by Jim Stitzel | Feb 8, 2007 | General
I stumbled across a debate yesterday on the topic of escapism, worldbuilding, and speculative fiction. I had initially intended to contribute my own thoughts to this discussion, but after having perused a number of _other_ opinions on various websites and blogs, I...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 9, 2007 | General
Apparently, “Ohio State lost big”:http://www.lordjabez.net/blog/?p=253 yesterday. And apparently, it’s a “sore subject”:http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004761.html for a lot of Buckeye fans. I’ve never really understood sports...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 4, 2007 | General
Either I have a cold, cynical heart, or I have a more (ahem) refined literary palette than most people. The reason I say this is because I frequently find myself puzzled at reader reactions to a lot of stories. For example, I’ll read through a given story and...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 13, 2006 | General
“GenCon”:http://www.gencon.com/2006/indy/ weekend in Indy is always an amusing and interesting time to drive carriages. The things that you see downtown: Apparently the years have not been good to Darth Vader. He’s both shorter and rounder than his...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 3, 2006 | General
Two events in the news lately leaving me disappointed – but not surprised – in the reaction of the American and the world populace. Ken Lay dies before going to trial, and Mel Gibson gets picked up for drunk driving and spouts a lot of anti-Semitic speech....
