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The Pantheon dome and its oculus as the Moon and the Earth. (From APoD.)

“Boy meets pig. Boy frames pig as a jewel thief. Boy loses pig, and has all his leather-clad supermodel/cat-burglar sidekicks karate-chopped into submission by pig. It’s practically the world’s oldest story.” (From the “Inventory” feature at Onion AV Club. The … Continue reading →

At the risk of vexing people who’ve seen enough about the shootings at Virginia Tech, I thought I’d pass on some messages about Jamie Bishop (a German professor at VT and son of sf writer Michael Bishop) from an unlikely … Continue reading →

This week’s Writer’s Five. Questions about where your main character lives Answered for Morlock, as usual. 1 – What type of home is it? Morlock is essentially homeless, so he lives wherever he is. By preference he’ll live in a … Continue reading →

More from Howard V. Hendrix. (Then I first saw the name a few days ago I thought it was a legal case–Howard versus Hendrix.) This installment by way of GallyCat. He regrets the inflammatory choice of words (without reference to … Continue reading →

The pixel-stains on my virtual fingers were fading a bit, so I engaged in a bit of technopeasant wretchedness by updating my egomaniacal shrine to myself website. Most of the changes are to the stories page, where I shifted things … Continue reading →

Kurt Vonnegut died last night in Manhattan (according to Reuters and the NYT).

This week’s Writer’s Five Time to get your Evil on – Questions for your WIP’s villain – Answering for the insectlike, mountain-dwelling Khroi who afflict Morlock (and vice versa) in an upcoming novella in Black Gate; I’m hoping they will … Continue reading →

(Poetry meme filched from eeknight.) If they told you I’m mad, then they lied.I’m odd, but it isn’t compulsive.I’m the triolet, bursting with pride;If they told you I’m mad, then they lied.No, it isn’t obsessive. Now hideAll the spoons or … Continue reading →

I like linguists and linguistics but a recent post at Language Log about the proposed California “Compassionate Choices Act” (AB 374) reminded me why linguists, like anyone else, need a smack with a wet fish every now and then. Geoff … Continue reading →