http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Benjamin Rosenbaum's unregenerate musings on writing, parenting, technology, politics, speculative fiction, fabulism, imaginary friends, and shiny gumballs. en-us webmaster@benjaminrosenbaum.com 2010-01-31T14:25:15+01:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2010_01.html All science fiction is destined to become alternate history: This is an issue of the newspaper of the 1990 student... 776@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Philosophizing 2010-01-31T14:25:15+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2010_01.html We are monstrous; we are loved. (I liked it, if you were wondering; more than my kids did, I think,... 804@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ 2010-01-26T18:36:17+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2010_01.html My and David Ackert's collaborative short story "Stray", originally published in the December 2007 F&SF, has been translated into German... 803@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Writing Announcements 2010-01-25T14:33:12+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2010_01.html The ancient, hacked-by-me version of MoveableType I use for blogging is sketchy about sending me email when people comment, so... 801@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Philosophizing 2010-01-19T17:58:58+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2010_01.html Now that my Dad is retired, he is getting back to physics. He wandered away from the subject of... 800@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Philosophizing 2010-01-18T21:56:12+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2010_01.html A friend wrote me a letter asking for tips on how to tell his daughter stories. What a wonderful thing... 797@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Children 2010-01-12T20:15:18+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2010_01.html Okay, so perhaps someone has named this idea already, but if not, I would like to propose the following meme:... 796@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Philosophizing 2010-01-11T20:44:35+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2010_01.html Apparently, we get FTL before decent wheelchairs. And also much Fail. Minimal invasive retconning post coming soon. Edited to add:... 795@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Philosophizing 2010-01-10T17:46:49+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2010_01.html First, happy new year everyone. How was your decade? Oh good, or I'm sorry to hear that, depending. I had... 794@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Other Things That Happen 2010-01-06T20:47:35+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2009_12.html I will be at Readercon 21 this summer. Who's going? Anyone want to share a room, ride from airport, etc.?... 792@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Writing Announcements 2009-12-16T13:07:55+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2009_12.html In case you thought it was just the Muslims... I am taking bets on how long before we start getting... 791@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Other Things That Happen 2009-12-04T10:21:29+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2009_12.html According to my collaborator Ethan, Tumbarumba is being shown at the Videomedeja festival in the Museum of Contemporary Art of... 790@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Writing Announcements 2009-12-02T22:31:54+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2009_11.html It looks like this piece of xenophobic, religiously illiterate, self-serving, self-righteous racist crap actually passed. It was supposed to have... 787@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Philosophizing 2009-11-29T15:21:13+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2009_11.html So you know about the war of the billboards, right? The clever atheist billboard campaign begun in the UK and... 786@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Philosophizing 2009-11-27T14:53:22+01:00 http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2009_11.html Frank Sijbenga has posted a Dutch translation of "The Orange". Thanks, Frank! The Google return translation from Dutch back to... 785@http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Writing Announcements 2009-11-26T09:15:44+01:00