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Marlin David May’s weblog about his life in Science Fiction, with notes about his other passions.

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Rick and Morty: Harmon & Roiland’s Many Worlds Interpretation

Posted by Marlin on November 21, 2014
Posted in: 2014, fandom, geekery, Pop Culture, Sasquan, sci-fi, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Television, Television, Worldcon. Tagged: adult swim, cartoon network, Larry Niven, many worlds interpretation, Mortimer Smith, Morty, multiverse, Rick and Morty, Rick Sanchez, Sasquan, Science Fiction, television, worldcon. 2 Comments
Rick Sanchez

Rick Sanchez

Mortimer Smith

Mortimer Smith

What the hell is Rick and Morty?

Thank you for asking. In short, it’s an animated series showing on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block of animation that is thoroughly not for children, telling the story of super-scientist Rick Sanchez who takes his grandson Mortimer Smith on adventures in spacetime and across dimensions. Of course, this description while accurate, is totally, thoroughly and absolutely inadequate.

Imagine Dr. Emmet Brown from Back to the Future. Now imagine him insatiably inquisitive, perpetually drunk (though not an alcoholic, I’m sure he has a pill for that somewhere) and unrepentedly tactless, cynical, even nihilistic, but not a bad guy. After all, he loves his daughter and his grandchildren. That’s Rick Sanchez. As for Morty, imagine Marty McFly, but younger (14), dorkier, dimmer, shorter, more timid, far more insecure, and as sex-obsessed as real 14 year old boys are. That’s Morty.

Rick can travel through spacetime and across dimensions. He takes his grandson Morty along. Science-fictional hijinks ensue.
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The Yearly “Future of Worldcon” Kerfuffle

Posted by Marlin on August 31, 2014
Posted in: 2014, conventions, fandom, fans, geekery, Science Fiction, Worldcon. Tagged: Arisia, MidAmeriCon 2, Sasquan, Science Fiction, science fiction conventions, science fiction fandom, worldcon. 2 Comments

Prompted by “How the growing generation gap is changing the face of fandom” By Gavia Baker-Whitelaw and a Facebook post by David Gerrold.

If I am recollecting correctly, this is at least the fifth year in a row where the just completed Worldcon has prompted a “Why can’t Worldcon be more like Fill-In-The-Blank Con?” discussion. The blank is usually filled with SDCC or Dragon*Con or Pax or another very large convention featuring media / anime / gaming.

Some focus on attendance numbers. Others, like this, or this focus on the aging of fandom. Still others, like Gavia Baker-Whitelaw’s (linked above) focus on cultural / sub-cultural conflicts and issues.

If I may be so bold, I think an answer is condensing out of the stormy aether. I think that some fan run conventions are discovering a way forward. Earlier in this thread, Arisia was mentioned. I’m guessing that before too long, the Arisia model will be applied to a Boston / New England Worldcon and we’ll see how scalable it is. Arisia, Inc. does a remarkable job of balancing an increasingly large array of sub-cultural interests. It would perhaps be wise for the convention committees for Worldcons 2015 and 2016 to contact the officers of Arisia Inc. for their input. I’m serious.

Are there changes that should be avoided, or at least hotly debated?

I believe that Worldcon would be wise to avoid becoming like those other conventions because they already exist. They have their own cultures, their own attendance goals, their own traditions, their own purposes, their own audiences. Worldcon has, or tries to maintain, a specific place in worldwide science fiction fandom. What place is that? In my opinion, over the past 70+ years, Worldcon has created a place for itself as the annual SF convention with the deepest roots into SF’s deep time. Once again in my opinion, more than anything else, the Worldcon-ness of Worldcon arises from its history, its legacy, its memory. Ah, and not just its own, but the history, legacy and memory of science fiction as a particular type of cultural expression. For example, Does any other convention with a worldwide draw have worldcon’s historical perspective? Perhaps even more importantly, does any other convention want that perspective?

So yes, Worldcons have to adapt to the shifting SF landscape. Arguably, they do. Arguably, not fast enough for some. Arguably, not in the manner desired by others. Still, they do change. It is clear though, at least to me, that the changes desired by Worldcon’s most passionate critics will not take place as quickly as desired until those same people apply their fiery passion to bidding for, winning and running a Worldcon themselves. Once again, I think taking a good hard look at adopting the Arisia model for fan run conventions in part or whole would go a long way towards accelerating the evolution of Worldcon without it losing its essential Worldcon-ness. Part of that model is openness. An insular Worldcon cannot survive. See the content about Arisia above.

