I've finally had enough waiting for the next shoe to drop.

This is my last direct blog post to Live Journal. I'm keeping the free account up to read my friends who haven't left.

You can find me over at Insanejournal, same handle as ever. If you've got a journal over there, please let me know in the comments to this post.

Hopefully in the next ( Read more... )

Brin on the possible memewar once the People of the Book have got all that macho shit out of their systems. Long, smart, worth considering ( Read more... )

Scalzi, in the midst of reaming out another PC idiot who tut-tuts about the horrible influence of Heinlein on modern SF, perfectly sums up the difference between creators of 'literary' fiction and writers of SF, thus ( Read more... )

Fascinating article about ol' William Lee and his ideas, found via Signs of Witness ( Read more... )

There's been talk about devices that can beam sound specifically to an individual for years - Fortean Times ran articles on it at least five years back - but an actual (non-classified) gizmo is now revealed' After years of reading puff pieces about the coming of the “Hypersonic Soundbeam,” a device designed to send targeted blasts of sound waves ( Read more... )

"...the new Serenity comics series that is due out in March. This three-issue series, Serenity: Better Days, is a step back in time to the early years of the Firefly crew, and the fledgling gang's turbulent attempts to cope with success after they pull off their first successful heist. It features the same creative team as Those Left Behind, with ( Read more... )

The beginning of the end of the Anglican/Episcopalian church? Hope so. Divide and conquer, I say ( Read more... )

Take it away, Keith ( Read more... )

Zero-G sex - only four positions work and missionary is 'impossible'.