Recently, scientists performed personality experiments on birds. Some time ago, they conducted them on octopuses. Reading about them, I realize I accidentally conducted personality experiments on a human being.
I paid a woman to be my friend at a Tokyo Maid Cafe
Maid Cafes are a tradition in Tokyo's otaku-centric Akihabara neighborhood. People say they're a romantic version of strip clubs: Instead of lapdances, you buy innocent displays of affection. How does it feel to pay for puppy love? I found out.
My Dad, the UFO Expert
Fourth grade isn't exactly a walk in the park, but for Evan Jacobs, having a dad who knew a lot about space aliens was the ticket to social acceptance. This is his story, from the Good Men Project.
Did Star Trek Change Your Life?
Watchmen Director Zack Snyder Reveals His Secret Past
io9's Nisha Gopalan has a great interview with Watchmen director Zack Snyder up at Nylon Guys. Snyder spills his guts about his secret past - as a jock! How does he reconcile his jock side with a mega-geek movie like Watchmen? Here's a funny bit from the interview where Nisha says, "You’re both jock and geek. Aren’t…
Deep Inside NORAD, with Only a Felt-Tip Pen and Twenty Science Fiction …
Yesterday, I traveled back in time to the Cold War: Along with 20 science fiction writers here in Denver for WorldCon, I got a special tour of NORAD, the fabled military command center located in a vast cavern dynamited into the base of Colorado's Cheyenne Mountain. The top-secret base, protected under 2000 feet of…
