Author: leilani

Anyone who reads here with any regularity probably has figured out that I love beautiful music, and am especially partial to Celtic and Irish tunes.  I had a friend who once told me I lived a previous life in Ireland.  I might believe that if I were more interested in a pint or two, but…

The most recent revision to history says that Marco Polo never actually went to China.  The premise outlined by archaeologists is that the great explorer was really no more than a talented liar, and that his stories were cobbled together from stories passed along by his Persian trading partners. How much of our view of…

There’s a lot of hoopla surrounding December of 2012. The thought processes about the date range from it being just another day to worldwide cataclysm to the launch of a new utopia. I won’t speculate on any metaphysical implications, but I will say that if our international leadership doesn’t get its collective act together, we’ll be lucky to make it ’til then.

You never know who’ll pick up on one of your random tweets.  Today I was added by AncientAlienTec.  The add came in response to a comment about my job.  In my current geek-centric world at work we frequently use an internal instant messenger and while it’s mostly used for business purposes, we also tend to…

After yesterday’s downright morbid entry it is official.  I need to get writing again, and not my fantasy – back to my suspense roots, hah! Really, I am in a reasonably good mood today, trying not to let the government bullshit control even how I feel.  Yeah, I’m fed up with government leadership and yes,…