Things For Looking
Via the flea king, a funky video on the inner lives of cells. (Though I’d love to see an annotated version.) And via Ellen Datlow, very cool book art. (I like it, anyway. Lime’s not impressed.)
Month: September 2007
Teacher Fired for Sane Comment About Biblical Literalism… But…
Link found somewhere: A community college instructor in Red Oak claims he was fired after he told his students that the biblical story of Adam and Eve should not be literally interpreted.Steve Bitterman, 60, said officials at Southwestern Community College sided with a handful of students who threatened legal action over his remarks in a […]
Thank you, Auntie Björk — Solvjaynghi’s Finally Ready To Be Sent On His Way
Got revisions done, finally, on one more brutal little piece, “Solvjaynghi’s Christmas Wish.” It’s now very slim, very muscular, and very bloody at ~4800 words, and that’s the absolute lower limit for that story, so I’m accepting it and moving on. I thank Auntie Björk because I was listening to a few mixes of “Army […]
Read, Write
Go read Ian’s “Requiem in D-Minor (for prions, whale and burning bush)” in the latest Hub, issue #24. If you’re so inclined, the Mundane SF issue of InterZone is still taking submissions for a month or so more. Details and file upload interface here.
Grocery Stores, Bottlenecks, Systematic Organization, and Postality
Just got back from the grocery store. Yes, I know, Chuseok’s immediately around the corner, ready to run all of us over, but I realized I’ve never mentioned what a hell Korean grocery stores are. Your busiest Western grocery store is much less stressful and aggravating. There are a few reasons for this. One major […]