I am not attending WorldCon (AKA Anticipation) this year. Last year was great, and I met a lot of really interesting new people, and got to meet some people in the flesh for the first time like John Joseph Adams (whose collection The Living Dead was nominated for a World Fantasy Award this week! Congratulations […]
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On July 20th, 1969…
I wasn’t even a gleam in my father’s eye. Or, as my mother sometimes claims, my genetic material had yet to be manipulated and prepared for insertion by the grays who would abduct her 7 years later. Still… yay, Moon landing! Had hoped I would see something play out like that in my life time, but […]
Observations on the Symbolic Nature of the Arches National Park Landscape
I believe Utah, or at least Moab, should appropriate the tourist tag line “Moab is for Lovers.” What’s sexy about Virginia? Because it has the word “virgin” in it? Are they the world’s capital producer of novelty condoms? Moab, and Arches National Park in particular, is inherently a very sexually symbolic place. It’s for […]
The New Dr. Roundbottom Podcast is Live
Hi Folks. After a ton of work on the part of myself, Sarah, and my sound engineer and good friend Nate Periat, we’ve finished and posted our first Dr. Roundbottom Field Sounds podcast. It’s only 5 minutes long, so don’t hesitate to just go to the site and hit play. Please let me know what […]