Disagreement is not offensive

“A fool takes offense where none is intended, and a greater fool takes offense where it is.” -Brigham Young @MaryRobinette @AliRadicali — Joe Vasicek (@onelowerlight) August 26, 2015 Is it just me, or is there an increasing tendency in today’s world to misconstrue anything and everything as “offensive”? This is especially true of the campus… Continue reading Disagreement is not offensive

The Decline and Fall of Fandom and the Hugo Awards

Lately, I’ve taken a serious interest in family history. A huge amount of records have gone online in the past decade, making it far easier to trace your ancestors. Before that, my father was able to trace the Vasicek line to the Czech lands (places with cool names like Frenštát, Vratimov, Trojanovice, Staříč, etc), but… Continue reading The Decline and Fall of Fandom and the Hugo Awards