Top 10 Blog Posts for December 2013
Happy New Year! Here’s the list: 10. Why I Stopped Paying Attention to Feedburner Subscriber Numbers 9. The Diversity Pledge: Crunching My Numbers for 2013 8. Draft Post Bingo: What should I finish? You Decide! 7. Draft Post Bingo Winners: What I’ll Be Finishing Next 6. Crowdfunding Links of the Week: Kaleidoscope (a Diverse YA […]
Top 10 Blog Posts for November 2013
November was obviously a fairly light week in terms of new posts, so this list is a reflection of all the stuff people were still reading from the months prior. And if you missed any of this stuff, you’ll have to catch up… Here it is: 10. Conventions: the Simple, Step-by-Step Approach for Handling Disability […]
Updatery and An Interview w/ Me: Postmodernism, Comics, SF/F, Podcasting, and Larry Nolen
Two quick things for readers of this blog thing: I’ve not been active on the blog throughout much of November for one very simple reason: this is the busiest month of the year for me, and more so because I’ve been working almost non-stop on exam materials throughout the month and the three months preceding […]
Draft Post Bingo Winners: What I’ll Be Finishing Next
A whole bunch of folks tossed out their nominations, so here’s the stuff I’m going to finish in the next, say, month: FIN A post about ideological rigidity from a teaching perspective (with a side of SF/F) FIN A post of my hopes for SF/F in 2013 (which I can just update to 2014) FIN […]
Comment System Has Changed!
Quick note: I’m testing out a no-moderation, no-captcha commenting policy on the blog. I realize that captcha may be one of many reasons for low activity on blogs in general, so I wanted to see what would happen if I removed the barriers. So, consider yourselves my guinea pigs!
RIP: Frederick Pohl
The science fiction legend, Frederick Pohl, passed away yesterday. Jo Walton has written up her emotional reaction to the news (while in attendance at Worldcon) here, which I recommend reading. I may have more extensive thoughts later. Right now, I’m jetlagged and incapable of fully taking in such news. He was undeniably one of the […]