Archive for April, 2007
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
Every so often I start thinking that we have a functioning democracy in the United States. And then something like this crops up, where the guys with the money get to dictate the playing field. The Postal Service will be raising rates by massive proportions on small, independent periodicals, ...
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
So, thanks to my tech-savvy neighbor, I'm all caught up with Heroes. It's definitely enjoyable and quite addictive. As I'm not watching it on network tv, I'm continually amazed at how scary, creepy, violent and risque it is. It doesn't feel like network television (though, weeding commercials out of ...
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
In a pair of posts, the current SFWA V.P. has created a firestorm by calling writers who give away their work online "webscabs" a term that he later regretted using and tried to clarify but which has stained the larger themes he was attempting to touch upon.
I actually have a ...
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Thursday, April 19th, 2007
We all carry storylines in our heads. We tell ourselves stories about who we are as individuals, who we are as communities and nations. Individually and collectively we use them as lenses to make sense of our situations and to steer our behaviors.
The reason why most of my ...
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Thursday, April 19th, 2007
As Gigi notes, I've been absent from blog land. Can't really explain why. Just sort of lost steam.
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Monday, April 9th, 2007
is up at the Asimov's website:
http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0704/yellowcard.shtml
If you haven't had a chance to read it before, take a gander.
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