Explorations large and small
Pullman, WA to Snoqualmie Summit, Wa After attending Sasquan, the World Science Fiction Society convention in Spokane, Washington, we took a trip 75 miles south to Pullman, Washington, home of Washington State University. Along the way, we admired the huge Continue reading Welcome to nothing
After spending a week at Sasquan, the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention in Spokane, Washington, it was somewhat disturbing to find this on my desk: The obviously empty container claims to contain a tribble, an alien species from the planet Continue reading Urgent: escaped tribble!
Of Monsters and Men, an Icelandic rock group, visited Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, in September. The name doesn’t really seem to describe the group all that well, though a few photos may help clarify things. The opening act Continue reading Of Monsters and Men and Merriweather – and spotlights
R2D2 has been missing for several years, though allegedly it will return — officially — in December 2015. Don’t despair, however: R2D2 is not idle. Well, sometimes it is idle, but it is still working hard to thwart the Empire. Continue reading R2D2 found
There is but one question: why? Don’t you go to hospitals and clinics to be free from pain? You don’t go to a clinic to suffer from more pain. Wouldn’t a “Pain Relief Clinic” or a “Pain Cessation Clinic” or Continue reading Pain clinic
St. John Baptist Church in Columbia recently installed a powerful memorial to victims of gun violence in the greater Washington, DC, area. On an embankment behind the church are simple frames, and on each frame is the name (if known), age, and date of Continue reading Memorial to gun violence
We allegedly live in an age of plenty. Is that limited edition toy sold out? The manufacturer will make more. Grocery store out of your favorite brand of yogurt? Wait a day, or if you are impatient, go to another store. Continue reading Reaching your limit
These are pretty: Enjoy. Life should have color.
Officially, the Memorial at the edge of Arlington National Cemetery is the United States Marine Corps War Memorial. Virtually everyone on the planet, however, refers to it as the Iwo Jima Memorial. Cast in bronze and dedicated in November 1954, Continue reading U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial at Night