Monthly Archives: September 2012

The glorious steam engine

This is for you Steampunk fans out there.  Consider this thought: The steam engine has given more to science than science has given to the steam engine. All right, enough waterboarding, I must confess that I did not say that.  Credit … Continue reading

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FREE BOOKS !!! NO, REALLY !!!

Goodreads Book Giveaway Time Pullers by Horton Deakins Giveaway ends October 03, 2012. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

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Your choice: Book, movie, or both?

If you heard that a certain movie was just released and that it was an accurate depiction of a book you had not read but wanted to read, would you see the movie first, or would you read the book … Continue reading

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I am such a loser

Exclamation point! As of today, I have reached my intermediate weight loss goal of dropping forty pounds this year!  That means I also get to see a “1” as the first digit. Let’s get some perspective here. 40 lbs. is … Continue reading

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You call that “science fiction?”

Was anyone else upset upon discovering that science-fiction had been merged into one genre with fantasy?  Does the shortage of science in science-fiction bother you?  And since when did horror alone qualify as science-fiction? Fine—interject a little horror into your … Continue reading

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