The idiocy and futility of conflict with Iran. Everything about the decision to attack Iran is wrong. Every. Single. Thing.
Historic Painting: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by John Forrest, 2012. This picture, intended to raise awareness of global warming, is a haunting visualization of its implications.
The book(s) I’m working on: “Faraway Star” and “Wild Among the Moons.” Here's a brief introduction to the book(s) I'm working on, a very old science fiction concept whose time may finally have come.
My secret profession: Am I actually a CIA agent? Anyone who publicly refutes paranoid conspiracy theories becomes a target of the paranoiacs themselves.
Interiors: Classroom in a school in Palamuse, rural Estonia, circa 1890s. This classroom is where a famous Estonian novelist went to school and from which he drew much of his inspiration.
Not a “good” bad movie: Revisiting “The Room” and its terrible human failings. This film is dead on a human level, and horribly depressing.