I was just making a list of the books I've read this year, and have realized that it is shamefully small. I have read eight books this year. Eight! My new years resolution was the ambitious goal of reading a book per week. Well. We see how that turned out. Anyway I've posted the list …
Okay, Ray
Ray Bradbury once advised that before one writes a novel, they should first write a story per week for a year. So, that's what I'm going to do. I've scheduled my first story to be done on the 6th next month, and after that, one per week every week until i get 52. I won't …
Wet Mars
NASA's rover Curiosity has made an exciting discovery--the soil of Mars contains about two percent water by weight. This means that any colonizers would be able to extract about one pint of water per square foot of Martian dirt. This discovery suddenly makes the idea of people living on Mars a lot more feasible, a …
Spider
There was a little jumping spider on the table at a fast food restaurant I ate at the other day. I don't remember her being there when I sat down, but suddenly there she was, as well as some kind of flying insect, like a small crane fly, which looked like it was injured. I …
Why do we like villains?
I recently read this article in the New York times by Anna Gunn, the actress that plays Skyler White in Breaking Bad about how much hate her character gets. It was surprising to me how obsessive people can get about a fictional character (death threats.. really??), but, not surprising to me that people tend to …
Jonas David 