by Piper Bayard | Aug 7, 2013 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard Prime time TV would have us thinking teens are all a bunch of shallow losers who can’t think past their next freakish vampire/werewolf/angel/superhero boyfriend/girlfriend or their next gossip fix. Being the mother of teenage geeks, though, I can...
by Piper Bayard | Aug 5, 2013 | PRISM
By Piper Bayard It’s out! The Department of Homeland Security released the list of words that trigger Homeland Security unwarranted monitoring of our social media. What a great opportunity to have a bit of fun by playing the DHS Trigger Word Challenge. Below is...
by Piper Bayard | Aug 2, 2013 | The End is Near. . . .
Power Company Sends Threatening Letter to Freeloading Streetlight In New Zealand, Clive Saleman received a letter from the power company warning that it was going to cut off his electricity. Then he noticed the letter wasn’t addressed to him. It was addressed to...
by Piper Bayard | Jul 31, 2013 | Writing
By Piper Bayard There are dozens of books out there that will teach you to write, but I learned everything I need to know about writing Sci Fi from Star Trek: The Original Series. Star Trek has it all. Great Structure The typical episode starts with some kind of...
by Piper Bayard | Jul 29, 2013 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes When we last published an analysis of the war in Syria in April 2013, this was where things stood: Various factions of Islamic fundamentalist-branded gangs had hijacked the conflict. Russia had announced its continuing support for Assad. Turkey’s own...
by Piper Bayard | Jul 22, 2013 | Book Reviews
By Piper Bayard She has many names–WANAMama, Writerchik, the Death Star–but you may know her as Kristen Lamb. Fiction writer, blogger, and social media maven. I met her just over three years ago on a patio in Ft. Worth. She was gesticulating wildly, glass...
by Piper Bayard | Jul 19, 2013 | Firelands, The End is Near. . . .
Sock Monkey Kama Sutra Brings New Meaning to “Monkey Business” Original title was “Curious George Gone Wild.” Click on the title above the picture for the full story. And now . . . The moment we’ve all been waiting for! The winners of the...
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