In my opinion, probably because I’m old (in the eyes of some in this thread) and foolish (in the eyes of others, or the same) I believe that making Worldcon into a genre sales exhibition like SDCC, or into a commercial mega convention like Dragon*Con, would leave us, at least those convention going fans who still think of convention fandom as “us”, unmoored and without a keel. Adrift and directionless.

I would definitely suggest getting to know Worldcon as an institution like the Olympics or the Oscars or Cannes or the Boston Marathon. Why? To understand what is and what isn’t essential for a Worldcon to be a Worldcon. No, what’s essential for a Worldcon to feel like a Worldcon.

I continue to find Convention fandom fascinating. From my p.o.v. US convention fandom is becoming increasingly contentious. Is it perhaps becoming balkanized? I don’t know if the same thing is happening in fandom in other countries. I do suspect that the sub-cultural power struggles in US convention fandom are not easily mapped onto fandoms in other countries. The fact that I don’t know this points to what I feel is one of the major failings of Worldcon. Namely that Worldcon is not nearly as global as its name implies. It’s not a blatant fiction like US baseball’s “World Series”, but it is far too English speaking and North American / Western European centric for its own good and my personal tastes.

BTW – I’m specifying convention fandom because I also suspect that the overwhelming majority of people who consume those cultural products identified as science fiction have never and will never attend a convention. As convention fandom’s internal struggles become increasingly more public, will they be even less apt to attend? I don’t know.

Does any of this make sense? Is it too scatterbrained? Please let me know. Thanks!

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Electric Motorcycles

Posted by Marlin on July 3, 2014
Posted in: 2014, augmented reality, film, geekery, Green Technology, Pop Culture, Science Fiction, Technology, Transportation. Tagged: electric motorcycles, electric transportation, green technology, motorcycles, transportation. 1 Comment

As I’ve become more and more interested in green technologies, I’ve already decided that I’d like for my next vehicle to be electric.

For getting up and down from winter time mountain adventures, I see a Tesla Model X – http://www.teslamotors.com/modelx – or something similar in my future. But what about daily commuting? I could still use the Model X, but it takes up a good amount of space on the highway and even as an electric, it takes more energy to move than a smaller vehicle with the same rolling resistance and coefficient of drag.

Happily for me, there is a growing number of producers of electric motorcycles.

  • Brammo Empulse – http://www.brammo.com/empulse/ Brammo Motorcycles is dead.  Well, not quite dead.  It looks like Brammo sold its motorcycle business to Polaris / Victory – http://www.autoblog.com/2015/02/06/brammo-empulse-could-become-victory-charger/ – we’ll see where this goes.
    • It went here!
    • Victory Motorcycles – http://www.victorymotorcycles.com/en-us/electric/empulse-tt-titanium-silver-havasu-red
  • Zero S – http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/zero-s/
  • Lit Motors – http://litmotors.com/
  • MonoTracer – http://peraves.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/all-electric-monotracer-mte-150-brochure/
  • Bultaco – http://www.bultaco.es/en/motos
  • Motoczysz – http://motoczysz.com/
  • Mission R – https://www.mission-motorcycles.com/ – seems to be dead.
  • Harley-Davidson LiveWire – http://projectlivewire.harley-davidson.com

By the time I’m ready to purchase, there should be even more. Given how electric bikes sound, perhaps I’d need an appropriate helmet – http://www.airgraffix.com/collections/star-wars-themed-helmets/products/x-wing-fighter – Rebel Alliance anyone?  Then again, I could consider a Skully – https://www.skully.com/– augmented reality helmet.  Well, I would, except that Skully imploded earlier this year – http://www.digitaltrends.com/outdoors/skully-ar-shuts-down/.

