Barry Manilow – One Last Time With Dave Koz Manilow Last night, I went with my wife to see Barry Manilow in concert. Like a lot of guys, I’m not really all that into his music. Judging from the female choir sounding crowd participation song, I don’t think I’m alone… Continue reading
The Great Science Fiction Civil War – Part 5 The Death threats I didn’t plan to post about this today. What happened is this: I jumped onto Facebook and saw a link to this blog post by Mary Robinette Kowal, who interrupted her vacation from the internet in celebration of… Continue reading
The Great Science Fiction Civil War, Part 4 Hugo Awards 2015 This year’s Hugo Awards ballot has become a major battleground in the Great Science Ficiton Civil War. I’m not going to go into all the details of what’s going on. That information is out there and readily accessible. I… Continue reading
The Great Science Fiction Civil War Rages On Here we go again. This morning, I logged into Facebook to see if I had a response from my physician/writer friend pertaining to the previous post on a new Arizona law. There was no response, but I did find a new salvo… Continue reading
Government Can’t Pass Physical Laws Last night, Arizona governor Doug Ducey signed a bill into law that severely restricts the permissibility for abortions in the state of Arizona to be paid under any ACA (Obamacare) insurance plan. But, that isn’t what I’m posting about. As in many controvertial issues, both… Continue reading
An Eagle Scout On March 17, we held a ceremony to formally present the rank of Eagle Scout to my son, Russell. I realize some of my circle of friends take issue with the Boy Scouts of America, and for good reason, but this isn’t the right time for that… Continue reading
Math is Too Hard, Dammit! Apparently, the state of Arizona is headed toward a mathematically illiterate society. We expect too much from from our children, at least, that’s what I gather from this letter to the editor that appeared on the opinions page of today’s Arizona Republic. (If you can’t… Continue reading
One of the greatest assets with which a person can be blessed is open-mindedness. I was raised in a family who taught me to respect people of all varieties. Add to that some travel to foreign countries and the privilege of earning an advanced degree, and I’ve become fairly good… Continue reading
An Update on the Great Science Fiction Civil War If you have any doubt there is some vitriol flying around the genre these days, let me submit two examples. Exhibit A There is a screed here by William Lehman equating the lack of real science fiction with the lack of… Continue reading
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band in Phoenix 2015 Last night, my wife and I attended a concert by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. Historically, I’ve never been much of a concert-goer. I saw Roger Waters in Milwaukee during the Radio K.A.O.S. tour (right hafter he broke… Continue reading
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