Blood, Guts, Breasts, and Insanity

Demographic disclosure: I am an American who likes good adult (note the lack of euphemistic quotation marks) entertainment, and I am disgusted and ashamed at what thirty years of cultural conservatism has done to my country. Perhaps I’d better back up and explain…

7 Comments »Filed under: Censorship, Creativity, Idle Musings, Language, Public PolicyPosted on February 24th, 2010

Steampunk Education, part 1

So, with Steamcon coming soon, and me sitting on a couple panels, I’ve got to bone up on a genre that I’ve hereto only been passingly familiar with.  This involves an extensive reading list, which I’m honestly not going to have time for.  Fortunately, I’m not giving a talk on writing in the genre, I’m [...]

2 Comments »Filed under: Book Reviews, Censorship, Conventions, Events, Film Reviews, Idle MusingsPosted on October 14th, 2008

Lets talk about Sex!

Why is “Sex” capitalized in the title? Well, because it’s so much fun - and scares the hell out of so many people. The latest episode of Apologia features your humble narrator going toe-to-toe with one of my friendly neighborhood evangelicals, Apologia’s own Kevin Harris, on the topic of sexual ethics - what [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Censorship, PodcastingPosted on February 26th, 2008
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