Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

Cinder , by Marissa Meyer, was the breakout young adult novel of 2012.  This science fiction take on an old fairy tale is well worth your t...

When I was a child, a friend of mine showed me an Army typewriter, which typed in all capital letters.  The tradition goes back to the 1850...

In anticipation of the new Superman movie, I’ll bring up the little-known fact that Nicolas Cage was once cast for the part.  p...

I mowed my parents’ lawn today.  I was not the kind of kid who had lawn jobs, so this was quite the arduous chore.  photo by Charle...

1) This is a negative critique of Star Trek: Into Darkness .  2) This critique is based on respect for the Star Trek franchise.  I don...

Since I didn’t get a good picture of Tereshkova2001 at this year’s Norwescon, here’s a clip of her performance at last year’s.  Definitel...

I haven’t seen the new Star Trek movie yet.  But in anticipation of it, here’s Spock as you’ve never seen him before.  (You need to have ...

This is my third large purge of books I won’t bother to read or that I’m unlikely to read again.  (I posted about my first purge , but skip...

I attended a production of The Odyssey , put on by the students of Covenant Christian Middle School, which is run by Sara Loudon .  Fi...