Yearly Archives: 2007
Wanna Be a Ghost-Buster?
Then check out my friend’s new book, Confessions of a Feng Shui Ghost-Buster. I’ll be honest, I edited the book and designed the cover. But trust me when I tell you, it didn’t need that much editing. It was a good book when I got it. It’s part memoir, part feng-shui guide, and even includes […]
Eaton Science Fiction Conference Focuses on Mars
According to Pat O’Brien of The Press-Enterprise, The Eaton Science Fiction Conference will be focusing on Mars when it is held in May 2008. Word is that Ray Bradbury and Frederik Pohl will be there and, if technological details can be worked out, Sir Arthur C. Clarke will talk with them via teleconference from his […]
BREAKING NEWS: Author Terry Pratchett Has Alzheimer’s
I’m sad to say that Terry Pratchett, who has transported me to the wonderful Disc World (which flies through space on some elephants and the great space Turtle A’tuan) and kept me in laughter and silly giggles for more than a decade, has announced that he has a rare form of early Alzheimer’s disease. You […]
Dino-Lovers: Mark Your Calendars
If you love dinosaurs, you won’t want to miss this event — and you have time to book your travel arrangements, too!
In March 2008, the Burpee Museum of Natural History will host the Annual Paleofest, where 10 of the world’s best-known dinosaur-hunters and paleontologists will gather to tell dinosaur tales and host interactive workshops with families, professionals and dinosaur lovers of all ages.
Other features of the event include the unveiling of Homer’s skull. No, not that Homer, but Burpee’s newest dinosaur discovery, a juvenile Triceratops. In addition to the unveiling, it will be revealed why the Homer field site is such an important discovery.
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Orlando, Fla, Narnia Fans Get Special Treat
Well, I’m back online. Did you miss me? 😉 Now through Dec. 30, 2007, the Orlando Science Center in Florida will be presenting in it’s Darden Theater a special live adaptation of “The Magician’s Nephew,” a “classic story of good versus evil in the Land of Narnia.” Show tickets are $19 for shows on Thursdays, […]
Me And My Gypsy Ways
Once upon a time, I lived in Southern California, and it was good. Then I got married, moved to Northern California. Moved to Florida. Moved to Texas. Moved to Arizona. Moved to Maryland. And then moved back to Southern California. Well, I’ve been here a year and it is now time to pick up my […]
Roswell Theme Park Planned
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be abducted by aliens? Well, you might soon get your chance if Bryan Temmer, a Florida-based computer technician, gets his way. He wants to build an alien-themed amusement park in Roswell, N.M., and one of the attractions will be a thrill ride that simulates an […]
Advance Screening for Stephen King’s The Mist
MGM and Dimension Films will have an advance screen of Stephen King’s The Mist tomorrow (Nov. 15) at 2pm in Beverly Hills. To get your pass for two, send an email to mist@alliedadvpub.com and include your name and date of birth. The pass does not guarantee admission, so arrive early. Seating is limited and is […]
Attention Dinophiles: New Exhibit Opening in Pittsburgh, Pa.
A new one-of-a-kind dinosaur exhibit is opening soon at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pa. Dubbed “Dinosaurs in Their Time”, the exhibit is hailed as “the first permanent exhibit in the world to showcase dinosaurs in scientifically accurate, immersive environments spanning the Age of Dinosaurs.”
The exhibit, which opens to the public on Nov. 21, showcases dinosaurs in precise reconstructions of their ecosystems, interacting with their environments and the other animals and plants that lived alongside them.
“Visitors will get the feeling of literally stepping back in time and walking among the dinosaurs,” said Dr. Matt Lamanna, the museum’s Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, principle dinosaur researcher, and lead scientific adviser for Dinosaurs in Their Time. “We’ve painstakingly recreated the worlds of the dinosaurs, from the plants they ate and walked on to the animals that shared their respective ecosystems; everything that is displayed together actually lived together. This is the first time so many dinosaurs have been shown like this in a museum.”
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