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The BBC tells us that the oldest words in English have been identified. (Via Heroic Age.) I feel as though I should…
Read moreThe BBC tells us that the oldest words in English have been identified. (Via Heroic Age.) I feel as though I should…
Read moreWoo hoo! Kelley’s novella, Dangerous Space, is a finalist for this year’s Nebula Award. You can read it free here. And, y’know,…
Read moreI just posted my 2001 Liverpool* Guest of Honour speech,“Brilliance, Beauty, Risk” on Shortcovers. Shortcovers is a website of stuff–fiction and not–to…
Read moreKelley did a guest post yesterday over at Learning Voyager. It’s all about how fear kills focus and yet, paradoxically, how focus…
Read moreA year or two ago I came across this review in Publishers Weekly of a book by Roger Deakin, Wildwood: In this…
Read moreA bunch of climate change negotiator bigwigs got stranded together overnight in Cape Town on their way to Antarctica. They chatted about…
Read moreOn her blog this morning Kelley played with the current Facebook meme ‘likes to’. I gave it a go. All I can…
Read moreWow, there are wild jaguars in this country. This from Live Science: The Arizona Game and Fish Department caught and collared a…
Read moreThe weather is changing here in Seattle. The air is perfectly still; the birds are quiet. When the barometer plummets my mind…
Read moreA report in Science Daily about pronouns in fiction and how readers imagine character: ScienceDaily (Feb. 19, 2009) — While reading a…
Read moreExercise kills cravings. Another duh: ScienceDaily (Feb. 16, 2009) — Research from the University of Exeter reveals for the first time, that…
Read moreFrom the Guardian, a report of a study on photos that objectify women. Men are more likely to think of women as…
Read moreA follow up on the world’s worst song post. The same people, Komar & Melamid, put together the most and least wanted…
Read moreThe crack team of Dave Soldier and Komar & Melamid have scientifically created the world’s worst song: It clocks in at over…
Read moreOooh, I want to see this: Will Clark is set to direct “Pride and Predator,” which veers from the traditional period costume…
Read moreEvery few weeks I list some of the search terms people use to find me on the web. Sometimes I understand how…
Read moreCHICAGO (Reuters) – Brain scientists are starting to understand something poets, songwriters and diarists have long known: putting feelings into words helps…
Read moreSo for Valentine’s Day Kelley and I ate more delicious Indian food than you can shake a stick at, then went to…
Read moreOxytocin makes the world go round. Well, it makes women fall in love, makes us pair bond. It’s a hormone released when…
Read moreFrom the Guardian, news of the new lesbian Batwoman: Fans at Comic Con in New York this week were treated to a…
Read moreThough she sounds remarkably English for a Norwegian: (Thanks, Doug. For another one, go visit BoingBoing.) I love the fact that she’s…
Read moreOne day last week, when I was very tired, I downloaded onto my Kindle what I thought would be a quick read:…
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Read moreIn the Guardian, an update on the truly terrible bushfires sweeping Victoria: The death toll from the deadliest bushfires in Australia‘s history…
Read moreFrom Medical News Today, news of why it’s a very, very bad idea to stop CPR chest compressions, even to breathe for…
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