My Doppelganger

There is apparently an Irish writer, possibly living in Galway (one of my favorite cities on Earth) named Richard S. Crawford. If you have come to my webpage looking for him, be advised that I am not he. I’m sure he’s a fine writer, but I’ve found no information about him, and most searches for [...]

Yesterday Jennifer and I watched another film on our 50 pack set of “Classic Sci Fi Films”: Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet. For what it was, it was a fairly decent film, though it seemed somehow disjointed. In essence, a group of astronauts land on the planet Venus and encounter all kinds of monstrous critters, [...]

Post Weekend Blues

I make no secret of the fact that because he sings songs about lonely mad scientists, cyborgs, robot mining colonies, and lovesick giant squids with self esteem problems, Jonathan Coulton is my favorite singer. I even named my NaNoWriMo 2009 novel Code Monkey! in honor of one of my favorite Jonathan Coulton songs (and yes, [...]

Ego boost achieved

Thanks to all who gave me positive ego boosts last week, both here and on Twitter and Facebook. They are much appreciated.

I need an ego boost this morning. Can you help me out?

Kobolds at the door

Israel Kamakawiwo’Ole‘s medley of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “It’s a Wonderful World” is one of my very favorite songs ever. He works the two songs together in a way that is almost seamless, and they work very well together. It’s always struck me as kind of a sad song, too; but that might just [...]

It’s All About the Zombies

You write one zombie story (or two or a half dozen), express a fondness for zombie movies like Day of the Dead and Shaun of the Dead and read zombie-themed books like Christopher Moore’s The Stupidest Angel, and suddenly you have a reputation as a zombie head. I had a zombie themed Christmas and birthday [...]

The Incredible Petrified World!

Among the gifts that my wife gave me for my birthday was this box-set of “50 Sci-Fi Classics”. Now, I’m not positive that all fifty movies in this set would be considered “classics” — although I suppose Santa Claus Conquers the Martians would, for certain definitions of “classic” — but the ones we’ve watched so [...]

Focusing for the new year

I’ve always thought that New Year’s Day was an arbitrary day to set for making resolutions. I mean, why January 1? Why not July 2, or May 18? I know that there’s a certain appeal to the start of the new year, and it feels like it could be a fresh start, but it’s still [...]