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I’ve been trying to write this post since last week and late Saturday night I simply got out an old notebook and started writing again from scratch.  As I sit here typing, I have a lot more than I expected, and what was intended to be an exploration of why people like scifi and fantasy so much (responding to a deep human need) has turned into a exploration

Another quick takes Friday! I really want this blog to form into a community (doesn’t have to be a huge one, like some of the awesome bloggers out there, but it’d be nice to have a regular crowd of commenters!), and so I’m trying to figure out a writing schedule I can stick to so that there’s more than 2 posts per week.

Okay, on to the quick takes: Continue reading

So, I’ve been working for three days now on another post, but I read this in the paper this morning and I wanted to post it.  Basically, the ACLU is suing Health and Human Services over the US Conference of Catholic Bishops because when they help victims of trafficking, they won’t allow money to go to services and items which are in conflict with Catholic teaching.  Here’s the crux of… Continue reading

Check out my 7 Quick Takes for this week’s Quick Takes Friday! Started by Jen F. at ConversionDiary.com, these are just a few short thoughts that wouldn’t be enough for a whole post on their own, but form a nice grab-bag of blogitude all together. Create your own and link back to Jen’s and leave a link there and here too if you’d like! Continue reading

Considering that I wasn’t born until basically all western tv shows (I’m not including Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) were off the airwaves, it’s kind of ironic that I have such an affection for a couple of old western TV shows and a few b-movies.  Some of them were pretty cheesy, and they didn’t have the pizzazz of modern film technology, and they often didn’t have the money a lot of Continue reading

Hello there! I can hardly believe I’m typing this. This blog is Phase One of getting my website up and running. I have grand plans, but as with all plans, it’s best to start, and I can’t think of a better way to start than a blog (if largely because I don’t have to figure out Dreamweaver to get it running – thank you, Wordpress!)

So, what is this blog going to be about? ….. Continue reading