Sad news from Saskatoon: Tibor Feheregyhazi, artistic director of Persephone Theatre, has died. I worked with Tibor twice, in the summer of 2000 on Tent Meeting at the Station Arts Centre in Rosthern, then later that same year at Persephone, when he cast me in Who Has Seen the Wind? He was a wonderful director …
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Posted with my wife’s permission:
“Study: Women Are in Charge at Home“: A study, which was just released, finds that wives have more power than their husbands in making decisions and dominating discussions.
Lookie what I found…
…on Amazon.ca: the cover art for my upcoming book Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw! It must be getting close.
Eyes wide shut
Famous cartoonists draw their signature characters with their eyes closed in a 1947 Life Magazine article, resurrected at A Hole in the Head. Fascinating! (Some of these characters are still famous. Others…not so much.) (Via Drawn.)
"The Strangest Sights in Google Earth"…
…can be seen here, courtesy of PC World. The Badlands Guardian is the coolest, I think, although I also quite like the giant pink bunny and the World War II bomber caught in flight.
Nanotechnology marches on…
…to the soccer field. Near-microscopic robots playing soccer. Is this a great time to be alive, or what?
And the first shall be…first
A few years ago I wrote about the effect of birth order on personality, a topic of particular interest to me as the youngest of three boys. At the time I noted that birth order has been studied since early last century, when psychologist Alfred Adler suggested that an only child may become over-protected and …
Photo of the Day: The Bubblesaurus
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More on Heinlein
Still more remark on Robert A. Heinlein, this time by NASA’s head of legislative affairs, Bill Brunner: The first real novel I ever read was Rocketship Galileo. After that, I read as much Heinlein as I could find. I can honestly say that, as a young black male raised by a single mom, RAH shaped …
SF Canada site updated
I’ve posted the latest update to the SF Canada website. Our big feature this time around is an interview with Bantam editor Anne Groell, conducted by Celu Amberstone. There’s also a short piece of fiction from Ahmed A. Khan. Of course, you can always get the latest news from SF Canada members (now with more …
Photo of the Day that Actually WAS Taken Today: The Cactus
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My latest live walk and vlog
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