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Get Rich Slowly
Get Rich Slowly Interesting. Wordpress inserted previews for other links but not this one. I wonder what the difference is.
The “News”
I would agree with most of this but I wouldn’t say to ignore the news completely, rather take in a broad but shallow stream. Lots of sources but all you really want is the headlines to give you a general … Continue reading
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Why Humanity Destroyed Itself
I’m currently reading The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt where he uses the metaphor of the elephant and the rider. The elephant is instinct, the rider is consciousness. He talks a lot in the early section about how the rider often spends it’s time … Continue reading
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Tired, depressed
Yeah, that. And my home phone is ringing. I hate my home phone. Why do I have one?
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The Wisdom of Night Vale
It was a simpler time. Because I personally had less memories and so less to superimpose upon the world, and so it was much clearer, and also I was younger. Thus, the world was simpler. Fear is a reasonable response … Continue reading
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Walter Jon Williams agrees with me, so there.
Yes! This! I think this is part of why I keep complaining about books that are too long and editors not doing their jobs. “This!” is a blog post by Walter Jon Williams online at: Dragging It Out
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Eight Million Gods by Wen Spencer
Read: 2015-09-08 to 2015-09-17 3 stars 2015-09-08/5%: Not too impressed so far but I’ve enjoyed some of Spencer’s other books so we’ll see. 2015-09-11/15%: Okay, so Nikki broke into the crime scene, totally stupid, but she did this after the book said … Continue reading
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My problem with Military SF
I am soooooo tired of the heroes in uniform bullshit. I was in the military and I can tell you that it’s just like any other group of humans. You’ve got some really good folks, some really shitty folks, and … Continue reading
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2015 Campbell Award
I think this is probably my final ranking. English will be #1 and not rank anything else, including No Award. She can write. The others write well enough but mostly not about anything interesting. There’s also not enough in the … Continue reading
2015 Hugo Summary
My take on the 2015 Hugo Awards. They were sad. This is only my second year of “involvement” with the Hugo Awards and said involvement consists of paying $40 for the voter’s packet (because that’s a frigging awesome deal, or … Continue reading