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The Razor’s Edge

April 12, 2003
This journal entry was originally posted on April 8. A few days later, I received some emails asking why I had deleted it. I did not realize that I had done this. I've revised it slightly to reflect the changing... continued

Strange Days

March 31, 2003
Sudden Acute Respiratory Distress has reached Houston. Presumably it will be in San Antonio soon. Because of scarring to my lungs when I was young, I am apt to be very seriously threatened by this illness, so it is a... continued

The Boy in the Box

March 14, 2003
In recent years, I have had a number of childhood memories emerge that disturb me very much. These memories are like the memories of many other people. And I have also found, buried in some old news stories, startling corroboration... continued

My Valentine

February 13, 2003
Anne and I are giving each other Valentines via our journals. I won't know what she's written until she posts her new diary, and she won't know what I've written until she sees this journal on the site. Anne, even... continued

Official Terror Worse than ‘Night and Fog’

February 10, 2003
Last night I read a document that turned my blood to ice. The document I am referring to was created by John Ashcroft last month and presently exists in draft form. It is called the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of... continued

The Call of the Seven Stars

February 4, 2003
There is tremendous worldwide sorrow over the loss of the seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle. It's much greater than the sadness that would attend the loss of a 747 with 350 people aboard. There is a reason for this,... continued

The World in Evening Light

January 19, 2003
The World in Evening Light Our world is not going to remain as it is now for very long. Sudden climate change is already in its early stages, and could accelerate dramatically at any time. Even more astounding, scientists are... continued

The Coming War

January 10, 2003
UPDATE: This journal entry was posted before I was aware of the fact that the Bush Administration was lying about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, and about the fact that it actually had no plan of governance for postwar Iraq. Had... continued

Taken by Taken

December 20, 2002
Taken was one of the most popular programs ever aired on the Science Fiction channel. It depicted an attempt at alien contact that failed due to a wrong-headed and violent human response. In the end, the beautiful young girl who... continued

Ringing the (Dreamland) Changes

November 18, 2002
Art called me about a month ago to tell me that Premiere was using the occasion of his retirement to cancel Dreamland. This did not surprise me. When their parent company, Clear Channel, bought the Matt Drudge program, they were... continued