Monthly Archives: April 2008

The folks at Kennedy Space Center are going to respond to a strange message that washed up on the beach near the space complex. The message was from a girl in the Bahamas who through a bottle containing a letter into … Continue reading →

This was a pretty good con, all in all. The writing workshop was extremely beneficial. Over and over again, I heard corrections that were mostly in the nit-picky category, although I do have some work to do in the point-of-view … Continue reading →

I saw a young woman crawling on her hands and knees while on a leash. This has to do with science fiction and open source, somehow? The writing workshop continues to be beneficial. Most of the suggestions and comments I’m … Continue reading →

Stuff is pretty cool. Tonight, I saw “singing tesla coils.” This is cooler than it sounds; by applying differing amounts of voltage/current to the coil, they generate a different pitch. When controlled by the computer, they can play entire songs.  … Continue reading →

We’re off to see the wizard…*sings* I’ll be at Penguicon in Troy, Michigan for the next few days. While there are a lot of fun, geek-centered activities at this con, I will be a square for most it. I’m going … Continue reading →

Static won last week’s caption contest with comment #17. With no further ado, I give you this week’s entry: Racial jokes are right out, so don’t even make them. (Notice I didn’t say “gender” jokes.)

Jimmy Carter doesn’t know when to leave well enough alone. Former President Jimmy Carter embraced a leading Hamas figure Tuesday, according to participants in a meeting that infuriated Israeli officials already upset by Carter’s freelance Mideast peace mission. Carter also … Continue reading →

The age for the draft is eighteen years old. Young men who are not old enough to drink are nonetheless privileged to fight and die for their country under arms on foreign soil. These same young men, who would be … Continue reading →

  This *proves* it.