Same disclaimer. Raw notes. Coherence is random. Until we have FTL most stories about humans in space will happen in our own solar system. Even when we send people out, it’s probably a good idea to understand the local real estate. (Jerry still includes Pluto as a planet. “Poor thing, it gets no respect.”) Mnemonic […]
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Once again, these are my raw notes. No promises about coherence. When dealing with conceptual change theory, you can’t say, “This is wrong” or “This is the right answer” you have to change their conception. Jim told about how he was asked why the moon looks big when it comes up. He answered wrong, based
These are my raw notes. I don’t promise they make sense. — Mike Brotherton: The goal is not to learn all of astronomy in a week, but to learn enough that we can intelligently research questions for stories. People learn through story, more easily than in the classroom. If he can get us to use
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I got my hair cut last weekend and promised my parents pictures. I’ve been trying to find a stylist in the city with little success. Anyway, some months ago Rob’s mom sent me a link to a book called, Curly Girl: More Than Just Hair…It’s an Attitude by Lorraine Massey. I wasn’t much interested in
I got in to the airport in Denver with no problems and no random editor sightings. I was on a plane with fellow attendee Paul Witcover and didn’t see him until we met up with the rest of the group. It’s a two-hour drive from Denver to Laramie and we talked pretty much non-stop on
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. . I’m heading for Laramie, WY today for LaunchPad Astronomy workshop. Mike Brotherton has posted our schedule. Here’s what’s happening on day one. You can pop by his site to see what the rest of the week holds for me. Thursday, July 31 9:30 AM Coffee, Juice, Continental Breakfast 10:00 AM Welcome and introductory
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For a new show at Rattlestick Theater, I’m building a wounded springer spaniel. To start, I drew out a scale drawing of the dog for a pattern, which I then traced onto ethafoam. The piece here is Lady’s spine from the base of her neck to the tip of her tail. I build the curvature
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The KGB Raffle ends tonight. Don’t forget to purchase your tickets before it’s too late! Monday evening at midnight, Eastern Daylight Time, we will be closing the store to all new ticket purchases and announcing the winners shortly after. Now is your last chance to purchase raffle tickets. To everyone who has purchased tickets so
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Beaker, The Swedish Chef, Animal and Carmen. Need I say more?
It’s time to play the music… Read More »
I went to see a production of a musical written by two of my friends, Mark LaPierre and Jodi Eichelberger. I’d seen it nine years ago in Portland, but this was it’s NYC debut and very exciting. It was as wonderful and witty as I remembered. Very clever lyrics and an accapela score that’s witty
Jon Armstrong has an interview up with David Anthony Durham ((both gentlemen are finalists for this year’s Campbell for Best New Writer)) at his podcast, If You’re Just Joining Us. It’s really wonderful. David talks about his journey to being a writer, being naked in the desert, and fiction. I’m reading his book, Acacia, right
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The reading went quite well. We had a full house, which was a relief. I was afraid no one would come and besides our friends, there were even people that we didn’t know there. We sold copies of the anthology! Matt McHugh and M. M. De Voe were both very good readers and hearing their
KGB reading: recorded Read More »
If you’ve got nothing else going on, swing down to the KGB bar at 85 E. 4th Street at 7:00 tonight to hear short stories read by Matt McHugh, M. M. De Voe and me. Here’s a teaser of the one I’ll be reading tonight, which appears in the new anthology, The Best of The
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I started working on the colon for Jay today by cutting out a simple rectangle of 1/4″ foam. Ironically, we call this type of foam “crap” foam which I was not thinking about until I started writing the blog post. It simply had the right pore density for what I wanted. I headed for the
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At dessert truck. Coconut tapioca with mojito granita. My God. # @2muchexposition There are worse dooms than an addiction to the Dessert Truck. # @neutronjockey You know, this dessert would give a true mojito a run for the money in terms of sheer sybaritic enjoyment. #
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