Check out this interesting essay on eastern and western culture clash in the science community as told through food. Tell me what you think.

http://www.motokawa.bio.titech.ac.jp/sushi.html

For those that get it and those who should.


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I want to start meeting people now that I've been in town for a little while so I'm planning to start a book discussion group. It will be geared towards weird fiction, cyberpunk, steampunk, alternate history, magical realism, occult horror and the fantastic (in the Clive Barker-ian sense). A bit of research turned up some decent ways on how to run ( Read more... )

I'm finally going home on April 13th to get my certification in Historical Preservation. I'm eager to regroup and generally get my life in order.

Burning Skies - Tones on Tail ( Read more... )

Thursday the 22nd was the birthday of Edward St. John Gorey, one of the most brilliant illustrators of our time, he was as fascinating as his works. Below are several books about him and his work. RIP Mr. Gorey, your work is a form of immortality ( Read more... )

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I daydream about sitting in cool grass underneath a large tree, reading a book. I can faintly feel the tree bark through my coat, enough to feel the solidness of the tree but not enough to distract me from my reading and musings. There is a light breeze to keep the air flowing, comfortable and soothing to the skin. The temperature is mild, just ( Read more... )

In the last few weeks I've managed to catch two of adaptations of Philip K. Dick's work, A Scanner Darkly and Minority Report. Tuning out while in training at work the following came to me about the themes that emerged from both ( Read more... )

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