Here are links to all my fanfiction.


My fanfiction involves Star Trek, specifically, Deep Space Nine. More specifically, these stories are all Garak/Bashir.

Note: These fics, while they range from PG to NC-17, are all, overtly or obliquely, slash stories, i.e., they entail or imply a homosexual relationship, actual or desired. If this disturbs you, offends you or if it simply is not to your taste, please don't read.

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Hope you enjoy!


I keep a non-ST journal, as well. It's filled with lightweight ramblings about science, technology, language, politics, psychology, fun links, interesting news, cooking, and other random musings. If that sounds like your cup of kanar, I invite you to take a peek here: http://pixellle.livejournal.com/

... Rachel Maddow??

Well, maybe not.  But on tonight's show, there was a segment about Michelle Obama taking up the Judge Sotomayer defense fight in her husband's absense.  The crawl throughout the segment? 

"Resistance is futile."

Wow.  A ST:VOY reference, right in the middle of my one of my daily political fixes.

Is good.

The philosophical debate between President Obama and former VP Dick Cheney is riveting. Rarely do we see such divergent views showcased so clearly. Values vs security. "Keeping true to our core beliefs" vs doing "whatever it takes" to feel safe.

I was explaining this news cycle to my daughter. She's 12 1/2, and so far has not been very politically aware, or maybe I should say very involved with news and/or current events. I would like her to start taking more of an interest, and being more involved in the world outside of herself. But as I started to explain this story, I got not two sentences into it, when she interrupted me and said, "Oh, I know exactly what this is about!"

"Oh, really?" I asked. "Did they talk about it in school?"

"No," she said. "It's right from Deep Space Nine! Homefront and Paradise Lost! That was the exact same issue!"

And you know what? She was right.

(I made her read the articles in the newspaper, anyway. She agreed, but added that we had to see those two episodes again. Deal.)

Because sometimes it's easier to be honest when you speak from the shadows. And because honest feedback is always A Good Thing...

THE ANONYMOUS WRITING FEEDBACK MEME

"Trekkies bash new Star Trek film as 'fun, watchable."  They're deeply disappointed.


http://www.theonion.com/content/video/trekkies_bash_new_star_trek_film?utm_source=c-section

*snerk*

Maybe they should take this to Lincoln Center...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xga_wchTpW8

Check it out:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/star-trek-movie-quick-recognition-chart/

I thought this was pretty interesting.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-bradley/star-treks-new-coming-of_b_200861.html

... so.  Does this mean we have a chance at a *new* Star Trek television series?  Do we want one?

I just have to get over my terminal disappointment that HBO or some other edgy cable channel never picked up DS9...

I can't believe it!  But here you go:  An article in Newsweek, of all places, about slash, slash fanfic, and specifically, K/S slash.  I knew this movie would bring ST back into the mainstream, but I never expected something like this!

http://www.newsweek.com/id/195963?from=rss

A fairly interesting, if brief, article on the possibilities of warp drive technology:


http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/090506-tw-warp-drive.html

Be sure to follow the links at the end of the article.  I loved the first video of a physicist talking about FTL travel, and the last link, to the Top Ten Star Trek technologies we now have.

This Saturday, May 2nd, marks the opening of my solo photography show!    I wanted to share this with my friends here.

Here's the front side of the invitation to the opening:




The show is called, "A Closer Look."  It's being held in Stamford, CT, about 45 minutes from NYC.  May 2nd is the opening reception, but the show will be up until May 31st.  I don't think any of you are in the area, but if I'm wrong, I'd love to have you come!  Just contact me for details.

A little off-topic, shameless self promotion. 

I have a solo photographic show opening, and thought I'd share the press release here.

http://www.bethmadison.com/links.php?53037

Sadly, there will be no Garak/Bashir images displayed.  Just as soon as I can get them to pose for me, though, I'll get those shots up ASAP!  :D

I'd settle for Sid letting me do a photo shoot.  Oh, well.  Next time he comes to a convention in the US, I'll be there.

(cross-posted from pixellle)


That's the minimum time it will take Kepler to either discover, or fail to discover, Earth-like planets in our galactic neighborhood.

Haven't heard of Kepler?  It's the new mission to search for planets in other solar systems, but this time, it can do a better job of finding small, Earth-type planets that the current methods being used.

That's because the current methods search for solar wobbles.  Even though stars are massive, so much larger than even the largest planet, even a planet has a gravitational effect on its sun, producing a miniscule bobble in the sun's path.  Problem is, this method is best at detecting very large planets that are very close to their sun, and not very good at finding small, Earth-like planets further out, in the so-called "Goldilocks zone."

Kepler uses a different method,  Further out in space, away from the earth, it searches for the blotting-out-of-light as a planet passes in front of its star.  Trouble is, an Earth-like planet will take a year or so to complete an orbit, thus it could take a year to produce the effect.  Then, to be sure, the Kepler project requires three instances of data to call it a verified find.  There's your three years.

But, in three or four years, we may know... as the article says, we may be closer to a Star Trek world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/science/03kepl.html

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/8/85139/58591/579/705213

They look better on my flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixellle/

For this image, click on where it says, "view on black."

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixellle/3321367767/

I did this quickly; it probably shows.  Hopefully, it's not too redundant:

OK, this one was much more of a challenge!  I'm still not entirely satisfied.  Maybe I'll be able to do better as my skill at photoshop grows.  Still, it was a fun challenge.  So, here for your brutal feedback, is Bashir the Cardassian:






Added days later:

Ugghh!  Yuck!  I did such a better job on the later, b&w version that I'm almost tempted to take this down.  But I'll let it stand, because it's interesting to see progress on a project.

But if you're seeing this and you haven't seen the b&w version, then run, don't walk, here:

http://prelocandkanar.livejournal.com/22049.html

... and here:

http://prelocandkanar.livejournal.com/22527.html

Fooling around in Photoshop.  What do you think?

I've had less time for writing G/B recently (although I'm still greatly enjoying reading all the great work) because of my efforts to launch a photography business.  Well, I can officially say that I'm up and running.  I've got my website at www.bethmadison.com.  I've got awesome business cards which feature a different photograph on each one.

I have one gallery interested in hanging my work.  I've got a hot lead on a doctor's office who's just moved into new space and is looking right now for art.  I found a high-quality glicee printer for beautiful  output.  I'm entering two pieces in a juried show this Monday.  I have a mentor/guide in the advanced digital photography teacher at a local gallery/school.

I'm very excited.  I'll (only occasionally) post updates, probably on pixellle rather than here.

However, to keep things remotely on-topic, here's where you can find my Star Trek-related photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixellle/sets/

Oh, and Blossom Morphine clued me in -- she and I just got entries in FanHistory Wiki:

http://www.fanhistory.com/wiki/Prelocandkanar

http://www.fanhistory.com/wiki/Blossom_Morphine

Whoo-hoo!   :D

Read what the NY Times has to say ("... maybe he's just nuts.)


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/arts/television/02shat.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=shatner&st=cse