Monthly Archive: December 2007
Sword of Truth: Book 11 Terry Goodkind concludes his philosophical fantasy series, the eleventh book in his Sword of Truth series. I call it a philosophical fantasy because there are equal parts Ayn Rand...
In previous seasons, one team or another has run away from the pack by this point in the season. Last year it was Dallas (until they hit the Golden State buzz saw). But this...
This book chronicles Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the WWII history An Army At Dawn, during his stint as an embedded journalist with the 101st Airborne in 2003 next to Major General...
With the end of the Mayan calendar looming in a scant five years (December 21, 2012 give or take), there is a seeming increase of talk, movies, articles and general water cooler chatter about...
It was a long week. Trying to close partnerships and/or sales at the end of the year is work I would wish on no friend and only on a few enemies (you know who...
Those wonderful gents in their typing machines at SF Signal invited me to guest review the novel 2012: The War for Souls by Whitley Strieber. Give it a read, and check out their SF...
In the December Global Intelligencer, I’ve got an article which takes everyday items like cell phones and TVs and equates them to the theoretical physics of the Standard Model and the Grand Unified Theory....
Win 3, Lose 1, Win 3, Lose 6, Win 3, Lose 2, Win 2 (aw, heck, there goes that consistency), Lose 1…. At 11-10, 21 games into an 82-game season, the Rockets have shown...
Sherlock Holmes meets Moorcock’s multiverse A detective that can travel the multiverse, the constant struggle between Law and Chaos, the Albino, blimps/dirigibles, rail travel and electric cars (with no oil). Plus guest appearances by...
Thanks to a post on spyscribbler’s blog, I now know how really smart you guys is. It just goes to show what a few good words about Rugby, basketball, beer and my wife will...