July 2, 2011

• Write? Right.

  My blogging life has been in ICU lately; I just haven’t felt like writing a whole lot, so I haven’t disciplined myself. It doesn’t help that my “real” job is heavily mental and that all of my best posts are written while I’m in the shower, far from paper or keyboard. Maybe I should invest in a voice recorder. Lol

  My conscience finally got the best of me a few days ago and I am renewing my commitment to WRITE. I don’t flatter myself into thinking I have great insights to share, but I hate to ask my students to do something I am unwilling to do… so if they must write, so will I.

  I promise you nothing, dear reader, except a bit of candor, many unanswered questions, and occasional wit (when I manage to be so lucky). In return, I love to read your feedback, even when violently negative LOL, and I hope some good discussions break out here once in a while.

  My cultural life has been rich lately with good sci-fi like Mass Effect and Babylon 5. Most of the B5 episodes were written by a single author, J Michael Straczynski, and he served up an impressive story arc. I heartily recommend, though you will have to order the DVDs from NetFlix; the series just got pulled from instant streaming, sadly.

  Both B5 and the Mass Effect games ask difficult questions about cross-cultural policy and politics. Backed against the wall, all of us succumb to the intense selfishness of human nature. “It’s ok if the world burns as long as my street stays safe.” I’ve shifted uncomfortably in my seat a few times as this pre-9/11 TV show forces me to see parallels with the current financial crisis, political incompetence and gridlock, lack of immigration reform,the health care crisis. Even facing significant crisis and consequences, we fail to work together. Maybe galactic sci-fi is just too optimistic.

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