I thought it would go away weeks ago, but I saw it again tonight. Almost as if it has perfect health care coverage, the Facebook health-care status meme just won’t die. You know, the one reading thus: No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one …
For any cadets stumbling around and finding this site, this news is just in: 208: Special Topics (Tolkien) – Livingston Yep. That’s a class on J.R.R. Tolkien being offered for your attending and learning pleasure this spring, here at The Citadel. And with that 200 number almost everyone can take …
I got a little package in the mail on Friday from the Netherlands, which is not something that happens every day. I did, however, have several theories about what it might be when I finally whipped out my knife to open it up. Material from one of the overseas contributors …
It’s no secret that among my favorite people on the planet is Mary Robinette Kowal. She’s been ripping up the proverbial charts of the speculative fiction industry of late, with awards (little ol’ thing called the Campbell) and book deals and generally exquisite swellness. She was even recently nominated for …
Not sure how I missed posting about this, but on my return from Colorado I found waiting for me a few copies of The Explicator, a journal of short papers that explicate literary texts. Opening one up (Volume 67, Number 3, pages 191-95, for those following at home) brought me …