Mindbat

Finished reading Just a Geek. Surprisingly, my experiences and feelings toward NASA parallel Wheaton’s feelings toward Star Trek in many ways: the feeling that I need to prove leaving was the right decision, the odd mix of guilt, excitement and nostalgia I feel whenever I see someone I used to work with, the worry that [...]

I was going to write up a list of the differences between my three careers (optical engineering, writing, and programming) and post them here, but then I realized what all my differences had in common: they were changes in the way people thought of me. As a NASA employee I was awe-inspiring, as a writer [...]

I’m reading Wil Wheaton’s Just a Geek, for two reasons: because I’ve enjoyed his blog, and wanted to check out more of his writing. And because I’m hoping he can help. If you don’t already know, Just a Geek is Wil’s book about his shift from being “That Guy Who Used to be on Star [...]

I wish celebrities over 40 were allowed to grow old gracefully, instead of being pressured to starve themselves and inject toxins into their skin to try to look 25. I wish children were encouraged to experiment and play under adult supervision more, instead of either running amok or being tied up in unexplained rules. I [...]

Noted game designer Erin Hoffman posted an absolutely amazing letter originally written by Rainer Maria Rilke to a young would-be poet: