Today, I saw the news that the SciFi channel was changing its name to SyFy. Okay… but what were they thinking to do this? Then came the reason… “The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the […]
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I’d been putting off giving in but last night I had to admit that I had a cold — maybe flu but it feels more like a cold. This morning with a temp in the 100/101 range, I stayed in bed read, napped, and did the alka selzer thing along with orange juice. I feel […]
This is the 3rd year of the WSFA Small Press Award. “The award is open to works of imaginative literature (science fiction, fantasy, horror, etc.) published in English for the first time in the previous calendar year. Furthermore, the Small Press Award is limited to works under 17,501 words in length that were published by […]
My husband and I have always had a soft spot in our hearts for March 14 — Pi Day (3.14…). We also get a giggle out of 3:14 if we happen to notice it — Pi o’clock. Okay, we’re definitely a geeky couple and have some strange ways of getting pleasure out of a day. […]
Today it was in the mid-30’s and it snowed a bit. It melted as soon as it touched the ground and later turned to rain. But, cold and rain means it felt even colder. What makes it weird is that just two days ago on Wednesday the temp was near 80 and I was outside […]
All day today I’ve felt sort of off. By they time we had supper ready, I realized I had a headache — took some Tylenol. Two hours later I realized it was a whopping migraine. After taking one of my bazooka pain pills (of which I’m getting really, really low) it seems like the edge […]
If you’re anything like me you probably wonder how we (meaning the country) got in this situation. Well, today I found a link to a great video by Jonathan Jarvis that simply explains the steps that got us to this national credit crisis. Now that I’ve watched it several times, I understand the process and […]
I’ve known about the problems of wind energy and the current power grid for quite a while. I found this article on The Energy Challenge — Wind Energy Bumps Into Power Grid Limits in the New York Times (you’ll need to login to read it). To clearly state the problem. In part: The grid today, […]