Be Here Mondays Blog of David Skinner, Published Children's Author http://www.beheremondays.com It's Not Just What, But Where (The Pointlessness of Downloaded Consciousness) [6/28/08] When artifical intelligence reaches a certain point, the consequences will be so profound that the moment will represent... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=314 Saturday Florablogging (Only a Bit Better than Catblogging) [6/28/08] I bought my house from a woman who had found herself a husband and was going off to live with him. I met her only once,... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=313 Ages as Bright as Any (Michael Flynn's Eifelheim) [6/21/08] In seeking science fiction that is neither left-wing nor Christophobic (see my previous remarks here and here), I would ... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=311 Who's the Final Cylon? (It's Probably Hurley from Lost. But Who Really Cares?) [6/13/08] SPOILERS AHEAD Today, online, I watched the mid-season finale of Battlestar Galactica. I actually haven't seen anyth... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=310 Sci-Fi Resurrection (Among the Rocketships and Robots, Once Again) [6/7/08] Earlier I complained about how difficult it is to find well-written science fiction that is neither left-wing nor Christ... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=308 Black Obama (No Escape from Race, For Now) [6/5/08] May I dissent from all the "historic moment" blather that is coming even from conservatives? The nomination of Obama (i... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=307 Smuggled Into the City (Intriguing Contraband in BioShock) [5/31/08] Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? No, says the man in Washington; It belongs to the poor. No, says the m... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=306 Deckard Is Not a Replicant (No Matter What Ridley Scott Thinks) [5/24/08] SPOILERS AHEAD Hee hee! But to be serious, and to disagree... Blade Runner is about memory and mortality: mem... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=304 The Same Girl? (Amid the Squalor of The Family Guy) [3/9/08] Back in the '90s, I don't remember how, but several people at my place of employment learned that I am a writer. One da... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=303 I Was for It Before I Was for It (The Battle of Iraq) [2/18/08] I haven't said much about Iraq in the past couple of years. I guess I got tired of arguing. But despite my recent sile... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=302 Super Bowl! (A Lesser Feast Day) [2/10/08] Although it is true that even the most uninterested can be swept up during championship sports games -- especially if on... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=300 See You at the Next Civilization (You Can Have Your John McCain) [2/8/08] Of course Hillary and Obama are leftists. Leftists, my friends; not merely liberals. And of course each would make an ... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=298 An Interruption of the Wallpaper (The Emptiness of Rothko) [2/1/08] I am an optimist. I believe that foolish forms of art endure only so long as they are a means to self-elevation. Once ... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=297 A Cause Uncaused (The shallow materialists strike again...) [1/28/08] Either everything has a cause, or there's something that doesn't. The first-cause argument collapses into this hole whi... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=296 For Son and Country (A 50-Word Story) [1/27/08] Among those to be shot was his mother. She saw him in the enemy's uniform; she saw him move to save her. She shook her... http://www.beheremondays.com/Blog.php?eid=295