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Spanish Exorcist Shortage and Killer Donkeys

Posted on May 25, 2013 by

You’d think in a country with a 25% unemployment rate that filling a job would be easy. Apparently not. Madrid is down to its last exorcist priest and the Catholic archdiocese says it needs more to help cope with the … Continue reading →


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Reading the Obits

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

I like to read obituaries. This is not a morbid preoccupation. I’m not a ghoul, looking for gory details of death. Nor is this related to getting older and becoming more aware of mortality. I became very aware of mortality … Continue reading →


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Austerity Hits The Mafia

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

There have been worrying reports this week from Sicily about the hard times facing the Mafia. Even the crime families, it appears, are not immune from the ravages of Austerity that have beset Southern Europe this past year. First it … Continue reading →


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The Changing Face, Clothes, and Mood of Britain

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

Three items of news this week. One concerns an interesting census item, one is a fun weather related story, and the other is a cure for depression. First, the census. Now, I’m sure those clued up people, who frequent the … Continue reading →


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An Attempt to Think as a Free Thinker

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

With thousands of devout Muslims protesting the enforced Muslimization of their government in Egypt, and since thousands of sincere Christians refused Tea Party pressure to Christianize our government, I need to think about whether I am actually opposed to organised … Continue reading →


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Submitting to Editors Electronically

Posted on April 14, 2012 by
SFWA Bulletin, Spring 2012

or, Keep the Code Monkeys from Tearing their Hair Out by Phyllis Irene Radford The Spring 2012 issue of the SFWA Bulletin includes BVC member Phyllis Irene Radford’s article on submitting electronic texts. Read her article [1.7Mb PDF]: Submitting to … Continue reading →


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Reading for Fun: The News

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Newspapers have been around for around 400 years. The one pictured at left is considered to be among the first — it was published beginning in 1605 and was called Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien. I was raised as … Continue reading →


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Brave New (Journalism) World: When It Changed

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

Got some inside information you want to expose about a major government failure or a corporate cover-up? Who you gonna call? WikiLeaks. As of last Sunday, when WikiLeaks published its Afghan War Diary, 2004-2010, it’s now clear that you no … Continue reading →


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Brave New (Writing) World: The Positive Future

Posted on June 10, 2010 by

I don’t subscribe to magazines much anymore, but I tend to buy them in airports so I have something to read on the plane — this despite the fact that I usually have several books in my carry-on bag and … Continue reading →


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