Media Tie-ins: Good or Bad?
Jim C. Hines has recently been berating himself over his bias against media tie-in novels here and here. I think he’s being a little hard on himself. Granted, it’s probably “unfair” to have this bias, but he’s not the only one.I’ve had this bias for years. When I was younger I used to read media […]
The Terrorists of Santa Cruz
Some of you know who I’m talking about, and some of you don’t. For those that live in Santa Cruz or attend UCSC, you’re probably aware of the actions described in this article of the SC Sentinel. And I have something to say about this, because, quite honestly, the biggest problem with Santa Cruz as […]
Foreclosure Stupidity
Most of us know about the show “Extreme Makeover”. If you don’t, here’s the short version:A group of do-gooders (and I mean that nicely) find families in need of help, show up at their homes, boot them out for a week (usually on some sort of nice vacation) and remodel their entire home so that […]
Gay marriage equals the end of democracy?
Orson Scott Card is apparently at it again. To be honest, I’m not even going to touch this. If you want to read some brilliant counter-rants, go here, here (this one is suprisingly not tinged with hateful anti-man language), or here. In short, I think Card has lost his mind and joined the ranks of […]
Feminists: Why I stopped listening.
This is probably going to be controversial somehow. So if you’re easily offended, stop reading. Consider yourself warned.Over at Yahoo there is a report that feminists are up in arms over a new game from Sony. Why are they up in arms? Because the game, called “Fat Princess”, is about a, well, fat princess running […]
Does anyone teach poetry anymore?
I was channel surfing and discovered a program on BookTV of some High School Poetry Awards. I think they were Bay Area specific, but regardless, I was curious, so I tuned in to see what it was about…and was surprised to learn that I wasn’t going to see/hear poetry of artistic merit or of any […]