…and so should you, if you haven’t already. One of the things I’ve always treasured with Dori is how she values voting (and to a lesser extent, politics) as much as I do. Other than the very occasional elections where it’s only local judges or school boards where I don’t know enough to vote intelligently, [...]
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I’ve had enough of the gun religion
Posted in culture, politics on July 30, 2012 | 5 Comments »
I’m angry. I wrote this a week ago, in the aftermath of the latest US gun massacre, and decided to sit on it to see how I’d feel. But I haven’t changed my mind. I’m so damn tired of the fools mouthing the slogan “When you make guns illegal, only the criminals will have them.” [...]
Eleventh Annual Oscar blogging
Posted in culture on February 26, 2012 | Comments Off
And the Oscars went to: Multiple Oscar winners: Hugo: 5 The Artist: 5 The Iron Lady: 2 For those who are unfamiliar with me doing this, you can find previous year’s Oscarblogging at: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Updates will be (mostly) placed at the end, so scroll down. After [...]
Virginia Republicans require women seeking abortions to be raped first
Posted in culture, health, politics on February 15, 2012 | Comments Off
This is a transvaginal ultrasonic probe. Normally, it is a valuable diagnostic device that promotes women’s health. It is used by putting it into a woman’s vagina. The Virginia legislature now requires its use on women seeking abortions, whether or not she or her doctor agree, and for no medical reason. The only motivation for this bill is to obtain [...]
Attack of the Return of the Kindle Plunging
Posted in culture, technology on January 25, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A while back, I mentioned how I had ordered a $99 Kindle Touch, and said that I’d report back after I’d had it for a while. Here are my mostly positive thoughts. Size: I like this thing a lot. It’s smaller than my iPad, which needs to either be in a bag or under my arm [...]
Taking the Kindle Plunge
Posted in culture, technology on September 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’ve written here about the Kindle twice before. When it was first released in late 2007, I predicted that it was going to be a hit, and many really smart friends (and my wife) told me I was dead wrong and that it was going to be a flop. Then, when the Kindle 2 was [...]
We’ve been having a great time here at Worldcon in Reno, and we’ve been writing about it, too, at Stack Exchange’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Community Blog. Check it out!
Between August 17 and August 21, we’ll be attending Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, in Reno. What started out as a pleasure trip has turned into business for both of us. I’m speaking on three panels. Dori is representing her employer, Stack Exchange, which special emphasis on two Stack sites: Science Fiction and [...]
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