Jaq Greenspon's Blog, page 38
February 11, 2017
Lithuania promotional video
Three students of mine had to do a video project. They chose me as their subject. Here’s the results.
February 8, 2017
On Accountability
There’s something to this notion of getting to know yourself. I assume it happens for different people at different times and over different things. Maybe it’s something you never learn – you get set in your ways at a certain point and from there it’s solid, no matter what. Or maybe, like with me, it’s […]
February 4, 2017
Disconnected
Last Tuesday, I quit Facebook cold turkey. It was never intended to be forever and I’ll probably go back tomorrow or the next day, but I needed a break. I needed to get away from politics and the depressing place the world is becoming. I needed to cleanse the palette. Once a week or so, […]
February 2, 2017
Blowing Up Convention | David Magazine
This piece started as a look at unusual wedding dresses. While researching, I tapped my friend Adriann for information. Turned out, she was story. Here’s a fascinating look at wedding dresses, what’s current, and how to get the mall set to wear Penny Dreadful couture! Source: Blowing Up Convention | David Magazine
February 1, 2017
Games People Play | David Magazine
Many years ago, back when I still lived in Vegas, I would hang out at Denny & Lee Magic shop on Saturday mornings with a bunch of great guys (who also happened to be magicians). One of them was Timm Metivier, who, a year ago, decided to open his own shop – not magic, but […]
January 31, 2017
Brain scans
“Once they hit 6 months, they start doing all sorts of weird things.” Aside from the fact this was said in Lithuanian and had to be translated for me, it was rather reassuring news. Especially when it comes from a baby neurologist. See, about a month, maybe 6 weeks, ago, Monki started doing this strange […]
January 28, 2017
How Syfy is Leading The Charge With Imagining Diverse Futures
With a new season of The Expanse starting soon and having just finished watching the two existing (and impatiently awaiting the third) seasons of Killjoys, I found this an great article on where televised science fiction is heading. (Seriously, if you haven’t watched Killjoys, it’s pure pulp SF fun!) Over the last couple of seasons of television, […]
Half a year and counting…
I guess 6 months marks a specific milestone in the little one’s development. At least it does for me. I know she’s doing new things every day, getting stronger and developing more of her personality, but for some reason, the arbitrary reaching of 6 months is significant. 6 months also marked the point where Rasa […]
January 22, 2017
Police Sketches of 5 Literary Characters Based on Their Book Descriptions | Mental Floss
Here’s what your favorite book characters would look like in real life. Something to think about when writing physical descriptions. Source: Police Sketches of 5 Literary Characters Based on Their Book Descriptions | Mental Floss