Added 2014/12/22:

  • Lightning Motorcycles – http://lightningmotorcycle.com/
  • Energetica Motorcycles – http://www.energicasuperbike.com/
  • Saietta Motorcycles (was Agility Motors) – http://saiettamotorcycles.com/ 

Still more:

  • Austin Electric Powersports – http://www.atx8080.com/

Added 2014/05/13:

  • Victory Motorcycles – http://www.victorymotorcycles.com/en-us/electric/empulse-tt-titanium-silver-havasu-red
  • Alta Motors – http://www.altamotors.co/machine/redshift-sm/
  • Johammer – http://www.johammer.com/en/
  • Lito Sora – http://soraelectricsuperbike.com/

Added 2016/10/25:

  • Zvexx – http://zvexx.com/

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Second Tattoo

Posted by Marlin on June 19, 2014
Posted in: 2014, 2015, 2016, creativity, geekery, heroes, tattoo, Update. Tagged: design, R. Buckminster Fuller, Robert Anton Wilson. 1 Comment
Tattoo Two Design - 1st iteration

Tattoo Two Design – 1st iteration

Elsewhere in this weblog I’ve written about how much I admired, and continue to admire, R. Buckminster Fuller. Though radically different from each other, I hold him and Robert Anton Wilson in equally high regard.

I’ve long said that I’d eventually get a tattoo inspired by Fuller, just as I got a tattoo inspired by Wilson. I’ve been thinking about this for a few years. In my ruminations I decided that there were a couple of design elements that needed to be included. One necessary element, a depiction or reference to geodesics. I thought about domes, tensegrity towers, Dymaxion cars, Buckminsterfullerines…

I’ve finally settled on an Icosahedron, framed with one of my favorite Bucky quotes, from his book, “I Seem To Be A Verb.”

The quote? “I am not a thing, a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process, an integral function of the universe.”

I like it. When will I get it? Sometime next year probably.

Update: 2016/05/15

Tattoo Two Updated

Tattoo Two Design – Updated

After seeing someone else with a platonic solid tattoo, I’ve decided to remove the shading from the icosahedron, leaving just the edges and vertices.

It should be much easier to tattoo and it should be much more legible.

I’m still not sure about the font and the spacing between the icosahedron and the text.

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Anti Gaydar

Posted by Marlin on May 16, 2014
Posted in: 2014, lgbt bglt glbt, This Terrestrial Life, Uncategorized. Tagged: dating, esp, gaydar, glbt, lgbt, mind reading, quiltbag. Leave a comment

So, when I was a nerdling combing the shelves of my school and public libraries for books that looked like they hadn’t been checked out in decades (I imagine I was hoping to stumble across an ancient book of spells or some musty alchemical tome) I came across some books on the Duke University ESP studies conducted in the 1950’s.

Of course, I checked them ALL out.  And kept renewing them, re-reading them until I got a reasonable grasp of the statistics.  In the over four decades that have passed between then and now, most of what I read there has faded into vague notions that ESP of some sort probably does exist, but one set of conclusions arising from their data blew my juvenile mind.  The claimed concrete evidence for anti-esp. A small subset of their subjects consistently scored significantly below chance when trying to predict die rolls, viewing Zener cards, etc. Remember the movie “The Cooler”?  Yes,

What does this have to do with me and the title of this post?  I’m convinced that I exhibit anti-gaydar/bidar.  When given no other information than my own personal observations of a man, if my first guess is that he is probably gay or bi or somewhere not on the hetero-normative end of the Kinsey Scale, then, more likely than not, he will turn out to be absolutely straight, as in attracted exclusively to females. Even if I try and second or third guess myself, I end up wrong.

Yes, it is in fact annoying.

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Science Fiction Convention Fix Needed

Posted by Marlin on May 6, 2014
Posted in: 2014, Balticon, conventions, Eurocon, fandom, fans, geekery, sci-fi, Science Fiction, Shamrokon. Tagged: 2014, convention, fan, fandom, geekery, local, Science Fiction. Leave a comment

I haven’ t been to an F&SF convention since January’s Arisia. I didn’t attend Boskone.

I’m not pre-registered for the upcoming Balticon, LonCon (the 2014 Worldcon),  or any other conventions between now and August, where I’m pre-registered to attend Shamrokon (my first ever Eurocon). Which reminds me, I need to arrange accommodations and purchase airline tickets.

That is, if I go.

So, I’d like to find a local con I can commute to. Just for a day.  A few hours.

At least I’m not jonesing to hard as so have the shakes.

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It’s Boston Media Makers Meetup Day!

Posted by Marlin on May 4, 2014
Posted in: 2014, Boston Media Makers, creativity, geekery, Makers, Meetups, Networking. Tagged: #bmm, Boston Media Makers, networking. Leave a comment

This Morning I and Alfio Raymond (alfior73@yahoo.com) are heading down to Doyle’s Cafe, 3484 Washington Street in Boston for today’s meeting of the Boston Media Makers – http://bostonmediamakers.wordpress.com/.

