Brain Fuel – John A. Underwood

Update from the Road

Syd and I are on vacation this week. It’s a much-needed break from work and winter. We’re staying in the weirdest house, which I’ll describe in some future post, but for now I just wanted to note a couple of things. But first, take a look at this mind-boggling sand-sculpture we came across yesterday eveningContinue reading “Update from the Road”

Dreambuilding: Unicycle

I’ve been dreaming about unicycles lately. But, like, electric motorized ones. People riding them pass by me as I meander city sidewalks in my slumber. The wheels are big, three and a half to four feet in diameter, wide enough for some real stability. The saddle rises up over the middle, with struts attaching itContinue reading “Dreambuilding: Unicycle”

Clone Laws

Got into a discussion at the bar about the rights of clones. This is a fairly typical day in the life, mind you. So we’re all talking about human cloning and what rights said clones would or would not have under the law as it stands. There was a bit of googling that led toContinue reading “Clone Laws”

Olding

Another birthday on the books.

On the Passing of Torches

I was thinking about canon and continuity…

Isolation

The longer this shit goes on… So I’ve officially been not working for 6 months now. (Day job, anyway.) And I know I’m not the only one starting to look back at the early days of quarantine with … is this nostalgia? Are you kidding me? But I’ve seen tweets that echo this feeling. TheContinue reading “Isolation”