Some site changes you might have noticed.

I’ve been reading all the social network posts about the Covid19 lockdowns and social distancing, and the many ways people have discovered or invented to keep themselves occupied. Singing opera on balconies, building Lego cities…there’s been some amazing ideas (here and here for some of them). My own response has been very cliched: When I […]

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Minimize Your Therbligs

Minimize your therbligs until it becomes automatic; this doubles your effective lifetime–and thereby gives time to enjoy butterflies and kittens and rainbows. Robert A. Heinlein – The Notebooks of Lazarus Long _____________________________ This Heinlein quote has become a personal mission of mine. I first read Time Enough for Love (the book from which nearly all

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Advantages And Drawbacks Of Both Paper And Pixel Books

Science Fiction readers, despite being comfortable with the idea of advanced technology, have been slow to adapt to ebooks (especially compared to romance readers). But we’re getting there! Everyone has heard of e-books , even if they haven’t bought one. But more than a few readers are still resistant to them, which is a shame. They have their drawbacks — but

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Lionlike Heroes

If you’re a regular reader of my blog, I’m sure you’ve figured out by now that I’m just a little bit in awe of science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein – for a variety of reasons, including the fact that he’s one of a microscopic collection of authors who can make me cry. Heinlein had

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