - Transgressions of Power by Juliette Wade

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Reviews 64 Transgressions of Power by Juliette Wade Transgressions of Power is not a Romance, but it is intrigue with Relationships as the s...
Sunday, May 02, 2021

In Your Teeth

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If I were to suggest that you could whiten your teeth by gargling with your first-of-the-morning urine, and you decided to try it and it ...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

Beginner's Mind

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This week I watched a video lecture on creativity delivered by Kermit the Frog. It started with a celebration of the Big Bang as the origina...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Afterthoughts Part 1

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Afterthoughts  Part 1 In anticipation of there being more afterthoughts - plus a number of reviews and commentaries on long series of books ...
Saturday, April 24, 2021

Size Matters

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If yours is small, April 26th is your day to shine.   "Yours" meaning your IP enterprise. Why, because April 26th is World Intelle...
Thursday, April 22, 2021

Ownership of Ideas

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Volume 31, Issue 1 of the JOURNAL OF THE FANTASTIC IN THE ARTS includes an article by Dennis Wilson Wise on the literary development of EPVI...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Theme-Character Integration Part 17 Building a Lead Character from Theme

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Theme-Character Integration Part 17 Building a Lead Character from Theme Previous posts in this Theme-Character Integration series are index...