When I first saw the trailer for this Sci Fi action movie, I found myself rolling my eyes a bit. The theme is a bit played out: rich versus poor, social commentary, etc. You kind of know what to expect. So I didn't watch it for a while. After watching it, it sort of was …
A flash of light
I recently watched this video on YouTube, which is a brief (ten minute) history of the universe, narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson. It is an interesting video, and Dr. Tyson is always nice to listen to, but one part stood out to me and got me thinking. I'd heard it said several times before, that …
Pluto!
It's been all over the news and social media for the past few days, but in case you haven't heard somehow, the New Horizons probe has taken some amazing pictures of Pluto, after nearly a decade of travel and three billion miles. Distances like this are so hard to grasp, the numbers are just so huge …
Writing Status and memories
My novella is nearly complete! Currently I'm just working over the final touches and tweaks, and I'm confident you'll be able to read it somewhere by the end of this year. I still don't have a title for it, though... I should probably get that figured out. Three years ago today I was broke down …
Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline
Did you grow up in the 80's? Do you like video games and geek culture? Then you might only be a little bit irritated by this book. In the future, a global total immersion video game dominates the worlds economy, with most of humanity spending every available waking hour inside of it. The creator of …
Jonas David 