Mmmm. Scrambled eggs and salsa are an excellent way to get more veggies into my meals.
And there are so many different kinds of salsa!
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Monday, April 24, 2017
shout out for science
ScienceMarch was this past weekend and I attended one of the 600+ satellite marches. It was thrilling to see so many people come out for science (and in many places, in the rain, undeterred).
Science should be available to everyone. We should all think critically and check our sources. It is when we blindly follow along that trouble happens. To everyone out there who is pro-science, thank you, and keep on citing those sources and checking your references!
As a writer, I very often write things that are not science based at all. I've written a few ficlets of science fiction (not really my strong genre) and quite a bit in fantasy. You would think that fantasy writing would be entirely the opposite of science, but it isn't. It is a place if imagining, where the mind can make connections that propel forward our understanding of science, of ourselves, of our strengths and weaknesses.
Take benzene for example. The story of Kekule's dream of a snake eating its own tail (the ouroboros that is so famous) helped him finally figure out the molecular structure. (Although some say the story was a hoax. But even if it was -- it just adds another layer of imagination to that of science.)
Here's a link to a nifty doodle on it: https://web.chemdoodle.com/kekules-dream/
Science should be available to everyone. We should all think critically and check our sources. It is when we blindly follow along that trouble happens. To everyone out there who is pro-science, thank you, and keep on citing those sources and checking your references!
As a writer, I very often write things that are not science based at all. I've written a few ficlets of science fiction (not really my strong genre) and quite a bit in fantasy. You would think that fantasy writing would be entirely the opposite of science, but it isn't. It is a place if imagining, where the mind can make connections that propel forward our understanding of science, of ourselves, of our strengths and weaknesses.
Take benzene for example. The story of Kekule's dream of a snake eating its own tail (the ouroboros that is so famous) helped him finally figure out the molecular structure. (Although some say the story was a hoax. But even if it was -- it just adds another layer of imagination to that of science.)
Here's a link to a nifty doodle on it: https://web.chemdoodle.com/kekules-dream/
Sunday, April 16, 2017
11 things
https://www.littlethings.com/things-women-couldnt-do-50s/?utm_source=cool&utm_medium=Facebook
Just the bank account situation along made me angry. I don't need anyone's permission to have my own autonomy.
Just the bank account situation along made me angry. I don't need anyone's permission to have my own autonomy.
Sunday, April 2, 2017
flash fic
QSF is doing their annual contest again this year: https://queerscifi.com/renewal-qsfs-2017-flash-fiction-contest/
This year's theme is "Renewal".
I've had stories in two of the previous anthologies. Stronger Than Flight for their Flight theme, and Lost in Translation for their theme of Discovery.
The deadline is coming up and I've been working hard. 300 words is both a lot of words and hardly enough.
This year's theme is "Renewal".
I've had stories in two of the previous anthologies. Stronger Than Flight for their Flight theme, and Lost in Translation for their theme of Discovery.
The deadline is coming up and I've been working hard. 300 words is both a lot of words and hardly enough.
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