Information Overload
Another interesting take on the future of information and news overload by SF writer and scientist Wil McCarthy: “Encyclopedia (not Battlestar) Galactica.”
Acting and Theater
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My younger daughter is passionate about acting in theater, and last summer played the part of Huck Finn in our local theater group’s production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. We were all amazed by the way the kids (who … Read More
In 2014, the Newspaper Died
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Someone forwarded this to me, and I finally watched it. Whoa! It’s really good. Creepy, in an SFnal sort of way. Watch it when you have 8 minutes to spare, and see what the future of our news media could … Read More
Faramir — or Jar-Jaromir?
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No, tsmacro, you weren’t the only one bothered by what the LOTR movie did to Faramir! (I’m responding, by the way, to a comment posted to the blog entry directly below this one.) Have you seen Jar-Jaromir? You must look. … Read More
Questions about Writing #5: Personal Perspective
I got an email the other day from a college student, who said he was doing a paper on my work, and would I answer a few questions? Now, if that isn’t flattering, I don’t know what is. I wrote … Read More
Wrestling Tournament in Maine
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We spent the day at the Hyde Wrestling Tournament in Bath, Maine, another girls-only tourney, this one smaller, as it was a first-time event. All three girls from the Arlington team went, plus the one girl who wrestles for Lexington … Read More
People of Faith—the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In the last few days, Christianity has been in the news a lot, for a variety of reasons. First, there’s the new pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI. I only know about him what I read in the papers, and what I … Read More