Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

Editor. Writer. Professor. Host.

Social Network Bingo (Or, Hey, I Do Different Things)

I thought today would be a good time to talk about social networks (broadly defined).  Since there are about 10,000 of these blasted things out there, it’s always a struggle to figure out which ones work best for whatever it is I want to do — talking about geeky things, writing, and politics.  I’ve been […]

Retro Nostalgia: Legend (1985) and the Power of Innocence

(A different subtitle might say this:  “A World of Oppositions, Stricken By Their Equilibrium.”  This, of course, assumes I will follow Jason Sanford‘s story-title-generation process for these features.  I’ll leave artistic license aside for now…) One of the curious things about Ridley Scott’s 1985 fairy tale — appropriately entitled Legend — is how desperately it clings to its fairy […]