FIGMO Factor 580
Where have I been? It’s been a minute since my last post. In the interim, I picked up some consulting work, adding quite a load to my everyday job, had some family-related health concerns, and been trying to work on Book 3. It’s been burning me out and after a long time pondering life and…Read More
AI Today
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a topic of fascination and innovation for decades, particularly in SciFi, with rapid advancements over the past few years. From self-driving cars and voice-activated virtual assistants to medical diagnostics. I was a big fan of the TV show House but was always irked by the premise. Clearly, an AI would…Read More
Running Toward the Apocalypse
A while back I read a piece – at least I think I read it. At this point media intake gets so jumbled that I can’t remember if I read something in a book, saw it on TV, heard it on a Podcast, or saw it as part of a 30-second blurb on Insta. My…Read More
Book Review: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
I came close to not reading this series. “Murderbot” made me think that it was going to be a horror/sci-fi lash up, heavy on the horror. Movies are often like this. They get billed as sci-fi, but the only sciency aspect is that the creature/bug/mutant/virus originated in a lab or on a space station. From…Read More
Not Worth Criticizing
One of the podcasts I listen to is The Hidden Brain. Recently Elliot Aronson (ground breaking work as a psychologist studying cognitive dissonance, social psychology, and the Jigsaw Classroom), was the guest. Aronson studied under Maslow as an undergrad. Yes, that Maslow. He told a story of being Leon Festinger’s grad student. Festinger was the…Read More
Stop at the First Mistake
Near an airport where I sometimes work, the local law enforcement folks set up one of those Speed Limit/Your Speed signs. The first few days, it surprised me how routinely I exceeded the posted limit, and I amended my behavior. Signs like that are often posted as a warning – “Hey, actual enforcement is going…Read More
10 Questions with Liz Bullard
Liz is the author of the Prophecy trilogy. I was honored to be on her excellent eReads podcast and wanted to turn the table around because it was such a pleasure to chat with her. Here are my 10 Questions: 1. I want to hear about Preston, your Corgi. What’s his story? Any pics? Were…Read More
Savages
The Oxford American College Dictionary that sits on my shelf defines savage thus: Noun: something or someone uncivilized or uncultivated, characterized by wild, uncultivated, boorish, or rude behavior, a barbarian. Recently, my youngest daughter remarked that I had eaten something “like a savage.” Neither of us remember the item, but both remember that it was more…Read More
“We don’t see sick patients.”
I left ComicPalooza with a case of COVID. I didn’t meet anyone obviously sick when I was there. No one was coughing or sneezing, I have been vaxxed and triple boosted, yet… The event ended on Sunday. I felt fine. As Monday wore on, I started to feel puny – headache, body aches. Tuesday was…Read More
Book Review: Prophecy Trilogy: Portal by Liz Bullard
I read Bullard’s Prophecy Trilogy: Portal recently and am better off for having done so. It was the first novel I’ve read on Kindle Vella – more about that later. Let’s talk Tabatha. Almost as soon as you read her name, you learn that she’s the Chosen One. Eli was sent to find her and…Read More