A woman and her ever-grumpy husband went on vacation to Jerusalem. While they were there the husband passed away. The undertaker told the wife, “You can have him shipped home for $5,000, or you can bury him here, in the Holy Land, for $150.” The woman thought about it and told him that s...

Octavia E. Butler's classic, Kindred , will soon be a graphic novel. @Blogcritics: A video conversation with Kim Harrison (White Witch, Black Curse). Enter the Octopus interviews Bibliophile Stalker Charles Tan ( Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler ). Free audio fiction: The latest Starship Sofa ...

Friday, March 6, 2009 On Friday, as soon as Joe came home from work, he loaded the kids into the Durango and headed towards Woodburn for our Friday night dinner out and grocery shopping at Wal*Mart thing we do. While we were in route, the lady who gave us the kitten called and told us that we could ...

You will feel so exhilarated and happy after seeing this "Validation" video! Thanks you so much, Warren Whitlock (follow him here on Twitter), for mentioning it last night on the Twitter Tuesday program with Phil Johncock (follow his tweets, too). And thanks ever so much to the Rich Prosperity and S...

On this date in 1977, the Hanafi Siege concluded.  The Siege began two days earlier when members of a muslin splinter group took over three buildings in Washington DC -- the City Hall, B'nai B'rith headquarters and the Islamic Center.  About 149 hostages were taken, and two were ...

Interviews & Profiles: The Nebula Awards website interviews Nebula nominee Jack McDevitt (Cauldron). @49 Writers: David Marusek (Mind Over Ship). John Scalzi turns the Whatever mike over to Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth. SFFaudio reminds people that Ursula K. Le Guin will soon...

Kudos to the Institute for Integrative Nutrition -- which I attended -- for this inspiring news piece on Bravo. The show, hosted by Lou Gossett, Jr., quotes the inspiring IIN founder, as well as the world renowned Deepak Chopra and acclaimed health counselors Andrea Beaman, former Bravo Top Chef, an...

The Florida Film Festivalkicks off March 27 with cutting-edge American independent and international film paired with fine cuisine and wine will take a bow at the 18th annual Florida Film Festival, which runs through April 5, 2009. Joining this year’s......

On this date in 1977, arguably the greatest event in the history of lowbrow insults occurred. A team of astronomers discovered rings around Uranus. That's right, pal, you've got rings around your anus!...

Tor.com looks at Paul Melko's excellent novel, The Walls of the Universe . At SciFi Wire, Anne McCaffrey, Michael Moorcock, Cory Doctorow, Kim Newman, and David Hartwell share their memories of Philip Jose Farmer: Mur Lafferty podcast-interviews MST3K alum Mary Jo Pehl and Tobias Buckell, author of ...