Essays by Sean

[...] race. This was the first time such a thing had ever happened to me. It was not to be the last. Sean Crawford In the heartland of ice hockey As winter coughs over the land 2013 Footnotes: ~The festival [...]

[...] , books that stand ready to put forth "the theory and philosophy of Science." Sean Crawford, Believing in climate, Believing in a falsifiable hypothesis, November 3013(.37) [...]

[...] ;re all in this together… In a grey world, we need all the brights we can get. Sean Crawford A friend of Nessie, Planning to soon visit my old buddy the Ogopogo, Summer 2013 [...]

[...] more and more time in town standing on two solid feet. In our Gravity is our humanity. Sean Crawford On the Great Plains December 2013 Footnotes: ~Kingsfold Retreat is not for saints: Beside [...]

[...] too much precision in my vocabulary: Although I try to fit in, like a method-actor-spy in Robert Heinlein’s novel Double Star,every once in a while I become aware that I have been using words [...]

[...] as my splendid brother-in-law is. Still, I’ve enjoyed this small thought experiment. Robert Heinlein remains my favorite author. I don’t think I’ll write about groups of friends who don’t [...]

[...] in my April nerd piece—here is a key excerpt: QUOTE …In Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert Heinlein the smart teen hero meets a very rich, very high status young lady of average I.Q. who is [...]

[...] the trees have full leaves, as spring becomes summer!) 2014 Footnotes ~When the teen hero of Robert Heinlein’s young adult novel finds himself a displaced person, Between Planets, (Book title) [...]

[...] paper, right up until the conclusion. ~Much of what makes the Chtorr Wars future feel like science fiction is the incredible lack of hubris among most people in the chain of command. This healthy lack [...]

[...] as a paperback can ever be, a best seller, a book that would especially appeal to fans of science fiction or history, with its intricate fantastical depictions of a lone Englishman cast ashore, a [...]

[...] . That old show, long forgotton, was, as noted on the web, a series where, unusual for a science fiction, the endings were seldom satisfactory to the characters. Still, UFO is escapist entertainment. [...]

[...] ’m not surprised to find myself still liking that “crazy, disrespectable” fantasy and science fiction such as the movie Alice In Wonderland. My childhood was many years before Star Wars  [...]

[...] essaysbysean.blogspot.com The other day I was listening to two schoolteachers on the CBC radio. They were talking about the “new math.” I was astonished: Are people still [...]

[...] we live in a new world. As a diplomat for one of the former eastern block countries put it, on CBC radio: “The trust is gone.” But still, quietly? It is only the quiet of fear. The Past As [...]

[...] ’s essay, A Word to the Resourceful (January 2012) ~I heard Rex Murphy’s column on CBC radio. I found a printed version. (April 11, 2014) ~Amusing: Some people are such poor listeners that [...]

[...] headquarters. In this he had the full backing of his base commander. I heard about it on CBC radio. During this month every year, there is a gay pride parade in many cities all over the [...]

[...] . God bless excited young students; I almost wish I were young again, among you. Sean Crawford Calgary October 2014 Footnotes: No footnotes today, except to say I have made no links: I encourage [...]

[...] . You are beautiful. And God bless you, introverts. You are natural and valid. Sean Crawford Calgary October 2014 Footnotes: The introvert lady, Susan Cain, did a Tedtalk in 2012 (link) I [...]

[...] to see a man, a fine man. I’m glad I went, I’m so glad I follow my passion. Sean Crawford Calgary October 2014 Footnotes: ~As I’ve said before, most notably in my No Links is Good [...]

[...] make Stingrayand Thunderbirds. UFOof course, takes place in the future: …1980. Sean Crawford Calgary October 2014 Footnotes: I should point out that last week’s light piece now ends with [...]

[...] , snow is falling on cedars… and two brothers are gone... Sean Crawford December 2014 Calgary Footnotes: ~ 25 miles is 40 kilometers. ~In elementary school our teacher showed us a [...]

[...] The sculpture of these granite seams Upon a woman’s face. Sean Crawford February 2015 Calgary Footnotes: ~For the past month my most popular post by hit count, to my surprise, is Fears of [...]

[...] very queer. Very straight, but very narrow. Sean Crawford August 2013.45 February 2015.18 Calgary Footnotes: ~I just remembered: My favourite computer nerd millionaire and essayist, Paul Graham, has [...]

[...] Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head. Sean Crawford Calgary January 2015 Footnotes: ~My favorite Star Trek episode is the one where Captain Kirk [...]

[...] pain, Or help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. Sean Crawford Calgary January 2015 Footnotes: ~Here’s an old joke: Q: What do you get when you play a country [...]

[...] talked, Knowing and unknowing. Lincoln was the green pine. Lincoln kept on growing. Sean Crawford Calgary January 2015 Footnote: Honest Abe was involved in his war: He managed by walking around, now [...]

[...] pain Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. Sean Crawford Calgary August 2014 Footnotes: ~ I thought of the phrase “I haven’t seen hide nor hair of him” [...]

[...] us. To be continued… … … I’ll do fiction, without directly focusing on humor. Sean Crawford Calgary August 2014 Footnotes: ~At the Words convention, as I bought my ticket for next year, [...]

[...] produced Homer, an everyday world of wrights, sensei’s and the pursuit of excellence. Sean Crawford Calgary August 2014 Footnotes: ~I exposed the moral difference between the film Troy and Homer’s [...]