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The Culture will mourn

SF author Iain M. Banks has announced that he has terminal cancer and is unlikely to live more than a year. This is insanely sad. I’ve only read two of his books, and loved both. Time to read more, I … Continue reading

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But when we have warp drive, it’ll be a snap!

Visualizations that help convey the non-human scale of distances in space are always nice, but even so, they never really make it totally clear. I just don’t think the human brain is wired to conceive of these kinds of distances. … Continue reading

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A to Z: Chopin

One part of my character make-up against which I have struggled all my life is my tendency to simply not work that hard at stuff I don’t care as much about as other stuff. I suppose everybody has that tendency … Continue reading

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

Just how awesome IS ‘breakfast for dinner’, anyway?

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Cats and Wife

Cats and Wife. (And my left shoulder), originally uploaded by Jaquandor. I was lucky enough to get this lovely shot of our two feline doofuses in a cuddly moment with The Wife, who was snoozing in ever-lovely fashion. Life ain’t … Continue reading

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A to Z: Bach

“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” –Somebody (we’re not really sure who) Yesterday I indicated that I don’t much care for Baroque music, because of its inherent sanity. But as in all things, there are exceptions, and the … Continue reading

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Remember, Buffalo!

This city seems to have a fetish for old things. Well, Byzantium’s Shores is one of Buffalo’s oldest blogs, dating back to February 2002! In blogging terms, that’s like a house that Tom Jefferson might have walked by on his … Continue reading

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A possibly depressing exercise

I’ve written of this before, but the names change every year, so let’s do it again! For me, when I think of an ‘old movie’, my brain always defaults to Casablanca, which by the time of my awareness of its … Continue reading

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Art in SPACE!!!

I saw these two images on Tumblr yesterday, and both put me in mind of Princesses In SPACE!!! (not the actual title). The first seems like an actual possible location from the book, so I’ll keep this in mind: This one … Continue reading

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A to Z: Arutunian

Welcome to this year’s Blogging A-to-Z Challenge! My topic this year, as I indicated yesterday, is Classical Music. My approach will be generally of a piece with my approach to all such things: personal reflections and whatnot. So, let’s get … Continue reading

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