Today’s word is: robotics Definition from TheFreeDictionary Coined in 1941 by Isaac Asimov, born this day in 1920 (or thereabouts).
Beliefs and Beginnings
I love history. I consider myself an amateur historian — that’s what the It Was 20 Years Ago Today podcast is all about. I listen to a few podcasts that have to do with history; one is the remarkable series
We’ve Spilled It All Before — Proposal
(Crossposted on Daily Kos and should appear on Facebook as well.) As I write this, it looks like the BP – Deepwater Horizon oil spill may actually be coming to an end. The actual spillage, anyway. Despite the White House’s
Literary Geek Meme
Got this one because someone thinks I’m a literary geek. As I go through the questions, I’m beginning to wonder about that, I’m afraid … I’m only tagging folks I think might want to see my answers. No one’s on
Just a Little Twilight Vent
This was one of the three quotations on Google’s Quote of the Day gadget today: Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a
A man never forgets. A man pays his debts.
You will no doubt have read the sad news in many other places by the time you read it here, but if you haven’t seen it yet, go take a look at Sydney Pollack’s obituary. I’m hardly qualified to comment
NaNoWriMo ideas
A few days ago I decided I’ll try my hand at the National Novel Writing month project, after Ali pointed it out. I’ve got it narrowed down to four ideas that I think I could have a go at, and