By Ken Levine: How to create a hit network drama “Fame and riches can be yours! Procedural/action dramas are in and you too can create one if you just follow these very simple steps: Always start with a couple. He must be boyishly handsome and she must be smoking hot. You can go “mature” but… Continue reading Links for 2011-04-16
Month: April 2011
What to Tell Your Dog About Einstein
Regular blogging has been interrupted this week not only because I jetted off to southern MD but because this week was the due date for the manuscript of the book-in-progress. It’s now been sent off to my editor, and thus begins my favorite part of the process, the waiting-to-see-what-other-people-think part. I’m pretty happy with it,… Continue reading What to Tell Your Dog About Einstein
Thursday Toddler Blogging 041411
SteelyKid has been sick this week, which made it a perfect time for me to fly down to Maryland for a couple of days. Fortunately, she and Kate have both forgiven me. I did break out the new friend I purchased for SteelyKid a couple of weeks ago, and have been holding in reserve: The… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 041411
Links for 2011-04-13
The Defenders – NYTimes.com “One of those on the ramparts peering out into the night was a blue-eyed, dark-haired young Irishman named John Thompson, a private, who left what may be the only surviving description of the battle by a rank-and-file soldier: a long letter that he sent two weeks later to his father back… Continue reading Links for 2011-04-13
Hello, Southern Maryland: Talk Wednesday at St. Mary’s College
I’m in last-minute-revision mode here, made mroe frantic by the fact that SteelyKid developed a fever yesterday, and had to be kept home from day care. I did want to pop in to note that I will be giving the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium at St. Mary’s College in Maryland tomorrow, Wednesday the 13th.… Continue reading Hello, Southern Maryland: Talk Wednesday at St. Mary’s College
Links for 2011-04-12
Making Light: *Spoilers* Sucker Punch *Spoilers* “Imagine The Matrix as written by M. Night Shyamalan, casting no one you’ve ever heard of, and shot as soft-core porn. That’s Sucker Punch.” (tags: movies culture review blogs making-light) WTF: Journal publishes ESP B-u-n-k | “The article ends, as these things often do, with a discussion section. This… Continue reading Links for 2011-04-12
Links for 2011-04-11
Cocktail Party Physics: so you want to be a science consultant Step Zero: Live in Los Angeles. (tags: science education outreach media television movies blogs cocktail-party books communication)
The Tale of Little Red Robin Hood
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young girl from a family of modest means, who received a spiffy new jacket as a gift. It was bright red, and had a big warm hood that she could pull up over her head when she didn’t feel like combing her hair. She was so pleased… Continue reading The Tale of Little Red Robin Hood
Links for 2011-04-10
“Tie this to your lanyard, Billy Collins” “My brother Aryaman (the talented one) writes: “A colleague of mine who is interested in pursuing science education after her PhD was directed to a collection of (I think apocryphal) answers to science questions from 5th and 6th graders in Japan. I noticed many of them were almost… Continue reading Links for 2011-04-10
Hugo Humiliation
Over in LiveJournal land, nwhyte just finished reading all the Hugo-winning novels, and provides a list of them with links to reviews or at least short comments. He also gives a summary list of his take on the best and worst books of the lot. The obvious thing to do with such a list, particularly… Continue reading Hugo Humiliation