One of the most puzzling things to many people is the sight of people rioting in cities.  As we see right now (of this writing of May 30, 2020), Minneapolis in particular, and many other cities in the USA to a lesser degree, are seeing rioters burning buildings, overturning cars, looting and causing all manner of chaos in urban areas.  "Why," asks ( Read more... )

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I was just brought to attention about an article written by Dr. Michelle Cretella on transgenderism and youth, in which she likens treating children just entering puberty with puberty blockers and hormones as "child abuse."  The article, written in the Daily Signal, lists her credentials as such:

Michelle Cretella, M.D., is president of the ( Read more... )

Being a fan of the X-Files, I was also a fan of Chris Carter's other TV show, Millennium, running from 1996 to 1999.  The show starred Lance Hennriksen, and was about a former FBI agent who was investigating strange, paranormal-tinged cases in the Seattle area, working with a shadowy consulting agency called "The Millennium Group."  I really ( Read more... )

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*Dusts off the mic and the sound equipment*

For good or ill -- I'm back!  My life has been crazy this last academic year, but now it's coming to a close (last week of instruction is this week -- yay!) and then I get a few weeks off.  Next week is finals, and the weekend of the 19-21 is DomConLA 2017, and I will be reporting from that!


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The last two months have been a whirlwind of crazy activity.  Now that much -- but not all -- of it has calmed down, I thought my return to blogging would be a catch up on what has been going on.

Let's start in August and move to October:

1.  Scheduling: The fall semester started back in August, and one of the first things I had to do was get ( Read more... )