Details not sure yet, but I'm moving to Los Angeles, probably August 5ish. Website, email, and phone will NOT change. Excavating storage units brings thrilling reunions with old favorites ... which I must immediately re-stow for shipping, for another rediscovery when really unpacking in LA.

WorldCon Anaheim August 27-31: Dealer booth; Panels on Vera Rubin Obsy, False Alarms of Alien Life, Covid lessons, Light Pollution, Space Junk.

June 17, 2026, marks my 1,000th “Today’sAdvice.”  About 20% tackle topics others evade; I distill common subjects from previous advisors, filtered and seasoned to my taste.  If you know someone who is hooked on horoscopes, nudge them here for more useful issues and attitudes, with zero embarrassing pseudoscience.

New page! Free planks for candidates.

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Smarts and smiles! This website rewards time and thought with original ideas and products. Everything here is by and for real humans. Not for “tl;dr” simpletons; suckers seeking instant oversimplifications should retreat back to the rest of the Internet. No artificial intelligence hallucinations, no enshittification, no loyalty bribe, no app.

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BIGGIES™

… are bigger-than-life-size statues for advertising, fun, or art. I photographed hundreds of them. What should I use the photos for? Picture books? Calendars? Stories? BISACs TRV026140 roadside attractions, JNF006060 sculpture for children. Product code BIGI.