Robert Black, Mathematical Novelist

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Photos from the Dana Terrace exhibition at Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra CA.

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Barbenheimer | Movie Trailer

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Fans of the mountain-climbing anime Yama no Susume will appreciate the "victory yokan" I took with me to the top of Strawberry Peak yesterday. 😝

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In my experience, even when it's a gift from God, you still need to practice!

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Looks like I discovered someone's stash of Halloween props.

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Press coverage, then and now...

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The third panel is the most real for me.

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A butterfly flapping its wings causes award-winning book

It was a series of seemingly small events that had a huge impact on the course of Moorpark resident Robert Black’s career. The author—whose

A little interview with yours truly about my Benoit Mandelbrot and Edward Lorenz biographies.

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Anime Favorites 2022

I'm not normally a big fan of music-themed anime, so no one is more surprised than I am to find two music-themed series at the top of my 2022 list. BOCCHI THE ROCK! is on a lot of people's lists, and deservedly so, but Healer Girl isn't getting a whole lot of attention. Okay, maybe it wasn't the best anime of the year, but it was definitely one that I needed most. I'm still processing the loss of my own singing voice, and I needed these characters who built their lives and the good they did in the world around their songs.

Here's the rest of the list:

Favorite New Series

Healer Girl

BOCCHI THE ROCK!

SPY x FAMILY

Favorite Returning Series

The Demon Girl Next Door

Yama no Susume: Next Summit

Ascendance of a Bookworm

Problematic Favorite

Akebi-chan's Sailor Uniform

My Dress-Up Darling

Lycoris Recoil

Favorite Non-Anime Animation

Fairies Album

The Owl House

Pantheon

Favorite Yuri Couple

Shamiko and Momo, The Demon Girl Next Door

Chisato and Takina, Lycoris Recoil

Suletta and Miorine, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

Favorite Het Couple

Gojo and Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling

Lev and Irina, Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut

Loid and Yor, SPY x FAMILY

Favorite BFF's

Aoi and Hinata, Yama no Susume: Next Summit

Serufu and Purin, Do It Yourself!!

Anya and Becky, SPY x FAMILY

Favorite Opening Title Sequence

"Tokimeki Rendezvous," The Demon Girl Next Door

"Feel You, Heal You," Healer Girl

"Hajimari no Setsuna," Akebi-chan's Sailor Uniform

Favorite Closing Credit Sequence

"Tokyo Sunny Party," Heroines Run the Show

"Nani ga Warui," BOCCHI THE ROCK!

"Believe like Singing," Healer Girl

And lastly, one that's particular to a writer-type like me...

My muse's favorite avatar

Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY

Myne/Rozemyne, Ascendance of a Bookworm

Suzumi Hiyori, Heroines Run the Show

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Great Egret taking off.

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Some of the artwork from the Owl House crew exhibition at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra CA.

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Yesterday I went to the exhibition by the creative team of Disney’s The Owl House at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra.  Here’s one of my favorite pieces.

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I have never felt more seen

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When you can't remember your phone number but you still remember that really embarrassing thing you did one time when you were six.

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Pixel Con! How many of your favorite characters can you spot?

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Favorite opening title sequence of the season.

RWBY: Ice Queendom Opening - "Beyond Selves" by Void_Chords feat. L

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"Welcome to USA!”

“Wait, don’t shoot me!”

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Reminder

Marvel comics have always been "woke."

Star Trek has always been "woke."

Doctor Who has always been "woke."

Sesame Street has always been "woke."

If you think they weren't, you're remembering wrong.