by Kim Pederson……. In Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 film Kill Bill Volume 1, 95 people lose their lives in one way or

by Kim Pederson……. There must be someone or something I can blame for my failure to reach the 1% (or

by Kim Pederson……. In the opening moments of “Listen,” the fourth episode of Season 8 of the revived Doctor Who series, the

by Kim Pederson……. Last night, as I was shaking out fiber capsules from a plastic bottle, about to take them

by Kim Pederson……. In his story “Second Person, Present Tense” (published in the November Clarkesworld), Daryl Gregory starts with two quotations.

by Kim Pederson……. Punctuation marks. What’s their story? In the endless search (mine anyway) for the strange and wonderful, they

by Kim Pederson……. I read recently that the Totten Glacier (TG) in Antarctica may not be long for this world.

by Kim Pederson……. Last week on Late Night, Stephen Colbert did a rather lame segment on sex with robots. He took the

by Kim Pederson……. Last Friday marked the blockbuster opening of the blockbuster weekend of the blockbuster film Thor: Ragnarok. I won’t

by Kim Pederson……. In Kurt Vonnegut’s The Sirens of Titan, the soldiers on Mars, who are training to invade earth because

by Kim Pederson……. At the end of my annual physical exam last week, my doctor congratulated me on my good

by Kim Pederson……. This year’s Fantasy Fest theme in Key West is “Time Travel Unravels.” The FF website defines the

by Kim Pederson……. First, the “good news” for women: feeling guilty is not a sign of guilt but a sign

by Kim Pederson……. It seems ages ago already, but it has been just a few short weeks since we time-traveled

by Kim Pederson……. Apparently, I can stop losing sleep at night over having still failed to learn French. I took

by Kim Pederson……. After watching PBS Great Performances’ “Hamilton’s America,” which is indeed great if you want to get a

by Kim Pederson……. In honor, I’m assuming, of the twentieth anniversary of the debut of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,

by Kim Pederson……. Usually I try to ignore what Rubberlina™ is up to when she usurps this space. In her