12 Mar 2009
by ryanin Chelsea, Entertainment, Michigan Tags: celebrities, Chelsea, euchre, Jeff Daniels
You had to read that title twice, didn’t you? Anyway, Mr. Daniels is the hometown boy who made it big and, by all accounts, is a pretty nice guy, too. I always find it interesting to read about him, mostly because of the “yeah, he’s from my town” factor I think, but also because I enjoy his work (and he’s from my town). Check out the profile on Playbill. Oh, and Jeff, if you ever want to play euchre, him me up; we’ll head down to Sietz’s and scare up a game.
18 Mar 2008
by ryanin News, Stories, Technology Tags: Arthur C Clarke, celebrities, obits, scifi
I wish I had a long remembrance of Mr. Clarke, but I don’t. I’ve read much of his short stories, a couple novels, but, aside from 2001 and a collection of shorts (which included The Sentinel, the pre-cursor to 2001), I always found the person of Mr. Clarke more interesting than his writing. His
That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy his writing. In fact the opposite was often true. But his stories, while solid sci-fi, never reached me like the work of other writers (such as Isaac Asimov or Robert Forward).
He did make a wonderful spokesman for the hard core of science fiction and inspired many writers and scientists and will be conspicuously absent from the community. Best wishes and condolences to his family and friends.
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