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I am on yet another podcast today, the Baseball By Dummies podcast, one of my favorite podcasts on the sport, probably second only to Effectively Wild which I consider to be the grandaddy of them all.  They interviewed me about the Oakland A’s season this year and what I thought of it (as I am […]

  Well, crap. Those are the two words that me and thousands of other of Oakland A’s fans are thinking right now. He’s got a “lat strain” as reported this morning by Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. That injury is going to keep him out through spring training at least, and he’s been […]

When I started reading Poul Anderson’s Fire Time, I did she because I thought it was on the Appendix N reading list. While Mr. Anderson makes that list twice, this was not one of those books. However, I’m quite happy I found this magnificent author through this work first, and would highly recommend anyone start […]

When I’m about to head out for vacation, naturally I’m stressed as anyone else: did I get everything done at home? have I made up for my potential work absence? am I forgetting to bring something? Invariably, there’s an issue with one of the items above. But what adds to my stress as a book nerd, […]

Today it was announced that they are on the short list for a hugo nomination for best fanzine from the Rabid Puppies and Vox Day. Truly a wondrous achievement for them. As a person who is completely responsible for most of their traffic in February, in a lot of ways, it’s like getting nominated myself. […]

I love Gab. It’s fun. It’s free speech. I feel safe there where other social media has left me and many others open to harassment and vitriol of a sort that prior to 2016, I’d never seen on anywhere except for 4chan. One thing on gab that’s been almost impossible to topple, is their top […]

Pleased to announce that I’ll be a guest on Catholic Geek Radio this Sunday, March 5th at 1:00 PM Pacific Standard Time. We’ll be talking about Space Opera, what makes it good, what makes it bad, and everything in between (probably mostly rambling about Babylon 5 and Deep Space 9… hopefully with a little Star […]

Nominations are set and the link is below for voting. I’ve read about half the books on this list, and almost all of them are by friends so this is pretty exciting. Happy voting! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/795FRFS    

And thus comes the time of year in which we reflect and honor God’s sacrifice to the world when he became a man, took up the mantle of the cross for our sins, and finally overcame death itself in order to cleanse our eternal souls from sins. I watched as a couple of really wonderful […]

It’s not every day you get to take over a famous author’s blog. I’ve actually done so a few times in my coming onto the writing scene (hello to those readers who are here because of that!), and each time so far it’s come with a pretty specific “write about this” guideline. Last night, I had the […]

A friend of mine wrote a very well thought out, passionate response to the funding cuts for the NEA, and why we should consider keeping it. I wrote a response which I thought was worth sharing with you, my readers, and here it is: As an artist myself, I’m happy that the NEA is going […]