Alfio is going because he’d like to be more closely networked into the world of Boston Media Makers.  He’s discovered he has quite a talent for video and video editing.  He’s looking for a summer internship / summer project.

Alfio’s Blog – Alfioraymond.wordpress.com

I’m going to reconnect with cool people & get inspired. Hey, it’s already inspired me to get this blog de-crufted.  It does need a new design, though.

If you’re a New England Media Maker, consider stopping by!

 

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2 Years Is Forever In Internet Years

Posted by Marlin on May 3, 2014
Posted in: 2014, Blogging, Writing. Tagged: Blogging, facebook, G+. Leave a comment

So, after almost two full years of lying fallow, and my attention being sucked up by micro-blogging on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/marlin.may, and G+ https://plus.google.com/+MarlinMay/, I’ve finally combed the dead links out of Unconventionaut – https://unconventionaut.wordpress.com/ – my weblog and poured it into a WordPress template.

Now, I need to add new content.

Additionally I need to make sure that I don’t let that unfortunate attitudinal inversion happen again.

Tally Ho!

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Bingham Cup 2012 – Final Update from Manchester, UK

Posted by Marlin on June 4, 2012
Posted in: 2012, Rugby, Sports, Team Sports. Tagged: bingham cup, bisexual, boston ironsides, gay, glbt, lesbian, lg, lgbt, manchester, rugby, team sports, uk, united kingdom. 1 Comment

Well, for our final two matches.

#5 – Rematch
Boston Ironsides vs. Manchester Spartans
We won, I don’t remember the score.

#6 – Plate Final (Uncontested Scrums)
Boston Ironsides vs. Provence
We lost.

More details later when I update this post.

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Bingham Cup 2012 – Update From Manchester, UK

Posted by Marlin on June 3, 2012
Posted in: Rugby, Sports, Team Sports. Tagged: Boston, gay, glbt, ironsides, lgbt, rugby. Leave a comment

Well, today is the final day of competition at the 2012 Bingham Cup here in Manchester, UK.

My team, the Boston Ironsides, have played SPECTACULARLY!!! I’m extremely proud of my teammates, one and all and I love ’em dearly. This is how months of hard work, dedication pay off:

#1 vs Manchester Village B
Ironsides 22 / Manchester 0

#2 vs the Golden Bisons (part Old Gold, part Denver Bisons)
Ironsides 23 / Bisons 0

Game #3 versus Amsterdam
Amsterdam 7 / Ironsides 27 (OMG Erion. 4 Tries. 4 TRIES!!!!!)

Game #4 versus Melbourne
Melbourne 12 / Ironsides 3 (our first loss in the tourney)

In the morning we play in the consolation round vs. Manchester Village B (the Spartans).

Video Updates from the Bingham Cup .



Featuring Michael Sullivan!

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The Transmogrification of a Geek

Posted by Marlin on March 27, 2011
Posted in: 2011, geekery, lgbt bglt glbt, Rugby, Sports, Team Sports. 1 Comment

Gilbert Trainer Rugby Ball

Once upon a time there was a queer, geeky kid who hated playing sports.

He was too short for basketball, plus he hated the cultural expectation that he should love and play the sport.

He was too lightweight for football, he didn’t have enough upper body strength for baseball, he found wrestling and gymnastics and swimming far too emotionally dangerous.

Additionally, even at the tender age of 13, he saw in his parents the germ, the possibility of becoming THOSE kind of sports parents.  Adding pressures to exceed in a sport on top of the already barely endurable pressures for exemplary academic performance would have been disastrous.

So, p.e. was endured through elementary and junior high school, except for 7th grade when his p.e. teacher was a 20-something blond bodybuilder (think late 60’s Aquaman), and avoided in high school.

Fast forward 32 years.

I’ve been snowboarding for over 8 years, a recreational mountain biker for much longer, and while I still have no affinity for playing the aforementioned team sports (I’ll watch college football), I’ve developed a hankering for Rugby.

Yes Rugby.

I don’t just want to watch, I want to play. A team sport.

And so, on this coming Tuesday, I’ll attend my first practice with the Boston Ironsides, a member of the International Gay Rugby Association and Board (IGRAB (yeah, i know)).   I bought a practice ball (above left) & mouth guard & practice shoes yesterday.  I still need to buy boots.  I have more kit pieces arriving Monday or Tuesday.

Gods above and below, what have I become.

