“Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such thing as a tesseract.” So goes my favorite quote from what’s probably my favorite book. At least, it’s the book that opened up to me a world that has become a cornerstone of my life – “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle. It might have…
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Losing and finding your mind: Van Gogh’s piles of things good, bad, and wondrous
Barring being actually in the Matrix, what you see and touch is real, right? You know where you are? What you think is dependable? And what you feel is appropriate? Usually we’d say yes, pretty much. We can take those things for granted, and go with purpose to our work, our play, our practice on…
Basic Yoga Poses for Beginners
Any new practice can be intimidating – be it sports or music, or the geekier things I love like cosplay or learning Klingon (Qapla!, or Success! with that one). Thankfully, yoga is among the easiest practices to begin – and it’s immediately rewarding. To start, try out these three simple beginner’s poses (Mountain Pose, Child’s…
Downward Facing Dog: Your Back to the Future
Marty McFly may have gone Back to the Future a number of times, but in this pose you can actually face your back to the future. That’s because in Downward Facing Dog you plant your hands in front of you and angle your back to the front, which is where you are going. As you…
Doctor Who Sun Salutation
Setting: Your corner of time and space Sound: the Doctor Who theme song Props: Sonic screwdriver to hold high, Jelly babies to give to passersby After you are settled into the mind of a Time Lord, follow along through the poses below… pausing whenever you like, since this flow is timey wimey wibbly wobbly…. Mountain…
Om and the Force: Binding us all Together
Sorry, introverts of this galaxy and others far, far away. Even when we are alone, we aren’t alone. In the world of Star Wars, there is the Force. As Obi Wan said, “Well, the Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and…
Darmok and Jalad, at Tanagra: You and Me, Sharing our Gifs
Like the air being let out of a balloon! Like souring the milk! Like staring at yourself in a reflection in a frozen pond – but on a time delay! Star Trek was infamous for using analogies to explain awkward technobabble in layman’s terms. Perhaps Riker largely existed to be the hapless one asking “huh?”…
Then again, I’m willing to wait for Burr’s control
Recently I wrote about the virtue of flexibility, expressed both in yoga and in Hamilton. Obviously a body must be flexible to do yoga poses, while Hamilton was flexible in his strategy towards life. He “did what it [took] to survive” (and thrive). Burr, meanwhile, is inflexible and unadaptable to the point where it destroys…
Deep breath now: Never be cruel, never be cowardly
When Peter Capaldi finally threw back his head and arms, regeneration energy flying everywhere, it was truly the end of an era. It marked the end of male domination of the Doctor on Doctor Who, which is very exciting indeed. But it’s also the end of everything incredible he brought to the role. The huge,…
I’m not throwing away my shot at Hamilton’s flexibility
Just what is it about this Alexander Hamilton? Such was the question of 2016–well, the fun question. There were many other more agonizing questions for another time, of course. But it was surely a question on the minds of many as the musical about him skyrocketed into massive popularity. Fans were converted by the thousands…