Sean Rodman's Blog, page 7
November 20, 2013
GoldieBlox, Rube Goldberg, & Beastie Boys "Princess Machine" (a concert for little girls) - YouTube
As the proud daddy to a grrl scientist, I think this is awesome.
November 15, 2013
November 12, 2013
"Nancy Wake, who has died in London just before her 99th birthday, was a New Zealander brought up in..."
Nancy Wake, who has died in London just before her 99th birthday, was a New Zealander brought up in Australia. She became a nurse, a journalist who interviewed Adolf Hitler, a wealthy French socialite, a British agent and a French resistance leader. She led 7,000 guerrilla fighters in battles against the Nazis in the northern Auvergne, just before the D-Day landings in 1944. On one occasion, she strangled an SS sentry with her bare hands. On another, she cycled 500 miles to replace lost codes. In June 1944, she led her fighters in an attack on the Gestapo headquarters at Montlucon in central France.
Ms Wake was furious the TV series [later made about her life] suggested she had had a love affair with one of her fellow fighters. She was too busy killing Nazis for amorous entanglements, she said.
Nancy recalled later in life that her parachute had snagged in a tree. The French resistance fighter who freed her said he wished all trees bore “such beautiful fruit.” Nancy retorted: “Don’t give me that French shit.”
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"Resistance heroine who led 7,000 men against the Nazis," The Independent. (via madelinecoleman)
TOO BUSY FIGHTING NAZIS FOR THAT FRENCH ROMANCE SHIT
I love her
(via thewriterchick)
November 6, 2013
Louis Armstrong playing for his wife.
Louis Armstrong playing for his wife.
October 31, 2013
Skeletons Trying to Warm Themselves (1889)
James Ensor
Skeletons Trying to Warm Themselves (1889)
James Ensor
October 29, 2013
Another great review of "Night Terrors"
Just in time for Halloween, the International Reading Association gives “Night Terrors” a great review, saying that it “grabs readers’ attention from the very beginning. Readers will enjoy the mysterious and suspicious atmosphere within the story.”
October 28, 2013
Thank you, Rockheights Middle School!
I had a great time speaking with Grade 8 students at Rockheights Middle School today. It was part of Drop Everything And Read Day, and was a ton of fun! Thanks for letting me visit!
Great Interview with Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons is one of my favourite authors - he always writes well, and always writes something different. The Terror - about a shipwrecked Arctic expedition - was great. His next book, The Abominable, cannot go wrong for me: 1920’s mountain climbing, Nazis, yeti! He recently gave a great interview to the team at “Geeks Guide to the Galaxy” - listen here.
