I was going to go on a tear regarding this … ahem … inter­esting essay. I already had plenty of back and forth over it on social media, and there’s no need to belabor the point. Okay, one gem I just … Con­tinue reading →

I love fandom. I love it with a mad, pas­sionate zeal that defies reason at times. I am a fan in my bones. I owe this com­mu­nity every­thing. But, as with any family, I can see all sides. Us fans? … Con­tinue reading →

AWESOME set of entries for this last con­test. Some showed better trigger dis­ci­pline than others, and given the wide variety of pets and house­hold goods employed as weapons, I can’t really blame folks for not get­ting the stock (if there … Con­tinue reading →

I got what I call “Bible Thumped” yes­terday. It’s my col­lo­qui­alism for being pros­e­ly­tized. It was a fellow officer, in an egre­gious breach of policy that could easily cost him his com­mis­sion if I decided to com­plain.  But I know … Con­tinue reading →

Been a while since I’ve run a give­away over here, and I just so happen to have a nice pile of prizes come my way: *Hard­cover* edi­tions of CONTROL POINT. These were pre­vi­ously unavail­able except to mem­bers of the Sci­ence … Con­tinue reading →