the birthday of the world…or the writer, as it were.

21Oct09

Through the grapevine, I wanted to contribute my post of a very happy 80th birthday to Ursula K LeGuin, wicked important SFF writer and commentator, as well as inventor of the handy ansible!  Your books are truly inspiring and life-changing, and I wish you many happy returns. If you haven’t picked up a book by […]

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Tags: newsflash, sci-fi means science fiction, the lady is a geek

Breaking the Fourth Wall

01Nov08

Hi, my name is Bene, and I’m a closet politica. It’s sort of depressing, actually, the way in which I ravenously devour poll data, news stories, and pundit-flavoured bullshit.  I actually sort of thrive on the conflict, do my best thinking and have more revelations when I’ve got my arse to the fire.  Which probably […]

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Tags: meta-bene, newsflash, politics

not a title

29Sep08

RIght, so I was going to whine a lot about the complete fail that is the US Congress (and that does in fact include the Speaker of the House, much as I hate to admit it).  But something came up. Children were gassed in a mosque in Dayton, Ohio.  CHILDREN. And no one outside the local […]

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Tags: current events, newsflash