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Here’s a short update on my attempts to find a literary agent for my first novel, a science fiction work, The Anthanian Imperative–Blue.  I’ve sent out sixty-seven query letters to today, mostly as […]

Have you ever heard of SMON?  I have. SMON stands for subacute myelo-optic neuropathy.  The disease doesn’t exist anymore, but it was prevalent during WWII in Japanese soldiers in the […]

A few days ago I decided to make a list of my favorite movies, around a hundred in all.  This wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment deal, I’d made a list several years ago, […]

Over the years since it premiered in the mid-1960’s, Star Trek has been on TV almost continuously.  (I’m talking about the original series, not one of the spin-offs.)  I’ve seen […]

Much has been said and written over the past several years about the downgrading of the planet Pluto from its position as the ninth planet in our solar system to […]

Well, it sure feels good to get back to blogging again after a week off for Christmas.  Now that the new year has arrived, it’s time to look back at […]

I don’t know where this proverb came from, but it expresses very well my views concerning environmental policy.  The only thing I know about it is that it is an Ancient Indian Proverb. […]

I read an interesting article a few days ago.  It was entitled “How I Became a Best-Selling Author,” and was written by Alexandra Alter and reprinted from the Wall Street Journal […]

Back on March 3, 2011, I posted a blog that argued for a slightly new way to define the word “life.”  I suggested that since–given the appropriate conditions–life on any […]

Well, the Curiosity Mars rover has been launched and is on its way. That’s quite a feat.  The rover is as big as a car (though NASA didn’t say what kind […]

Well, I’ve started querying literary agents in a substantial way over the past couple of weeks.  My first novel, The Anthanian Imperative–Blue, is ready for someone to take a hard, serious […]

I picked up a copy of the memoir of Jaycee Dugard last week at the local bookstore (oddly, it was in the “True Crime” section), because it was a book I had […]