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It seems so distant now, Gene Roddenberry’s vision of all kinds of people working together, exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations. He had a dream where conflict was resolved, mostly between the US and the Soviet Union, the eternal superpowers who once they worked out their differences, we could really […]

Trump also praised Lil Wayne as an activist and a “really nice guy.” Weezy got a lot of criticism for their pow wow, but it seems he’s on track to reap a big reward for it now. As we reported … Wayne pled guilty in federal court last month to illegally possessing a loaded weapon while traveling […]

We have a day named after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which is today. But let’s be honest, every SJW out there these days would cancel him based on this statement alone: “I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their […]

I saw a bit of a fuss on Twitter by the usual SJW suspects. What could possibly be the issue this time? Of course, members of “marginalized communities.” You throw that term in there and you’re REALLY sorry. It took me awhile to figure out what the heck they were doing which was so outrageous […]

Today I have my deposition for the Worldcon trial. It should go pretty well as they clearly libeled me with their statement on their website, which clearly resulted in the blacklisting of me in the industry with SFWA’s coordinated move to try to destroy me coming weeks after their announcement. It’s sad it takes this […]

At risk of sounding a little strange, I was given a dream last night in which the clear message of it is that the Lord is telling his people (including myself) he has not been receiving adequate praise and we should be working harder on this front. It makes sense. The last year has been […]

The past 5 years we’ve been conditioned to -need- facebook and twitter. It’s an addiction more than anything scrolling through there. Very little actual business gets done, even if you think you’re doing it. It’s a distraction. It’s always been a distraction, and the truth is at the end of the day if you get […]

In 2017, SFWA President Cat Rambo worked overdrive to destroy my career in science fiction publishing. I’d come out with an article demonstrating conclusively by the numbers that women don’t need a “leg up” in publishing, that the industry is dominated and controlled by women, and Rambo violated SFWA rules by using their account to […]

Some days it’s hard to find a blog topic, especially when the political noise is cluttering everything and making it very hard to focus on cultural items, but the lesson of all of it is — a lot of things are out of our control and we just have to keep working on what we […]

I had not idea this was a thing but just discovered there’s a crew running a vintage sci-fi month. Every month is vintage sci-fi month for me, as when I read, that’s pretty much what I read. I just got finished with reading A.E. Van Vogt’s first novel, Slan, which was originally serialized in 1940 […]

Last night’s New Years Eve shows were about the saddest thing our culture’s ever produced. It was low budget, washed up D-Listers with empty streets and sad piped-in fake applause. It’s the culmination of everything our corporate culture has become: fake, empty, hollow, devoid of talent. Everyone’s incentivized to produce art which is functionless, meaningless, […]

You might have seen me rabble rousing yesterday about a former Marvel Comics writer Sean McKeever. He took to twitter to be a complete dick to me for my “crime” of having bought his book directly from his online store (to help support him) and giving it a positive review. This isn’t abnormal in the […]

I came across a very interesting blog from Marvel editor Tom Brevoort today, which went over a claim that Ditko/Lee recycled characters and ideas through their stories. When you’re coming out with as many stories as they did, looks, names, ideas get recycled to some degree. It doesn’t make one incarnation less original than any […]

Really funny moments on Twitter this morning. Baldwin’s wife, who goes by “Hilaria” even though her real name is “Hillary” has been caught faking being Spanish this entire time. Apparently, the Baldwins have a stalker who brought forth evidence of Hilaria faking an accent while she’s been getting interviews in Latina Magazine and the like […]

It might come as somewhat of a surprise to people, but I don’t let my children play video games nor use the internet. I’ve watched as so many in this generation raised their kids on ipads, staring at a screen like zombies from the age of zero, and they can hardly function in any environment […]

For those who have been following for the last couple of weeks, my dog’s had a big health scare. He’s a puppy, so it’s weird. Too many strange symptoms from a 104 fever to a lot of pain, refusal to poop for several days. It was really frightening. Doctors kept telling me there were some […]

I was curious as to Star Trek novelizations, as folk around here might know I’m a big fan of the show. When I looked into “where I should start reading” because, of course, they have their own continuity set up after the shows which has a zillion books, I found out it’s not-so-easily done: Look […]

“The biggest problem in comics is comic book fandom. By definition, the fan is single-minded, not interested in exploration and an open mind. This is dumbing down and deviation up.” – Steve Ditko Steve Ditko wrote many essays in his later years about the destructiveness of the comic book industry and particularly that of fans. […]

It’s funny, but there’s a contingent of people out there who all make videos about other YouTube folk in order to try to get their attention to make more videos about how they “owned” them by getting their attention. It’s pretty sad. There’s whole channels dedicated to this, and I’ve seen a little ecosystem of […]