Raising the Dead, or Fun with Electrocution

Electrocuting dead bodies is fun. Well, the smell isn’t so nice, but hey! They twitch. That’s what matters, right? In fact, this so excited European scientists at the turn of the nineteenth century that they thought electricity must be the Spark of Life. Sound familiar?

One of my favorite novels is Frankenstein, Or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, published in 1818. It was a landmark piece of work, the first-ever science fiction novel, and a treatise on science, politics, feminism, mythology, religion … need I go on?

…read more, including my paper on ‘Birth Myths in Frankenstein’ at PymsPen.com

Abandon Ship!

Yes, it’s been a while. Yes, I’ve been avoiding doing my homework on a subject I’d like to cover. Yes, I’ve been madly prepping for NaNoWriMo at the last minute. Sue me, I’m an artist. ‘Nough said.

I do, however, want to bring something to attention. There’s a little fisherman’s pier a little north of the Port of Everett and the Naval station and that’s where I’ve been going to learn the clutch on my 66 Mustang. I was there for the first time a couple of weeks ago, thinking it was just another empty parking lot. Boy was I wrong. When driving into the lot you will see a derelict blue shed to your left half hidden by a giant sign advertising a new marina. Coming back at it, however, you can see the wooden hull of a ship peeking out under the roof of that shed . . .

. . . read more here!