Robert Jordan

Newsy Bits About Writing and Writers

You’ll forgive me if I feel like a lot of people are dying of late…just my perspective, I’m sure. Robert Jordan was a wonderful author, with an incredible series populated by fascinating people.  My condolences to his wife and family, and my thanks to the folks who put together this nice tribute. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/NDncUFO50Gs” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent”

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Witchiest Get Rich Scheme

Folklore and Myth, The Human Condition

So what’s the oldest-latest scheme for making money?  The art of Necropants, as detailed in the Icelandic Museum of Sorcery and Witchcraft.  I’ll let you read it from the source, but be warned that it involves wearing a dead man’s skin as pants. Besides being the funniest scheme I’ve ever come across, it also reminding me that

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Ripply Pictures and Sunny Robots

2 CommentsSpeculative Science

Reading about the HypoSurface Walls reminded me of watching an interactive, animated, 3D movie, in Disney World.  A screen that can move and stretch would take the ‘make it real’ factor up a notch or two.  Especially if they combined it with a screen that went all the way around the viewer. These receptionist robots look like giant Lego

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Dressing Up

Home in the Rookery

Yesterday I recieved a heavy box full of my next batch of textbooks.  Nine books for the Modern China class, two for World History, and one for Modern US History.  I pulled out my school calender and got busy with a highlighter and pen, fitting these classes into the schedule. Because I’m an Independent Study student, I can

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Blogging on the Fly

Home in the Rookery

I’m catching a plane tomorrow to a funeral, so I may or may not be blogging much between now and this weekend.  I only guarantee a post this weekend because Sunday I’ll be routing you all toward my first story of the fall to be published.  And I couldn’t miss that, right?