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Dreams of the First Age

Today (7/7) is Tanabata, the Star Festival, a celebration based on a legend out of China about the Weaver Princess…

17 years ago

4 July 1776: Birth of a Utopian Experiment

Can we really call the USA a utopian experiment? Depends on your definition. If a utopia is heaven on Earth,…

17 years ago

I am still alive

Hurray! My blog finally reached the very last position of blog listings. Well, not really the last, just the last…

17 years ago

On the name

"Nova Atlantis" is meant to be an homage to both Francis Bacon's 17th-century utopia, New Atlantis, and Ursula Le Guin's…

17 years ago

Utopia, Dystopia, Watevatopia

Setting terms: Lyman Tower Sargent (who I met in Australia last December) and Gregory Claeys offer some definitions in their…

17 years ago

REBOOT

For quite some time I've been thinking I ought to focus this blog on something, and Dharma's recent comment on…

17 years ago

Farewell, Golden Week!

Golden Week has actually been over for a few days, but this is the first Monday since it ended, so…

17 years ago

Tap tap tap…

[  Mood: Sleepy ][  Currently: Listening to  ]Taking a quick break from working on a big paper. I'm in my office…

17 years ago

Like sands in the hourglass…

[  Mood: Confused ]I've dropped out of one of the two D&D campaigns I was in--in fact, they are playing without…

17 years ago

OH GREAT MOTHER, ACCEPT THIS OFFERING of baby pictures

To avoid the Wrath of Mom, here are some more family pictures from Sayumi's visit a couple of days ago.…

17 years ago