Thoughts and words from some interesting authors
In times of old we had leper colonies, plague ships and the marked house. In truth quarantine is a valid medical tactic. Sadly it is also a great way to ensure only those selected for elimination actually die. If you think such things as these cannot exist today, read up…
As you get older and, in theory, better it is a good exercise to re-read and re-watch things you thought were great in your youth. You really are watching them with “different eyes.” What once was great will may seem stupid now. Occasionally, you will be shocked by just how…
From time to time I lament that today’s kids, with all of their devices, don’t get to enjoy the era of really good B Grade horror flicks. I’m not talking about modern day special effects slasher gore but the black and white classics starring the master himself, Vincent Price. It…
Last time we discussed a great many things, but 2 in particular we need to circle around on, processed foods and eating bugs. Culturally it is a taboo to eat bugs. Realistically eating bugs found near human settlements in “civilized” countries would be stupid. Such bugs most assuredly have absorbed…
For the past couple of days I have been refreshing The Minimum You Need to Know Web site. Changing it so it more closely matched my novel sites. This of course leads one to check all of the sales links, etc. Eventually I did a few searches on scribd.com. The…
What started us down the path of this discussion was a well done and well meaning story on NPR. Maybe it was a re-run because a quick Web search with DuckDuckGo reveals NPR has covered eating crickets many many times. The work is somewhat noble even if the topic disgusts…
Most of you won’t be able to take a mirror human history/culture/religion approach like “Planet of the Apes” did. Starting after an extinction level event then explaining what lead up to it by showing a different species go down the same path is a difficult thing. You can dis science…