Elf-Shot on a High Holiday (Lucky Me)
Because my life is full of amusing synchronicities, been watching Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist. Great show where the main character accidentally gets limited telepathy (due to a malfunctioning MRI & and …
Review: Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars An astonishing and moving look inside a person in pain. The author isn’t shy about what it’s about. A …
An Invention Gone Wrong
I remember when we created this. This right here. Computers, the internet, social media. I remember when they hit the mainstream in the 80s with “this will(?) be the wave …
Happy Zombie Jesus
Happy zombie Jesus day! Time for deviled eggs and the cheery movie “Warm Bodies”. Honestly, what do you expect a non-Christian to think? The church claims their founder rose from …
The Sad Origins of SFV
It has come to my attention that many folks just consider the San Fernando Valley (north of Los Angeles) to simply be Hollywood adjacent. NOTE: I might be writing up …
Unsettling Hypothesis
Sigh. I really tried to keep this disturbing hypothesis to myself. This started when I talked to a medical professional; she said she worried about an “I am Legend” scenario. …
A Life Worth Remembering
He was born in 1939. Fennis Paul Maxwell, my father. Final son to a large family that fled the Dust Bowl and landed with almost nothing on the West Coast. …
My Father Passed
My father passed today. I’ll probably write something more profound about that later. But since I just found out about it a few minutes ago, that’s where I stand.
Artifacts of Time Travel
I have no idea why this keeps unspooling in my mind. The genesis of time travel links back to the resolution of -k in the vector of time. At the …
Unravelling Narratives
I hear folks, in person and on the Web, despairing about the future because history is a thing. Forces seem inevitable. And it’s easy to believe that monstrous events are …