Monthly Archives: April 2010

Metsän henki

“She stands outside & in me, / a flicker beckoning / at the inmost limit of vision / where the blind spot is insufficiency / of self-knowing.” A poem in celebration of National Poetry Month. Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-28: Guns on campus

On April 28, 2010, the Alaska chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus and the Anchorage 2nd Amendment Task Force demonstrated on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus against University of Alaska Regents Policy and UA regulations which prohibit … Continue reading

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Integrity, violation, healing

This excerpt from Rachel Meikäläinen’s Whole Numbers delves into the meaning of the word integrity.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-20: Frodo & Sam mess up European airspace

RT: @MariKurisato: So I wonder how Apple will deal with the whole oops lost $g iPhone Gizmodo saga? // To me: a great free ad for Apple. # Henkimaa: my livesnark of SyFy’s adaptation of Philip José Farmer’s “Riverworld”. Good … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-19: “Riverworld” livesnark

SyFy’s latest adaptation of Philip José Farmer’s “Riverworld” series is just as sucky as the last one (when they were SciFi Channel), in spite of some actors I like.

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Jane Doe, Finnish style

How the main character of Mistress of Woodland became a philosophical forebear of my fictional Consensus society in Long Dark and Cold.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-17: Against animal abuse

Today was a day focused on writing. But I want to highlight a couple of stories from today re: animal abuse, one by John Aronno at Alaska Commons, and one about a welcome law to outlaw sexual abuse of animals in Alaska.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-16: PFDs for the dead

@cadaverousapple Which one is it? Where? I’ll give you a third hit. (& not from a bong, b/c I don’t have one. Nor even so much as a roach) in reply to cadaverousapple # @ShardAngel — here’s the story I … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-15: Writing life

Today was Third Thursday: which means an evening write-in with my NaNoWriMo peeps, who continue to meet every third Thursday of the month for just such a purpose even when its not NaNovember.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-14: Springtime in Anchorage

Featuring a slideshow of today’s spring snowstorm in Anchorage.

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