China just launched a robotic mission to Mars. I anticipated this mission! I made a short video a couple years ago for my conversational Mandarin class about a trip to mars. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqpdEFnbeoM Here is a report about the real mission. I hope they will be happier than I was. https://www.space.com/china-tianwen-1-mars-mission-launch.html
With the recent discussion about elections and election reform I decided to post a clip on election reform from my sort “Make ’ em Squirm: The Sharkbiter Way”. You can watch the clip at: https://youtu.be/ZDhRMo8AIak You can watch the complete interview at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-9y-Bf6abU Please note that the election reform proposal in this video is not… Read Article →
A few weeks ago, my script writer’s group challenged me to write a script about a ZOOM meeting. At first, I didn’t see any point in that, but then I came up with an interesting concept. My working title is “The ZOOM Bomber”. I started, then stopped, then started again. Eventually I had a first… Read Article →
Since Rapport Interviewing is a core aspect of “The Interrogation”, and I felt I didn’t know enough about it to write about it in a convincing manner, I decided I needed to do some research. Being the lazy sort, I started by finding a few YouTube videos and popular articles on the subject. My big… Read Article →
Some years ago, I wrote a short story called “Billy’s Big Discovery”. Recently I thought about revising and expanding it into a longer story. It was clear right away that there were several problems I would need to overcome if I want to build the story into something longer. The Story The story is about… Read Article →
I have a memory from many years ago. I was watching a TV program some time between 1959 and 1966 when I saw a short sequence of two scenes. That memory has haunted me since then, but I have no idea what it was about. Now I think I know. The sequence I remember starts… Read Article →
Progress on “The Interrogation” has stalled a bit, after some productivity. However, I did complete another round of revisions to the outline since my last update: https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/the-interrogation-update-2020-february-9/ Feedback I read the outline I wrote at a couple of meetings of my script writer’s group. The response was generally positive, although they did point out some… Read Article →
I’m in self-isolation, so I decided to finish off some draft posts that have neglected. Over the years I have read stories and articles and watched some videos about interstellar travel and colonization. I have some of my own ideas about how this might happen. Maybe I can use it as background for a story.
