The top 16 science fiction authors, as measured by Hugo and Nebula awards, are listed by SF Signal I find it interesting that of the sixteen authors, I don’t like the works of eight. Does this make me shallow? I also find it interesting that the number one awarded author on this list, Connie Willis, …
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Head Transportation
When you’re transporting human heads, don’t lose your paperwork. Or get stopped for speeding.
Butt Blasting your Ears
I run. You probably know this. I usually run with my Ipod nano, listening to music. Some people listen to podcasts, but I’ve never really gotten in to doing that while running. Unless I’m on a long run, during which I carry a waist belt with a water bottle, I stick the nano in a …
Protecting the Unborn -or- Hypocrisy
Despite the title, this has nothing to do with abortion. This also has nothing to do with pre-natal care. It’s really more about the weirdness of people. Follow this link to an article discussing the health dangers of smoking, and smoking while pregnant. But don’t go there to see the statistics about how bad smoking …
Comment Spam Redux
Just a few days ago I made a quick posting about comment spam, and how I don’t get much. Aha! “Speak of the Devil”, and all those other phrases leap to mind. I have been biblically deluged with comment spam since that posting. Probably about 300 or so in the past 24 hours. Those of …
If You Liked First Season Heroes…
…you might find this review of Heroes’ second season amusing. For the record, I agree in principle with everything that is stated, yet I still watch. I’m a slave.
Favorite Photo of Last Month – 2
This photo is from our trip to Massachusetts last month. Believe it or nor, despite all the time I spent living within 60 miles of Minuteman National Park, the site of “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World”, I’d never been there before.
Comment Spam
I don’t get much comment spam that I have to directly moderate. Most of it is picked up by the wordpress-default comment spam eliminator Aksimet. I get some, though, and the majority is linking to (allegedly) prescription drug or (definitely) sex sites. One in particular has been hitting my moderation queue in the past week. …
Random Podcast!
This is a random sound posting. Don’t listen to it. It’s boring. I’m doing this out of pure ego. I recorded my voice, therefore I must share it with the world.
Type the States
This is more a contest of typing skill than memory, but… 2m 5s Click here to try the quiz. Thanks to Pianorayk