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Equine Joy Fest?

Oh, the things one runs across while researching.  Consider the title of this act, which would not play today but was popular 100 years ago: Fink’s Mules, billed as “the World’s Equine Joy Fest.” Apparently as performers they were very polite and considerate.

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Character name sources

There are times when I’m writing and I’ll give a character a name that feels good, then realize that I’ve got two other characters whose name sounds just like that or looks too similar on the page.  Like I had a story with Josie and Jodie.  Not okay. It’s confusing for the reader.  So when

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A Basic Introduction to Maya Mythology on The Nebula Awards

One of the things I’ve been enjoying at the new Nebula site are the guest bloggers. This week’s is Aliette de Bodard with an excellent post called, A Basic Introduction to Maya Mythology. Similar to my previous article on Aztec mythology, this article is intended as an introduction into some basic ideas of Maya religion

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If You’re Just Joining Us: Interview with Nutritional Anthropologist, Deborah Duchon, from Good Eats

One of my favorite podcasts is Jon Armstrong’s If You’re Just Joining Us . This episode he interviews Deborah Duchon, a nutritional anthropologist and it is utterly fascinating stuff. I highly recommend this episode. Deborah Duchon is a noted nutritional anthropologist, teacher, author and speaker, best known for her work on the hit TV show,

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Papier-mache

Papier-mache is one of the oldest forms for creating puppets and so a lot of people think that there must be something better out there. Actually, there are very few contenders. Done well, papier-mache is light, strong, fast, and non-toxic. I know, we’ve all had the experience of the lumpy paste, and corners that stick

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DO THE MATH by Scott Westerfeld

Scott Westerfeld does the math on the economy of the U.S. under Republican vs. Democrat control. Since World War II the Democrats have been overwhelmingly better at running the economy. Hands down, case closed, beyond any statistical doubt. They’ve borrowed less money, created more wealth and opportunity, and left the next generation in better shape.

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Linguistics and Anthropology in SF and Fantasy

I’ve been reading Juliette Wade’s blog for some time now. She’s a linguist and anthropologist who also writes SF. Her insights in to culture are well-written and uniformly insightful. I look forward to her posts. Today’s post is called, .Don’t make them all the same and deals with different approaches to creating multi-cultural fantasy characters.

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Track your cycle

Gentlemen, you might want to skip this entry, I’m talking about girl things. For the past couple of months, I’ve been using Mon.thly.Info, which is a web-based tool that tracks your cycle. I am totally in love with it. Not only does it offer places for you to record things like when things start, it

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