So my wife Carol and I went to the movie CRAZY HEART this afternoon, a generally good flick.  This is not a post about the film, however.  What it is about is the germination of an idea ( Read more... )

 My poem, Cafe BEM, is up at Fear and Trembling.  You can read it here:   http://fearandtremblingmag.com/item.php?sub_id=6064

 My poem, Milking the Vein, is up at Strong Verse.  You can see it here at http://www.strongverse.org

2009
Mr. Pettigrew: Aoife’s Kiss, September 2009
Reflections on Our Coming Doom: Mindflights
Secrets of Cyborg Maintenance: Mindflights
To Dance Upon the Rings: The Fifth Di…
The Last Man on Mars: The Martian Wave
Ghost Light ( Read more... )

My poem, Inter-Sentient Personal Ads appears as of today. You can read it at http://www.strangehorizons.com/2010/20100215/nichols-p.shtml

So back late last fall I had either an ultrasound or CAT scan, don't remember which, that showed some possible oddity with my liver. My doctor referred me to a specialist, the type that usually does colonoscopies. Instead of going in that way he decided to in from the other end. This procedure was done last Friday, and everything looks fine. He ( Read more... )

Today I led a field trip to the Choosing to Participate (choosingtoparticipate.org) at the Western Reserve Historical Society. I took three classes, all 9th graders. The exhibit's focus is on being what they call an "upstander," i.e. a person who chooses to stand up to various injustices in the community/society that they live in. Since the ( Read more... )

So the fancy new laptop arrived yesterday. I generally like it, but I can see that moving old programs is not going to be easy. I've had to do one clean install instead of a restore, and I suspect more are coming. I've found one program that is incompatible with Windows 7, and there are probably others. I've also discovered that I may well have ( Read more... )

Besides the computer problems that I've mentioned in another entry, I've also been plagued by problems with my 2002 Saturn L300. Since around Christmas I've had to replace its water pump, a significant part of its front end suspension, two tires, and alignment. That was around 2500 dollars. On the heels of that, last Wednesday it's service ( Read more... )