We will see how this year unfolds. It sure looks like it could get mighty "interesting."

Well, it is time once again to work on my submission to Mechademia. The theme this year is "Limits of the Human." The third issue of Mechademia will investigate the way anime, manga, and related media have probed the contours of human identity and activity. Possible topics include cyborg theory; new fan species; animalism and animalization; ( Read more... )

I am contemplating what responsibility I have to one who issues orders when those orders are followed more or less to the letter yet the plan fails due to wishful thinking on the part of the person issuing those aforesaid orders. I don't believe I have any responsibility to make things right again ... but why does it offend my sense of duty so? ( Read more... )

I got me a permit.

( Read more... )

( I am cutting this so it doesn't ruin anyone's mood. Read at your own risk. )

I wish everyone a happy holiday season. Hopefully you are spending it in the presence of close friends making warm memories.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you ( Read more... )

I had the weirdest day today. Here is how it started.

I check my e-mail as I do every morning. I didn't a thing as is usual.

Now, the other writers and I use a special research program called Premise. One of the writers got Premise installed on one of the network drives yesterday, which is useful because we don't have permanent desks yet. However ( Read more... )

I just bought myself the second box set of The Twelve Kingdoms. I first watched this series at the end of many Greenwood meetings. Like Monster, it was one of my favorite series of last year. I have almost caught up with where we were when I was attending Greenwood. The show takes an unique twist on Eastern mythology. I will be probably ( Read more... )