…I live there. It’s where I keep my stuff. Now comes the news that Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd On the morning after Donald Trump’s inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new president wanted to talk to him.Continue reading “I Like Reality…”
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Fifty Shades of Grape
I see from the posters outside my local cinema (local = forty-five minute drive in good weather, assuming no logging trucks) that the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey is about to hit the screen. As it happens, a while back I watched the first Fifty Shades movie on DVD, because, among other things, theContinue reading “Fifty Shades of Grape”
For Reasons That Seem Good to Me
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The Coldest Equations Yet
The Coldest Equations Yet by James D. Macdonald Stardate 31-20.6. Half-way through the first dog watch on the cruiser Stardust, bound for Mimir, the light on the communications panel that showed an open sub-space carrier wave blossomed. Communications Tech First Class Sylvia Harlin flipped the ‘respond’ switch and leaned closer to the mike: “Stardust. IdentifyContinue reading “The Coldest Equations Yet”
Where O Where Has My Middle-Earth Gone?
Where is The Lord of the Rings set? I say it’s the Americas. Here’s why: Pipeweed. That’s tobacco, sure enough, and that’s a native American species. Potatoes. Same deal: the Americas. The Great River. Nothing in Europe, and especially nothing in England, can compare with either the Mighty Mississippi or the Amazon. Conclusion: TheContinue reading “Where O Where Has My Middle-Earth Gone?”
JAMES D. MACDONALD 