Walter Jon Williams's Blog, page 241
August 28, 2009
Birthday Greetings
Happy 93rd,Jack Vance!
August 25, 2009
Putting it Simply
A pleasingly elementary cartoon about why we need government-run health care.
Inglourious
We had a power outage last night, and I couldn't do the stuff I usually do, and it was getting too dark to read. So I headed out to see Quentin Tarantino's latest, Inglourious Basterds. The short review: this is Tarantino's least successful film. But because it's Tarantino, it's probably better than most of the movies you've probably seen this summer. There are several quite wonderful scenes,
Standing On Her Head
Saturday night we joined Gene Bostwick for dinner and the Santa Fe Opera. Dinner was at Espiritu, a hole-in-the-wall Italian joint next to K-Mart. Let's just say that chipotle Alfredo sauce doesn't sound like a good idea, but it tastes like a great idea. It's lucky that I don't live within 90 miles of Espiritu, otherwise I'd eat there all the time and blow up like a blimp. The opera was La
Creamy
I tried to take a picture of tonight's dinner, but the colors came out weird, and the photo seemed the opposite of appetizing. A pity, because it was one of those lingering-on-the-palate type dinners.In honor perhaps of Shah Akbar, I made Mughlai-style chicken, a dish that hails from Andhra Pradesh, renowned for spicy food. This dish, however, is not picante at all, but beautifully seasoned
August 23, 2009
I'm Marvel/I'm DC
You all probably saw this last summer. I didn't, so I'm making you watch it again.
Sadness in Space
A gallery in the New Scientist of unsuccessful or canceled NASA programs. A continuing refrain:With work progressing and the factory mostly completed, Congress refused further funding due to spiralling costs and a slipping schedule.
August 21, 2009
Canadian Scientists Prepare for Zombie Attack
The Canadians remain far ahead of us in the realm of public health. They're preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse. Professor Robert Smith? (the question mark is part of his surname and not a typographical mistake) and colleagues wrote: "We model a zombie attack using biological assumptions based on popular zombie movies. "We introduce a basic model for zombie infection and illustrate the outcome
Bias in the News
Even the Weather Channel!(From Oz)
August 20, 2009
Happy 119th!
Happy Birthday, Howard!!!
