Following another lead from Solution Watch, I have signed up for an account on Traineo. While I have been being better about my exercise and diet since the semester began about a month ago, I still need more motivation to do well, since I think I’ve only taken off about 10 pounds. Traineo keeps track [...]
Archive | September, 2006
New Stuff
I have been as busy as a busy thing lately, and my blog has suffered for it. I know that nobody really reads this thing, so this is just a personal admonition. I truly believe that writing is something that needs to be used, or it will evanesce quicker than a Hummer burns gas. Anyway, [...]
Gibson’s Merging Realities: “The Gernsback Continuum”
While many critics suggest that “Gernsback” metafictively comments on the need for change in sf, from the utopian visions of the golden age of science fiction to a more socially critical and culturally conscious expression, others suggest that it and the collective dreams that it embodies plays a continued role in what Bruce Sterling calls a modern reform of science fiction.
Last Month
A little video I forgot I took at the Steely Dan concert in Atlanta. My wife’s birthday present to me were two tickets. They played only their classic tunes — nothing from the last couple of years. It was the best show I’ve seen in a while, despite the oppressive heat. Thanks, again, A; I [...]
Science Fiction (A Definition)
Yesterday, in my current sf course, we discussed and attempted to define what we mean when we talk about “science fiction.” We read several introductions to the topic, considered a couple of illustrative texts, and decided that any definition of science fiction must be locally situated: i.e., there is unlikely anything we can call “SF” [...]
Maynard Ferguson
On of the clearest memories that I have from childhood was a night at the fairgrounds. It was early in my seventh-grade year, and I had decided I wanted to be in the band. I had also decided on the clarinet for my axe. I’m not sure why, but it probably reminded me of a [...]
