You Got Gunpowder In My Fantasy
This is Mons Meg, a six-tonne siege gun that was state of the art in…1457. When was gunpowder invented? Is it true that the original invention was by the...
Which Genre Are We In, Again?
Michigan photos will be sorted some time this week! In the mean time, we have cyberpunk disguised as fantasy, “is this fantasy or is it weird SF",” and some...
Clones and Cliffhangers
Still in Michigan. Michigan pics will come. I even had to do a trip to Best Buy (honestly, I could probably have done this trip with one DSLR battery but...
Deadpool and Pansexual Representation
Some time back somebody told me one of my protagonists had “no reason” to be bisexual and shouldn’t be unless I showed him dating both men and women. On...
One Disturbing Book
I don’t have any pictures of southern boardwalks, this one is in PA. It’s every bit as, uh…okay, we both nearly fell in the swamp several times trying to...
Out Of Here
I’m writing this on Tuesday. First, an apology. Yes, some of you got Thursday’s post twice. It was my sticky fingers queueing posts. Second, I have another...
Cloning It
In Michigan right now, so sharing pictures from Minnesota. Close enough, right? Okay, now the Michiganders are hunting me down… Star Wars: The Clone Wars 7.1...
The First Breed of Horse
Not these ladies, but they are quite cute!Horses have been our companions for a long time. We have evidence that horses were domesticated about 6,000 years...
Thoughts on Content Warnings
I haven’t finished anything reviewable. I’ll have something to queue for next week, and likely for the week after…the flights are short, but I should still...
Could a Lightsaber Kill Deadpool?
I finally got through the first six seasons of the Clone Wars. And yes, I got to see Deadpool & Wolverine. My overall verdict: Not as good as 1,...
The Power in the North
The recent discovery that the altar stone at Stonehenge came from northern Scotland, likely Orkney, had me thinking about a few things. Honestly, we’re...
Back in the Swing of Things
The Olympics really cut into my reading time, but here are some offerings from the last week. Review: Necropolis Alpha by Chris M. Arnone This is book two in...
Summer Approaches Its End
As the Hugos returned to their normal schedule, summer’s end also means Hugo results. Here’s my thoughts on each winner: Best Novel - Some Desperate Glory by...
The Fall of Ahsoka Tano
Star Wars: Clone Wars 5.17 “Sabotage” Somebody bombs the Jedi temple. The Jedi get the blame. Anakin and Ahsoka are brought in to investigate – their primary...
Has the Generative AI Bubble Burst?
Anyone who knows me knows I have a low opinion of using “AI” to create art…or even to create marketing materials, emails, etc. It plagiarizes, it doesn’t...
Cyberpunk and Fish Out Of Water
I haven’t been to a trip that’s not a conference all year. And now I have three planned. But there will be new pictures. In the meantime, I reviewed a couple...
Rain, Rain, More Rain
Wish this was the water I was looking at. Instead, it’s on and off rain, some of it hard, from Debby. We’ve had some flooding in the subway and I just saw...
The Republic Falls
Star Wars: Clone Wars 5.3 “Front Runners.” Oops. I heard it as Alderaan. It’s Onderon. That’s not as bad as Dinom and Dinomn in Traveler, but really? Now I...
Parity for Women – How Women Have Fought to Compete
I spent a brief period of time trying modern tournament fencing. I decided it wasn’t for me, but there was another girl there who was completely hooked. I am...
Sorry, No Reviews...
Blame the Olympics for hardcore cutting into my reading time and have a picture of trees?I did manage to catch up on my comics, which had been neglected in...