My apologies for missing my post yesterday — I spent a great weekend in Austin, hanging out with my Wild-Ass NeoPagan Tribe(TM) at the ScotchtoberFest party and seeing Zombieland with She Who Is Awesome and her thrall, Jesse. Then I rode back to CS in...

We all know that writing can be painful. The intense frustration when an idea that was pure genius in our heads translates to vapid merde when we try to put it into words on the screen. The struggle to impose form and structure on a plotline that...

So, here is a quickie, to get warmed up and breathe a little life back into my own posting habits. Science News reports that some very clever people have come up with a laser technique for detecting microbial activity. We can not only use it to, say,...

Okay, it’s been completely dead in here for far too long. I’ve been a near-total hermit since sometime late last year. I blame Obama. But I’m hereby officially re-committing to posting some postings at least once a week. I already have a couple in my...

Gardner Dozois pointed out the impeccable good taste demonstrated above.  Fifth Book From the Left. Yes, the Wind in the Willows is good too.