The Wild West As many know, I was a Republican for many years. I grew up in a family with classic conservative values. When I lived in California, I was among like-minded fiscal conservatives, so when I moved to Arizona, definitely a Red state with capital R, it felt refreshing… Continue reading
After completing my Rush studio album collection, I decided to listen for an extended period to each album in the order released to observe how the band evolved over 40 years. My impression of earlier albums are linked at the end. 2112 This is the album that put Rush on… Continue reading
After completing my Rush studio album collection, I decided to listen for an extended period to each album in the order released to observe how the band evolved over 40 years. My impression of earlier albums are linked at the end. Caress of Steel Caress of Steel picks up right… Continue reading
As I completed my Rush studio album collection, I decided to not just listen, but study their music and listen to how the band evolved over forty years. Here were my impressions of their first album, Rush. Now, on to the second album. Fly by Night Of course, after the… Continue reading
There is and has been for a long time a heated discussion on diversity in science fiction and fantasy, or rather the lack of diversity in the community. Historically the readership/fan base for this kind of material has been straight white male, with authors of the same sort. There seems… Continue reading
It’s Rush I recently managed to complete my collection of Rush studio albums and I decided to listen to them in the car in release order. I’m playing each CD about 7 to 10 times to get familiar with the songs I don’t already know, and just enjoy those I… Continue reading
From the expulsion of Vox Day from SFWA to the recent controversy over the planned showing of Disney’s Song of the South at Worldcon, racism, sexism, and other isms seem to have become the topic du jour. It’s a subject that gets everyone riled up, and often accompanied by phrases… Continue reading
It seems my recent post on Pope Francis was posted a few days too early. Props to George Takei for pointing out this article that gives us some insight on what the Pope actually thinks about gays. Of course his words are largely in line with the teachings of his… Continue reading
Now that Pope Francis has been in office a few months, it’s pretty clear he is a different kind of Pope than were his predecessors. Through social media and my writing connections, I interact with a lot of people who see the world in a different way than I do…. Continue reading
There are many aspects to the modern world full of excitement and possibility. The other side of the coin is that technological advances make it far more difficult to retain privacy. We have cameras on the street corners, cameras at the gas station, in the bank, even on our own… Continue reading
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