An e-zine about spaceships, aliens, science, memory, motherhood, magic, and cats.
Me: mentions Gene Kelly in Brigadoon because I’ve been writing a story called “Treegadoon”
Friend: misreads Gene Kelly as Gene Wilder
Other Friend: mentions they haven’t seen Brigadoon
Me: writes whole essay on Brigadoon with a focus on replacing Gene Kelly with Gene Wilder Continue reading “Brigadoon (Starring Gene Wilder???)”
The Men in Black trilogy starring Will Smith is truly excellent. The first is a complete classic with iconic moments all the way through; the third is surprisingly tight and lands a complicated time-travel story beautifully.
And the second… it has a talking pug dog sing along with the barks in “Who Let the Dogs Out.” Continue reading “Men in Black 1-3”
To be a craftsman, you must be able to create high quality work reliably.
To be an artist, you must have something that you feel compelled to communicate. Continue reading “Magic Do As You Will”
It’s small, but I really love how good AI is at things like this…
Me: Can you think of a word somewhere between “crashed into each other,” “crossed paths,” and “collapsed”?
And instantly, ChatGPT provides “collided” which is exactly the word that had been eluding me.
We watched the movies “21 Jump Street” and “22 Jump Street” this weekend. They’re kind of dumb, but also fairly fun. I remember watching reruns of the original show back in the 90s. My little sister really liked it. I remembered approximately three specific things from the show: Continue reading “21 Jump Street”
Me: How much cake is left?
Spouse: None.
Me: No cake?!? That’s the worst amount of cake. Continue reading “Infinite Cake”
Brain: let’s put a Taylor Swift song on loop!
Me: you mean get a song stuck in my head?
Brain: how about one where she rhymes with “legendary”! Continue reading “Legendary Boysenberry”
An open letter to Gene Armstrong, Furlandia 2024 Chairman:
I have all the same knowledge and accomplishments that I had when you asked me to be guest of honor: Continue reading “An open letter to Gene Armstrong, Furlandia 2024 Chairman”
That feeling when you were about to fall asleep, and suddenly, you’re struck with the whimsical desire to see a rhino with cute little feathery wings… and now you can, because AI is awesome.
Going for a ride today. Continue reading “Surviving a Much Too Long Car Ride”
When I first met Trugo, I was eleven, and I was thinking about how I’d always wished I had an imaginary friend…
The moment that the inherent paradox occurred to me, Trugo walked up. I was getting hot chocolate in the lobby of a hotel in Ashland, where my family was visiting to see several plays. He was a river otter one inch taller than me and one week older who loves hot and sour soup and anything with shrimp in it. We’ve been friends ever since. When I don’t need him, he travels the world, but he can be back in a flash. And he helped me finish my first novel by playing the part of Trugger.