For this Sci-Friday – that time your cat was abducted by aliens. I’m not sure how Moxie and Mason would handle being abducted but I’d like to think they’d handle it like this kitty did. Enjoy! The Night The Cat Was Abducted Alien abductions as a whole have been reported since 1897. Wikipedia says: ‘At…
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Taking a break from producing audiobooks and writing Mike.Sierra.Echo to discuss why superheroes are so played out: There’s no *there* there, anymore. Like the tired Westerns of the 1970s and 80s, superhero movies, books, and video games are rapidly approaching the cliff where there’s just nothing else to talk about. We’ve been discussing superheroes for…
Today in the funniest Sci-Friday ever, please enjoy a video I call: Detroit Meets The Naked Gun. Frank Drebin is an android and he’s out to clean up the future dirty city – enjoy! For those of you that don’t know, The Naked Gun is based on a tv show called ‘Police Squad’ and it’s…
Woke up to a smoky taste in my throat and red flag warnings across the state. Oregon is a character actor, and this week it’s playing a convincing role as Phoenix, Arizona: …EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING… * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon high temperatures of 96 to 106 expected, warmest across the…
Yay – Sci-Friday – we made it! Let’s enjoy that time Gordon Freeman called into Coast to Coast AM to describe his troubles at the Black Mesa Research Facility. This might be confusing to you if you’ve never played Half-Life, but if you have it’s positively hilarious. Take a listen: So yes, in case you’re…
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Circling back around to something I wrote about almost two years ago – Creating Art is Creating Yourself. Back then, I said: “Creating art, putting it out there, getting the feedback through publication, letting failure help you begin more wisely. Creating art is creating yourself, providing you’re willing to let the process change you.” Still…
The phone call came in on Monday – he was in a panic. “They pulled together some BS HR claim,” he said. “I just lost my job.” I sat there, disappointed but not surprised. He had always been too nice, too open, too naïve. “Shut your mouth and lawyer up.” I hung up the phone,…
People have been exploding this week about the Oppenheimer movie – for this Sci-Friday let’s answer the question: How did Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb really work? You may be surprised to learn that an atomic bomb’s detonation isn’t as simple as an explosive bomb. More is involved, and it underscores the pure genius at work in…
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Today folks, let’s discuss 21st Century malcontents. What’s a malcontent? Why is it worth talking about? I’ll get into all that. First, let me take a moment to put my rant hat on. ——- Rant Hat On ——- You are doing no one any good when you gatekeep new innovations in cleaner technology, more sustainable…
Happy Monday, folks – excited to say I’ve published a new scifi short story: Mons City Obituary! It’s available free on Smashwords as part of my hot scifi summer free book giveaway! I wrote Mons City Obituary as a flash fiction piece and you’ll love it as a celebration of classic space race-era scifi mixed…
