Author: Larry

Can Houston Rockets Choke City 2 turn into Clutch City 2? 1

Can Houston Rockets Choke City 2 turn into Clutch City 2?

Disclaimer right up front: I am biased. I had Rockets season tickets for the great Hakeem Olajuwon’s entire career, and saw every game of the two championship playoff runs. And I agree the old...

Getting Married is Like Having a Ring in Your Nose 1

Getting Married is Like Having a Ring in Your Nose

On this 25th anniversary of our wedding, I tell the tale that many of you have heard, and cemented everyone’s admiration for my lovely bride. She’s sneaky…and gorgeous. As skeptical as I was about...

Audrey, Rugby and Rod Stewart’s wife 0

Audrey, Rugby and Rod Stewart’s wife

Twenty-five years ago today, my wife and I had our combined bachelor-bachelorette party – yes, on April Fools Day. Most of my friends indeed thought I was kidding…and are still awaiting the punchline. I...

Interview with Andy Weir, author of THE MARTIAN, on SFSignal.com 0

Interview with Andy Weir, author of THE MARTIAN, on SFSignal.com

My interview with Andy Weir, author of the bestseller THE MARTIAN, is live on the two-time Hugo award winning SFSignal.com. An excerpt: LARRY: In the Ares 3 mission team in THE MARTIAN, you have a Commander,...

Google Glass 0

On being a Google Glass-hole

It’s not a very attractive phrase, but it does seem to be prevalent, and addresses invasion of privacy concerns. And, yes, I have joined the ranks of Google Glass “Explorers”, Google’s name for folks...

Interview with James Gunn, Grand Master of Science Fiction 0

Interview with James Gunn, Grand Master of Science Fiction

My interview with James Gunn, recipient of the Damon Knight Grand Master of Science Fiction award, was posted on the Hugo award winning SFSignal. It was also picked up by io9 where a nice...

WorldCon 71 / LoneStarCon 3 0

WorldCon 71 / LoneStarCon 3

I only had a half-a-con, spending the mornings at the conference and the afternoons/evenings with family in San Antonio. But even a half-a-con was full SFSignal, which I occasionally post an article here and...

Packers Preseason – what to do when no broadcast available 0

Packers Preseason – what to do when no broadcast available

Finally, the Packers are back. Sure, it’s only preseason. But offensive line injuries, new running backs, 1st round draft pick Datone Jones and new pickup Vince Young peaked Pack fans’ curiosity. But calling around...

Review of The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams up on SFSignal 0

Review of The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams up on SFSignal

Tad Williams is one of my “read-everything-he-puts-out” authors…except for the cat book. No cat books. My review of the first book in his latest series, The Dirty Streets of Heaven, is up on the...

Untappd on AppAnnie 0

The Psychology of UnTappd

If you haven’t heard of or used the app known as Untappd, you may not be a beer drinker. But the rise in Craft Beer brewing and drinking in America (see a good infographic...