My 69-year-old dad is scheduled for surgery for same on Feb 3rd. Luckily, he was very vigilant about monitoring his PSA levels and it hasn't spread.

My father was diagnosed with prostate cancer around three and a half years ago. At the time they told him it was so far gone and so aggressive that he’d have about 6 months left. We’ve counted every moment together as “bonus time.” He and my mom have taken us all on vacations, they’ve been active in the lives of their…

You have my deepest condolencies for your loss. My father is currently undergoing chemo for prostate cancer. We’d been pushing him to see a doctor for years but he stubbornly refused, by the time he finally did it was too late; the chemo will hopefully give him another three or four years, but its already too late to…

My uncle (65), Davie Bowie (69) and now Alan Rickman (69) all in the same week with cancer.

Podkayne of Mars? What ... a teenage girl is the main character?

Tunnel in the Sky? What? A gun isn’t the most useful thing on an alien planet???!!!

I was also confused by all of the gamma-talk. I found a bunch of contradictory definitions, but the Urban Dictionary one that seemed most contextually relevant was:

I had no idea he was African-American. There must have been one whole sentence devoted to his ethnicity. Damnit you just ruined the whole book for me. /sarcasm


For all his ethnicity is mentioned, he could also be based on Bill Nye and it would change *nothing* but their opinion of the story.

And of course, the social commentary of Frederick Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth. The people who want to “save” science fiction should leave it to people who actually have some clue about what science fiction actually is.

Also, if they are suggesting that Kim Stanley Robinson didn't win the award because he isn't liberal enough, well, what can you even say to that?

I’m reading Seveneves currently and Vox Day is only revealing his incredible level of prejudice having issues with a female President who has absolutely no power in the new environment she finds herself in. If that’s what he read in this book - that its about gamma males and gender roles, as opposed to the massive…

As soon as the Social Justice Warriors

The sheer amount of hypocrisy here is astounding. it’s astonishing to me that people can decry a book / author such as Scalzi as being a social justice warrior, and then turn around and complain that a book like 2312 (which is FAR more progressive) didn’t get the win in 2013 for best novel.

I’m just shy of seveneves and it never once occured to me that it was heavily “pink” in any way, and I’m a white middle class male from the US. The character are just characters. The criticism of the multcultral melange is particularly stupid, not shocking coming from the puppies. In the book the best of the world are…

Your story reminds me of one of Kathy Griffins stories about when she and Ann were both being interviewed on the Today Show:

Oooh I lurk on Gawker and you're one of my favorite commenters! You should come join the party over here more often :)

In the very, very early days of Match.com, I was living in LA and one of the people who emailed/contacted me from my profile was the guy who played Mike Teevee in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie (the awesome Gene Wilder one). He was nice but we never went on an actual date.

Robin Williams is one of my favorite encounters too. I went to the same school as one of his kids for a time and saw him on campus on a few occasions. He always had a captive audience and patiently entertained our wide-eyed requests for him to 'do the Mrs. Doubtfire voice.' He was so kind. There's a great image…

I don't think it was THE white Ford Bronco since it looked a bit new but it was definitely a white Ford Bronco. When the valet it pulled up to the curb my Dad was just like "you've got to be kidding. Jesus."

It's not insane per se but it was the coolest thing ever! I've been chronically ill since 4. Loads of kidney problems, autoimmune disorders, etc. A lot of pain. A lot of sleepless nights. That's how I got into old movies. If you're in pain & awake at 4am TCM is the only thing on. I LOVE old movies. I pray to Bogart &…

I was working at a kid's bookstore when the DNC came to Boston, and a TON of celebs were in town for it, weirdly. I saw Larry King (no lie he was walking alone downtown, talking to himself), and one day at the bookstore a bunch of us workers were standing around, not being remotely helpful to any patrons, discussing…