(No spoilers--if any response you make includes spoilers, please note it at the beginning-thanks ( Read more... )

One of my professors, Craig Chalquist, Ph.D., an author and science fiction fan, decided to contribute a possible ending to Dickson's uncompleted series. I told him I would help spread the word in fandom. You can read his introduction, and the story at ( Read more... )

I just posted a short story that is a 9th Doctor/Cordelia Vorkosigan crossover to the Fan Fest. If you would like to read it go to:
http://community.livejournal.com/bujold_fic/98164.html

There are lots of great stories there!

Ok...I'm in love with Alan Wallace (http://www.alanwallace.org). He's warm, funny, articulate, and very skilled at teaching and leading meditation. Heck, at this point I would go listen to him talk about almost anything. I bought a second book of his today, and will order a third from Amazon ( Read more... )

Today I went to a local retreat center called Spirit Rock for a day long introduction to a book called _Brilliancy_ by A.H. Almaas, founder of the Diamond Approach (http://www.ahalmaas.com). I know a number of people who work in the Diamond Approach, had learned a little about it in my classes ( Read more... )

I had one root canal and crown in August, and knew then that I was going to need another, but hoped to put it off until after the first of the year so my dental insurance would pick up a chunk of the cost. Today, however, at lunch, a piece of the tooth came off, and off the dentist I went for a root canal. Last time I toughed it out with my mouth ( Read more... )