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Category: inspirational
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To my Daughter, on the Occasion of her 17th Birthday,
I don’t anticipate that you will read this, or understand. Actually, in some ways I hope you never understand. It’s difficult, to tell you what you need to know, since you are so distant now. Perhaps I should have said more, sooner, but your childhood was precious to me, and I did not desire to…
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Reeling
I left the exam this morning feeling dizzy and hollow. Part of that was not having remembered breakfast before I left the house. The rest was, well, this was the hard one. It’s all downhill from here. I’m really not up to blogging, but I wanted to share a wonderful post about Leigh Brackett, you…
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To the Stars!
This is a piece which sends a shiver up my spine, which makes me want to jump up and go out and DO something. We’re going to the stars, someday. To the stars! Go read all of it. I’m putting a big quote here, but really, it’s worth the time. Brad Torgersen has a way…
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Taking Counsel
Life is a Battleground I found myself walking across campus yesterday and wondering what I was doing there. It’s not that I feel like I don’t belong, although I have days like that, too. It’s more that I was feeling sick, stupid, and used up. I’m too old for this. I ought to have done…
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The Fan Reaction
This is a guest post by a fellow Fan who has asked to remain anonymous – I can’t at all blame him, given the vitriol being flung around on the ‘net recently. He did ask that I make sure you all knew he was proudly Canadian. So here is our friendly Blue Dragon, who recently…
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With Many Thanks
Yesterday afternoon was exciting. For the first time since becoming involved in the process, I didn’t feel like my Hugo nomination had simply disappeared into a black hole. I also got the thrill of hearing my name as one of the nominations. I am honored and humbled by that. My personal involvement with organized fandom…
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Salad, School, and other Infinite Variables
So I was making a salad, for the Eat This While you Read That! post in which I feature the erudite and entertaining Chuck Gannon and his science fiction. If you want to find out more about the recipe and how salads can be infinite, click on over to the Otherwhere gazette. This post is…
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Coffee in the Fog
I’m sitting here sipping coffee with almond milk in it, looking out at the fog. There was a train a little bit ago, with the whistle blowing all the way through town because of the heavy fog. I’m still not used to train whistles, living in New England and Alaska, trains were not part of…
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Join Arms and March
I am echoing the words of many bloggers today, as we all speak out in defense of free speech. Join us, in a virtual march, to show that you, too, defend the right to speak freely. Tell the Truth Using the idea that if you offend anyone, you’ve committed a hate crime, you can silence…
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Je suis Charlie
Mon amis, cést tragique. Debout avec moi. Pas de terreur! If you would like, the archive of images of Mohammed can be found here. Don’t let this go unchallenged. We will not be silenced by the actions of a few savage barbarians, and all we can do is to make sure the deaths are not in…
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Women and Children First
Tradition dictates that when a ship is sinking, women and children are the first to go into the lifeboats. Men and the crew stay with the ship if there is not enough room. Honor and duty, and a generation of manners we are fast forgetting. But what if there are no lifeboats? And just who…