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Illuminated Snowboarding

Posted by Marlin on February 10, 2011
Posted in: 2011, geekery, Networking, signal boost, Snow Sports, Snowboarding. Leave a comment
Illuminati Pentagon Snowboard

Illuminati Pentagon Snowboard

Are you a snowboarder?

Do you have a taste for the esoteric, the obscured, the hermetic, the occluded? Do you see the fnords?

Do you love a great bargain?

I love my Illuminati Pentagon snowboard (look left) and I thought I’d never have the chance for another Illuminati board, until now.

Lance Pitman of Illuminati Snowboards has a groupon like deal: If he can get 50 pre-orders @ $50, he’ll do a limited 2011 run of grand spankin’ new custom snowboards boards.

Just in case you don’t know, Illuminati Snowboards was famous for creating insanely great boards.  Boards that, if sold by a major manufacturer, and if sold in a chain, would cost huge dinero.   They, however, sold direct to the public at excellent prices.

Then they would sell planks with minor cosmetic errors (mine has a tiny printing error) mid-summer, for crazy prices. That’s how I got my Pentagon.

More orders = lower $, starting @ $325.
Direct sale to you + no store = great pricing.

Yes, I’ve already pre-ordered.  Yes I want my riding friends to have one of these and not only because I’ll get to order one too.

Look around online for reviews of Illuminati boards.  Then, Sign Up – http://bit.ly/eKgHfq

Please Note, You will have to sign in, but don’t worry. Lance is a Good Guy

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You Want To Work on an Original Science Fiction Musical!

Posted by Marlin on December 24, 2010
Posted in: 2011, creativity, fandom, fans, geekery, Music, musicals, Networking, sci-fi, Science Fiction, signal boost. Leave a comment

Greetings Everyone:

My friend orawnzva, a.k.a Ben Newman is building a creative team for his intriguing and highly original science fiction, action adventure musical, Walk In The Day – http://orawnzva.livejournal.com/66594.html – You can read the specifics of his request here.  Basically, he’s looking for an assistant production manager, cast members, musicians, composers, etc, etc.

Ben is an incredibly intelligent and creative gentleman. If I were you, I’d contact him.

Contact him directly for more info.

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Arisia 2011 – My Panel Schedule

Posted by Marlin on December 20, 2010
Posted in: 2011, Arisia, conventions, fandom, fans, Fantastic Dimensions, geekery, sci-fi, Science Fiction. Leave a comment

Arisia LensSo, this coming January, I will once again be a program participant in Arisia 2011 – http://2011.arisia.org, self described as, “New England’s largest and most diverse science fiction and fantasy convention”.  In my humble opinion, the “most diverse” part of the descriptor could easily be expanded to nationwide.  But I digress.
I will be participating in 4 panels:

  • Introduction to SF Criticism – What is it, what is it for, and what is its terminology? Where do we find it? How do we apply it? And, ultimately, how do we contribute to it?
  • Queer SF&F – Queer topics and characters are becoming more common in science fiction and fantasy–or are they? Do modern authors really do a better job addressing these concerns than in the past? How has the field changed? And what effect has it had on the fans?
  • I Married a Non-Fan – She/he is only at Arisia because I’m here. How can we make the con a better experience for those who aren’t part of fan culture? Is conversion possible? If so, what’s the best approach? Mixed relationships can be difficult, so let’s share some ways to make them work. And how will we raise the kids–as fans, or not?
  • Age and Treachery: The Older Fan – How does growing older impact one’s experiences as a member of fandom? How do our experiences color how we enjoy the ideas, the stories, and the media? Did we think, a decade (or three) ago, we’d still be going to conventions and seeing the same friends? Are we worried about the future of fandom?

What else will I be doing there?  Perhaps some live streaming video of an event or two. Perhaps taking lots of pictures. Perhaps a blog post or two.  Definitely lots of reconnecting with friends, old and new.

Fanac, lots of fanac.

As usual, this will be a whole lot of fun, but in a different way than conventions were fun when I was 1/2 my current age.

Who knew?

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Outryders 2010 – 2011 On-Mountain Schedule (New England Locations)

Posted by Marlin on November 21, 2010
Posted in: 2010, 2011, geekery, lgbt bglt glbt, Snow Sports, Snowboarding. Tagged: bisexual, gay, gay ski week, glbt, lesbian, lgbt, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, snowboarding, snowsports, Vermont, winter rendezvous. Leave a comment

Here’s the New England portion of the Outryders 2010-2011 on-mountain schedule

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