Kathy Gill is an old friend who has been digital since JC was a small boy. She has taught digital and new media at the University of Washington, and designed websites for years. When Kathy speaks, I listen ( Read more... )

Joy's latest published short story, "Toby and Steve Save the World" is out from Seventh Star Press in the anthology, Hero's Best Friend, edited by Scott M. Sandridge.


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Like its prequel, Carousel Tides, this latest solo effort by award winning author Sharon Lee, co-creator with her husband Steve Miller of the acclaimed Liaden Universe series, Carousel Sun is a jewel.


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Winston Churchill was one of the great figures of the first half of the 20th century. Winston Churchill fought in Afghanistan and wrote his first book, "The Story of the Malakand Field Force," about the campaign. Churchill did poorly in school, and barely graduated from Sandhurst, the Royal military academy. His famous father, Lord Randolph ( Read more... )

Although advertised as a science fiction film, 47 Ronin is really a history with some fantasy troweled over the reality to make it seem more like live action anime.

I have always been fascinated by the Chushingura-- the stories of the 47 masterless samurai (ronin) of Ako.

The true storyIn April of 1701, the young lord of Ako, Asano Naganori, ( Read more... )

I just revived my Netflix account since I have a tv I can stream to, and one of the first things I rented was the first season of Sherlock with Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch. Both are better known in the US from their performances in The Hobbit, where Freeman wears a weskit and has very large hairy feet, and Cumberbatch wears a dragon ( Read more... )

The finale for their Christmas concert at Powell Hall last night was worth the price of admission all by itself ( Read more... )

The Desolation of Bad Movies ( Read more... )

We promise to post more regularly here at the Bigbananaslug blog, honest we do. We'll post on politics, science fiction, fantasy, writing, and all the things that are not related to automation and manufacturing. For that, we refer you to Soundoff!! (http://waltboyes.livejournal.com).

The stock markets have been raising Cain about the rise in, or lack of reduction of, the unemployment rate in the USA. We are sitting at roughly 8.5% unemployment. Most analysts agree that if you add in the people who are underemployed or just plain not looking anymore for various reasons, the true unemployment rate is closer to 10%. In some places ( Read more... )