Category Archives: Science Fiction

Where’s my new body?

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Kevin A. Barnes

Many people with chronic illness seem over time to develop a love/hate relationship with their body. They understand the tiniest nuances of how it reacts to specific medications, to different foods, to various environmental factors. But ultimately if you suffer from an incurable, physically compromising illness, there end up being times when you just want to dump your entire body and start over with a healthy new one. Which of course is impossible.

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Recommitment vs. Being Committed

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

It’s going to be an interesting (and busy) November and December. I recently reviewed a list of all of the non-work projects I currently have underway, with the hope of dropping (or at the very least deferring) some of them. … Read the rest of this entry →

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Marketing your blockbuster product or service

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

New from Kevin on the Creatonomy Blog: The Hollywood studios have become masters of successful marketing. Even in a bad economic environment, they create extensive campaigns that reach prospective customers in almost every facet of their lives. (And most importantly, … Read the rest of this entry →

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Is Dylan god (at least in the Battlestar Galactica universe)?

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

In the late ‘70s while I was in high school, it wasn’t that unusual to see “Clapton is God” scrawled on a wall. Less frequently seen1 was the message “Dylan is God.” As my musical horizons expanded after high school, … Read the rest of this entry →

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Is SciFi Channel really this incompetent?

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

(Note: This post contains no spoilers. Read on without fear!) Like many science fiction fans, I make good natured attempts to avoid spoilers for major books, movies and TV series that hold the promise of occasionally surprising me. In this … Read the rest of this entry →

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