Driving home tonight and I passed three houses on my block with bright red Christmas lights. It’s not Halloween yet. I like a little competition but these people are getting carried away. There wasn’t a single orange or black (UV) light set out for a Halloween decoration. Red is the color of lights to have for […]
A few quick note on the panel. Panelist; William Stoddard, Vernor Vinge, Jean Graham, James Hay William Stoddard mentioned a book called Animal Eyes, and yes it’s about animal eyes and vision. Some scrimp can see colors humans can’t. Comment, it’s not x-ray vision if superman can see through a wall and see the color […]
Artists don’t respect their customers. I attended a panel at the recent Conjecture 2014 conference where two artist gave a talk. I have mentioned before that I find artists are not morning people. The panel started at 10:00 AM yet one panel speakers complained that it was too early. I am on the computer working […]
Last weekend (Oct 17, 18, & 19 2014) I attended the San Diego Comic Fest at the Town and Country hotel on hotel circle. It was a great convention. Under I was wrong. When I got the preliminary schedule I researched the different presentations on the web (who are they talking about, should I know […]
I’m more into science fiction but I enjoy conventions and had never been to this one. Besides it don’t take much to keep me happy. I do miss listening to authors talks since the Mysteries to Die For bookstore closed. Got to hear many authors talk. Several of the authors I have never heard give […]
It’s cloudy many nights of the year here so Wednesday Oct 8 I got up at 3:00 AM to see the totality of the Lunar Eclipse. The moon does not get as red as the news would make it. Also there was a thin bit of white on one side of the moon instead of […]
The other day I went out to get my car out of the garage. I hit the button on the remote and the garage door did nothing. I could hear the electric motor turning but the door didn’t even wiggle. For problems like this there is a manual chain fall to open the door. Open […]
Silly Season is traditional newspaper language for a series or flood of wild stories in the vein of; big foot, UFO, Lock Ness sightings and conspiracy stories. This time it started with someone going through the NASA Mars picture files and finding a picture with a ball shaped rock in it. Spherical rocks are not that common on […]
On August 21, 2017 an eclipse of the sun will occur over a long narrow path that cuts across the United States west to east. I’m making plans to go. Last eclipse I got to see was in the early 1990’s in Baja California. Current plans are for setting up around the boarder of Oregon and […]
I have a friend in India who is celebrating Festival Worship of Durga. So how does one send greetings for this occasion? I wish you a merry Festival Worship of Durga, doesn’t sound good in English. No telling how it would translate. Have a happy Festival Worship of Durga, that doesn’t sound much better. Have a […]