This sucks.
Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border
Well, there’s Homeland Security for you. Authors are dangerous people, you know. Subversive. Some of us want to make you think.
If I had a spare chunk of cash….
…you need something else to call Tronald Gump, here is the list I composed. Some of these may be found elsewhere, but none of them were copied. Not all gems, perhaps, but I wanted a mix of long and short. Prune Covered In Orange Slime Mold Decaying Baby-Tooth Dead Blobfish Dipped In Tang Thing Moving…
What exactly makes a word or phrase “too modern” to be used by a resident of the Pleistocene? Can anyone give me a nice concise accurate dictionary of caveman-speak? I don’t think so. I am constantly amazed at how one person after another can pick out dozens of “wrong” words — and no two lists…
Dinner is cooking, and it smells great. No turkey. No great expectations. No plans for the next artificial emotional pump-up. No one screaming and cursing at the TV, no after-dinner battles to sour the food. It’s quiet, peaceful. Enjoyable. Not all families are like that, but I know mine wasn’t unique — there are enough…
A Parable of Privacy and Security Once upon a time there was a a country ruled by a blind giant. In the beginning, he seemed to be a kind ruler. His subjects were contented and happy. Neighboring kingdoms readily allied with his. Since most of the people thought that he had their best interests at…
Another contribution by A. Nonymous: Knock-Rap for the Guv Little Scotty Walker Playun with his Raygun Shootin down people Who dare to be prayin For jobs and food For their family He got a news slant On the economy The few should be great And the many, little To make ends meet Just throw out…
My previous web hosting lacked security, and gradually my site became a party zone for script kiddies. Not only littered with unwelcome files, it was impossible to clean up because file permissions had become unchangeable. Support ticket? Forget it. So, last night I grabbed some recent logfiles and torched the whole thing. Well, scorched it,…