Flogging Babel

. I mentioned yesterday that I'd been to Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey.  Not all of their work is outdoors.  There are small i...

. Friday, Marianne and I made a flying visit to take a brief look at  Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey.  That's just ou...

. My friend Alexei Bezouglyi has sent me copies of the photos of me with Belka and Strelka, the first mammals to orbit the Earth and retu...

. Fifty years and eight days ago, two dogs became the first animals ever to orbit the Earth in a spacecraft and return alive.  The August...

. That admirable organization, the Copyright Alliance , has posted the latest installment in their Creators Across America series, an...

. You've always wondered where all those royal dicks came from. Now you know. Above:  Snapshot taken in Edinburgh.  Feel free to...

. Probably the single best perk about being a writer is getting to hang out with other writers.  When I was in Chengdu, the editors of Sci...