Wish me luck

In a weird almost trance-like state, what writers or athletes alike call The Flow, I knocked out a sci-fi short a few days ago and submitted it. It was as though the narrative was dictated to me by angels, and I received some praise from otherwise critical first readers for it. The odds of a good story being chosen from the over flowing queues of this org is probably, literally one in a hundred. Plus this is raw, hard SF from an unknown author, with plenty of controversial political themes sure to turn off the average conservative reader embedded in it — none of that wussy fantasy soft sci-fi with unicorns or other magic baby! Which is, sad to say, not always real marketable.

If it does sell, I will have made about $300 USD for a few hours of fun, easy work. In the strong likelihood they pass, and I can’t get traction anywhere else, maybe I’ll have an artist friend cook up some images and publish it here. It’s not terrible and it’s short, about 3000 words.

Eat anything you want and still lose weight!

Did it work? Did you open the post and are reading this? Well, dumb question either way I suppose. I got a spam mail with that kind of subject line. When I opened it up, good on them, it didn’t have a magic diet pill or five minute workout. In fact it stated right up front, the only way to lose weight is to diet or exercise and the best way is to do both. I would add to that, you can get into ketosis with minimal risk for most people and really be able to eat more than you might otherwise be able to with the exception of lots of carbs. But it got me thinking, [Read more…]

If only libertarians hated gays like social conservatives

I’m actually chucking out loud as I write this. Forbes columnist Ralph Benko knows how to unite libertarians and social conservatives and win the day. See, the way to best fight Big Brother, Benko assures us, is for libs to join social conservatives in giving Big Brother the power to decree who some people are allowed to love, date, or marry. It’s so bad it looks a lot like linkbait, so I’ll link through another site: [Read more…]

Town-halls are not going quite like they hoped

There are Christian Reconstructionists, science deniers, and a host of other oddballs controlling the House these days, but there’s one forum they don’t control. In town-hall after town-hall, the discussion is turning to healthcare. Only this time, those demanding the gubmint keep its hands off their Medicare are in low supply. Instead, people are asking what the GOP would do to replace Obamacare or some of the life saving provisions in it. So far their only consistent response is to evade and lie and get booed: [Read more…]