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My cousin Kris has never been particularly into science fiction, that I know of. I don’t remember ever hearing her go on and on about a love of or for robotics. She seems like a normal Swede in most ways, a decent, caring sort, with many, many, many issues but the point is, she’s human.Continue reading “My Cousin’s Husband Might Be an Android”

The tale I’m about to tell you is true. Code names will be assigned to protect the identities of the participants. Not because they did anything wrong actually, but I thought it would be fun to give them code names. Hee hee! The Refuge has been an invite only message board for some 17 yearsContinue reading “Baltimore and the Refuge”

Note:  This *might* be the last one regarding the oddities of me. Maybe. Don’t hold me to it but it’s possible. You see, the other day, I turned on the A.C…. I’ve mentioned how I was allergic to virtually everything when I was little. Including my sweat. But even though I was allergic to aContinue reading “The Boy in the Air Conditioned Bubble”

We’re already headed into June. I can’t believe how fast this year is going. Work is quiet. Days blend together.  Starting to feel like this should be a “do over” year.  Did… did we just do it over? Just now? Couldn’t tell. Went too fast.  Going in for a routine CT scan today, and regularContinue reading “The Lost Year”

While Duolingo is a pretty cool, FREE app for learning languages, having finished my first month (34 consecutive days), I have some observations, notes, etc. The cartoon mascot of the app is a little owl named Duo. Duo will try and manipulate you and your emotions. He will also try to encourage you. Sometimes shameContinue reading “First month of Espanol”

New Orleans, 1867. The once proud town is now under martial law and the criminal element runs rampant since the Union victory. But a favorite son, former Reb captain, scoundrel and gambler have returned home with his friend– a Pawnee warrior, his blood brother. This son of New Orleans has come home to clean upContinue reading “Lockdown Viewing: Yancy Derringer”

Patrick Troughton’s whimsical second Doctor is credited with being the most looked to Doctor when portrayed by the next generation of Doctors, starting with 5th Doctor, Peter Davison. Now, while both the Hartnell and Troughton era’s are plagued with having episodes missing, due to the BBC’s short sighted practice of wiping old tapes to makeContinue reading “Doctor Who Recommendations- The Patrick Troughton Era”

She stared into the mysterious black hole, not knowing what was in there or how big the cavity, but it looked ominous. The tree wasn’t that large but when she reached her whole arm in, and couldn’t feel where the back wall of the tree should be, she knew the hole led somewhere else andContinue reading “Surely I’ve told you about My Hole?”

It was around September of 1973. I was in Michigan with my mom as we often were during Labor Day weekend, visiting my cousins. We’d visit and half the weekend was dedicated to watching the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy telethon. There’s a strange, morbid curiosity involved in watching a man put himself through the grinder,Continue reading “Superfriends: the Exasperation of disappointment of youth”

26 years ago, Theresa Renee Lundeen slid into the world, possibly because she thought there was a party out here. I understood her confusion. Being first time parents, we were trying to go for a mood and were playing Bob Marley in the birthing room.  She resembled Tweety Bird for quite some time when sheContinue reading “The First Born”