A brief recap of the two weeks encompassing July 8, 2016CE and July 22, 2016CE ( Read more... )

The week before Minicon, I was in the San Francisco Bay area for the memorial for my uncle Arthur Lipow. I took a lot of photos, lent a small camera to extended niece Lily, and also took touristy photos while I was there. For some reason, I was attracted to the Golden Gate Bridge and environs, and tried to get it in as many shots as possible. ( Read more... )

After some contretemps regarding the old domain name, my listing in The Nobles of Ladonia has returned. The Old World Order has been restored. I remain a real Baron of a fake country.

I have fixed the original entry about my title, here on LiveJournal, though other links to the old domain are scattered about the net and can't be so easily

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Cuba links for YouTube etc

I visited Cuba as part of a Road Scholar tour from May 20 through May 29, 2015CE. The first and last days were in Miami, and the secon and penultimate days were travel, but we saw a lot, and took a lot of photos, in Havana and Trinidad. I also made notes, took video, and annotated my photos to make a travelogue ( Read more... )

Thirty five years ago, give or take, I had this Mad Plan (tm) to adapt Dhalgren as a Shockwave Radio Theater production in three minute segments. I figured it would take 500 or so episodes, which would keep a weekly radio show going for a long time. Alas, this never came about. For the Convergence 2015 Panel “Dhalgren’s Wounded City: Bellona” ( Read more... )

Last month, my mother and I went to Cuba. I've been posting on Facebook, and have gathered together postings here. I'm still processing the photos and videos. In the meantime, let me share a couple of my favorite photos, and some observations:


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In a recent jaunt to NYC I was asked by a couple of twenty-somethings, "Who's your favorite sf author?" The answer was a bit easier than usual, since the death of Leonard Nimoy was just in the news: "Theodore Sturgeon. And I know you know one of his lines: (making the split-fingered Vulcan salute) 'Live Long and Prosper ( Read more... )

I went on a police ride along on Friday, Dec. 12. This was long in the making, and involved months of talking to Lieutenants, Inspectors, Sergeants and Officers. I'm on the Lyndale Neighborhood Crime and Safety Committee, which meets at the Mpls Police 5th Precinct station.


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I'll be out of town starting tomorrow (Thurs 8/7) and will have to miss much of the Fringe. Alas. And my last video is too big a project to do beforehand, so you'll have to make do with the information and promo video on the Fringe listing.

Dreams of The Rarebit FiendA stage show based on the surreal Windsor McCay comic strip from the early ( Read more... )