This time of month things get a bit crazy as we struggle to get all the zines ready to go live on January 1st. (You’ll see the list of our ezines on the left of this blog.) I’ve just about finished getting everyone’s reviews, essays, and interviews in the system and proofed. Now I get […]
Love Actually is directed by Richard Curtis and stars, among others, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, and Alan Rickman. That’s a pretty heavy duty cast so you’d expect some outstanding performances. Luckily it doesn’t disappoint. It’s not just one love story, it several–at least eight. It’s also a comedy and […]
Today was a day of surprises. I woke up to find Hyperion already out and about. He heard me moving around and said to come out on the landing. I did. What did I see? The Christmas tree just infested with tigers holding signs. You see, along with collecting bears, we also have a fair […]
It’s finally here — Christmas Eve and I’m all a twitter with excitement. I love Christmas, it’s my favorite holiday. I also love the artwork of Mary Englebreit, it makes me think of loving people, small towns, knowing all your neighbors, watching out for those around you, and just being the way life should be […]
We were walking through Sam’s Club and a movie was playing on the big screen TV in the Blu-Ray section. There seems to be a weird back and forth with a woman on a computer and a young girl and the same man was in the background of both scenes talking to them. Hmmmm, looked […]
While I’m sure this comes as no big question to professional mathematicians, I’ve never come to an understanding of the nature of infinity. The question that came up this evening while sitting at a traffic light was: if the set of integer numbers is infinite, and the set of real numbers is infinite, and integers […]
Today, this article in New Scientist caught my eye. It seems that after studying the phenomena scientists believe that lightning during a snow storm, which is a very rare event (called thundersnows), indicates that a blizzard is coming. The more lightning the stronger the blizzard. I’m originally from Maine and I think I’ve only seen/heard […]
I’ve been interested in trying to live off the grid for many, many years. But as our energy and economic crises get worse and worse it gets to be more important to start the process. I found this interesting article, “How to Unplug From the Grid” on New Scientist. The article seems pretty comprehensive in […]