Vanessa MacLaren-Wray
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Writer, engineer, editor, human
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Ah, the subtext: "I have all the money in the world. New clothes, shoes, on spur of the moment in a strange city? Here's my black Amex, give me whatever looks cool with this jewelry. Oh, and take this dirty underwear and those boots I had to buy yesterday and airmail it all to my house."
September 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Ah, the subtext: "I have all the money in the world. New clothes, shoes, on spur of the moment in a strange city? Here's my black Amex, give me whatever looks cool with this jewelry. Oh, and take this dirty underwear and those boots I had to buy yesterday and airmail it all to my house."
With conflicts Saturday evening, we couldn't watch the livestream. Finally watching the recording.
That ramp is The Best Thing Ever.
Smooth walks up and along to the podium let recipients gather their thoughts. No stumbles, dropped notes, or wandering backstage. No net effect on time. Maybe faster.
That ramp is The Best Thing Ever.
Smooth walks up and along to the podium let recipients gather their thoughts. No stumbles, dropped notes, or wandering backstage. No net effect on time. Maybe faster.
August 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
With conflicts Saturday evening, we couldn't watch the livestream. Finally watching the recording.
That ramp is The Best Thing Ever.
Smooth walks up and along to the podium let recipients gather their thoughts. No stumbles, dropped notes, or wandering backstage. No net effect on time. Maybe faster.
That ramp is The Best Thing Ever.
Smooth walks up and along to the podium let recipients gather their thoughts. No stumbles, dropped notes, or wandering backstage. No net effect on time. Maybe faster.
When you put poetic people in a room together, magic happens. So many memorable words...poetry is invocation and evocation....poetry is like food: it has mouth feel...read everything aloud, sometimes you write a narrative poem and think "is this flash fiction?" But, no, it's a poem.
June 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
When you put poetic people in a room together, magic happens. So many memorable words...poetry is invocation and evocation....poetry is like food: it has mouth feel...read everything aloud, sometimes you write a narrative poem and think "is this flash fiction?" But, no, it's a poem.
For more on the shenanigans behind silencing this project, see Keith Cowling's frustrated postings on the topic, recently updated. In fact, if you want to know what's going on at NASA, follow NASA Watch.
nasawatch.com/education/yo...
nasawatch.com/education/yo...
You Can Still Read NASA's Deleted "First Woman" Graphic Novels (Update)
in 2021 NASA issued the first of two interactive comic books/graphic novels] depicting young women dreaming of - and then training for - a future that would comprise the so-called "Artemis Generation....
nasawatch.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
For more on the shenanigans behind silencing this project, see Keith Cowling's frustrated postings on the topic, recently updated. In fact, if you want to know what's going on at NASA, follow NASA Watch.
nasawatch.com/education/yo...
nasawatch.com/education/yo...
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Hurrah for Wikimedia Commons preserving these public domain treasures. Note that the "interactive" elements use apps that exist but that access NASA site materials that have been purged.
Hurrah for Wikimedia Commons preserving these public domain treasures. Note that the "interactive" elements use apps that exist but that access NASA site materials that have been purged.
upload.wikimedia.org
March 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Hurrah for Wikimedia Commons preserving these public domain treasures. Note that the "interactive" elements use apps that exist but that access NASA site materials that have been purged.
Hurrah for Wikimedia Commons preserving these public domain treasures. Note that the "interactive" elements use apps that exist but that access NASA site materials that have been purged.
The one thing billionaires want is money. That's how they get to be billionaires.
February 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The one thing billionaires want is money. That's how they get to be billionaires.
Irish and Scots crows can keep the grudge alive over so many (crow) generations they almost match the power of humans to nurse anger beyond all reason.
January 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Irish and Scots crows can keep the grudge alive over so many (crow) generations they almost match the power of humans to nurse anger beyond all reason.
Just asked for help from friends in Australia and Japan. They are either having me on or it's Monday. This seems like a good reason to go take a nap until Tuesday turns up.
December 16, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Just asked for help from friends in Australia and Japan. They are either having me on or it's Monday. This seems like a good reason to go take a nap until Tuesday turns up.