Author Archives: Michael
Nathan Lowell and Brand Gamblin: Workingman’s SF
Clerk’s Log, MJDate 55153.21: *ahem* As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted … Tales of space encounters abound in the annals of SFF literature, from the romances of Cyrano de Bergerac to H.G. Wells’s The First Men … Continue reading
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Nathan Lowell and Brand Gambli[ CONTENT OVERRIDE: KILROY2.0 IS HERE!!! ]
Clerk’s Log, MJDate 55131.5: Although Labor Day is well behind us, the Fourth Quarter of 2009 is just under way. On that businesslike note, therefore, allow me to highlight some stories you might wish to investigate.
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Signpost: The Book of Ecclesiastes
BEEN THERE DONE THAT SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO
About the “prime directive”
In his parting words Jesus said, “You shall be my witnesses.” He did not say, “Over there are two truckloads of rocks, boys. You know what to do.”
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Three servant-leaders in social media
Item IV.D of the preceding philosophy of education gives the rationale for what, in the American evangelical church, is commonly called “servant leadership.” It’s the idea that true leadership has less to do with someone’s outward signs of rank than … Continue reading
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Tagged Future Dark Overlord, J.C. Hutchins, leadership, Mur Lafferty, nemesis, P.G. Holyfield, Phil Rossi, podcasters, Scott Sigler, servant, servanthood, Tee Morris, Uber-Nemesis
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Why I teach what I teach
Clerk’s Log, MJDate 54987.52: Applications for faculty positions usually ask you to state your “personal philosophy of teaching.” Here’s mine.
It’s a Movie Mantra!
Awhile back I was privileged to read Movie Mantra number 64 for the estimable Martyn Darkly, and it’s apparently getting some buzz. Here’s the link. Martyn takes lines from memorable films (or memorable lines from not-so-memorable films) and presents them … Continue reading
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Metamor City Sidebar: What IS magic, anyway?
“Personally, I believe color television to be impossible. Since it obviously exists, I shall act as though I believed in it. We must do the same with this Energy Damper.” — Illya Kuryakin, in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Dagger … Continue reading
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Abortion — such language!
Thirty-six years after Roe v. Wade we’re still tossing around the same irrelevant labels. Neither the side favoring legalized abortion nor the side opposing it is “anti-life.” Nor is either side “anti-choice.” They do differ on what “life” means, and … Continue reading
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“Save the Planet”?
We don’t need to worry about “saving the planet.” (Neither the Death Star nor Narada is hovering nearby.) What we want to save is the existing biosphere.
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