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Dividing Up the Halloween Spoils

Every year the kids come home from tramping the neighborhood with a mother-load of candy.Â Since they’re young, cute, and smileÂ brightly, they seem to suck candy to them like magnets to metal. If they’re to avoid showing offÂ bright smiles to the dentist as he drills their mouths full of holes something has to be done

Fritz Lang’s Metropolis

31OctoberSuzanne3 CommentsMovies

This is on many top movie lists, and amongst the movies considered ‘must see’ for sci fi fans.Â So I watched it.Â And without a doubt, it is the worst movie I have ever seen. First, just to be fair, the pros: IÂ found the the portrayel of early 20th century fearsÂ insightful, especially the anti-technology and

A Flood of Comments

30OctoberSuzanneBlogging

I’ve been thinking a lot about blogs that enable comments vs. those that don’t.Â Mine has fallen into the latter category up to date, because I was concerned that managing comments would take time or be awkward.Â But yesterday Nancy tried to leave a comment andÂ wasn’t able too.Â My one comment! So I’ve decided to

The Role of Prophecy

30OctoberSuzanne1 CommentWriting

I’ve been workingÂ on my fantasy world and thinking about prophecies.Â Setting aside any discussion of whether people can have future knowledge (through inspiration, psychic ability, or what have you), there’s still the question of how the prophet communicates what they see in a coherent and believable fashion.Â The early warning system. SupposeÂ a prophet is in

Daylight Saving Deja Vu

29OctoberSuzanneHome in the Rookery

We had friends drop in for a quick visit this weekend.Â We hadn’t seen them for awhile so the conversation last night was going a mile a minute and doing double duty. Around midnight we discussed styles of fiction writers andÂ compared books we’d been reading.Â Around 1:00 am we talked of art and decor, and

This Week In Words 10-29-06

29OctoberSuzanneWriting

dramaturgy >n. the theory and practise of dramatic composition: studies of Shakespeare’s dramaturgy. hippus >n. spasmodic or rhythmic contraction of the pupil of the eye, a symptom ofÂ some neurological conditions.Â sniffer >n. a person who sniffs, esp. one who sniffs a drug or toxic substance: a glue sniffer. (informal)Â a device for detecting an invisible and

Halloween Candy on Parade

27OctoberSuzanneHome in the Rookery

My daughterÂ chose aÂ candy corn costume for Halloween, and planned to wear it in herÂ preschool Halloween parade today. But yesterday when she told the kids what she wouldÂ wear, they said that sounded yummy–and apparently some of them were quite convincing.Â She came home worried. Â Â Â Â “Mom,” she said.Â “The kids say they’re going to eat my

Top Ten Reasons You Should Get a New Cell Phone

27OctoberSuzanneJust for Laughs

10. It doesn’t match your new motorbike. 9.Â Your roommate bought the sameÂ model and youÂ keep taking his.Â 8. When you slip it in your pocket, it makes a slight bulge. 7. You’ve heardÂ people in third world countriesÂ needÂ old cell phones. 6. You gaveÂ your numberÂ to a guy in a bar, and he’s passed it out to all his

Fantasy With No Sense of the Fantastic

26OctoberSuzanneWriting

I just finished a supposedly fantasy story in a well-known pro magazine (I won’t name names for fear this actually gets read) and was not impressed.Â The story was only so-so, but the worst of it was that the fantasy element was nothing less than someone’s delusions.Â The tale wound along, dancing around this concept

Math: A Writer’s Best Friend