Author: JRVogt

This is a site I could browse through for hours on end without getting bored. Trivia Library.com What is it, you ask? Why it’s an enormous collection of random facts, articles and essays on topics that range from Astronomy to Utopia to Death to Weird Events and more. Sound kinda…

We’ve seen it all in the stories, the Harry Potter books, and now invisibility (or our great craving for anonymity in its ultimate manifestation) is being considered in so many scientific fields, it’s dizzying. Blueprint for Invisibility Here’s the Wired News bit on it: New Research Brings Invisibility Tech Into…

There’s some fascinating research going on that hints at humans being able to enter a state of Suspended animation in order to survive hostile environments, or to preserve bodily functions until proper care can be provided. Some of this comes from stories of people surviving in harsh weather by going…

Blerg. It was hot yesterday. I tried to get stuff done. Succeeded at times when it was possible to move around in a non-liquefied form. This is just the precursor to the NYC summer, where you start sweating by the gallon just because you woke up and rolled over in…

I think we have one of both families together, but this’ll have to do for now. This is where you can see sun and snow at the same time. Me and the little sis’ taking a break from the dancing. The fate of the get-away car. I see that smile.…

Since a lot of folks are out enjoying the sunny weekend, or maybe travelling to see family and friends, I’m going to keep the posts light over the holiday. Here are a few pictures of the wedding that we’ve started to receive from the photographer. More to come. In writing…

Neil Gaiman’s Stardust, which I believe I’ve linked about at least once. Enchanted by the book, and excited by what I’ve seen of the movie so far. Also, Pullman’s The Golden Compass, the first in the His Dark Materials trilogy which I enjoyed thoroughly, despite it being partly Pullman’s negative…

Here is what I just finished reading: A Walk on the Nightside includes the first three books in Green’s Nightside series, featuring the not-quite-human private eye, John Taylor. The Nightside is London’s evil twin, where it’s always three o’clock in the morning, and you can find anything you are looking…

David Louis Edelman has been revisiting J.R.R. Tolkien’s works, including The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, The Fellowship of the Ring, and now he is on The Two Towers. Some unique insights on these classics of fantasy, works which have oddly enough almost been overlooked more now that the movies made a…

The good news is that the book, or books, if you want to get technical, that I’m reading now are pretty enjoyable. They’re putting me in a much better mood than my last read, and even though they’ve got a dark mood to them, with often gristly images splattered across…