Jen Porter

Episode 007: How to Launder Clothes (and Time) Like a Seasoned Pro November 2024 Lost in Multiversal Translation How to Launder Clothes (and Time) Like a Seasoned Sci-Fi Pro Laundromat: Ostensibly from the Latin lavare (to wash) and the Greek matos (pertaining to), the term "laundromat" originally referred to any space designed for washing. Its true roots are misunderstood; they're clearly tied to the discovery of dimensional rifts. The rifts, which first appeared in the 22nd century, were...

Episode 006: Well-Timed Chaos = Success October 2024 My Big Fat SFF Word Study Give me a word, any word... Convergence purportedly comes from the Latin convergere, which means 'to incline together,' or 'to bend together.' Many meanings have developed over time; all are really versions of 'moving toward union or uniformity' from disparate places. Enter sci-fi, with, well, the most meaningful meaning, of course. Hearken back with me to the days of old, specifically 2001, Star Trek: Voyager, S7:...

Episode 005: Loki's Law August/September "Super Edition" My Big Fat SFF Word Study Give me a word, any word...What's Loki's Law, you ask? Well, it's innately tied to the word conflagration, which is a fancy way of saying "viral dumpster fire." The Oxford English Dictionary says the word conflagration can be traced to 1555, borrowed from the Latin 'conflagrare,' meaning 'to burn up.' Well, that's -- just -- boring. Kind of like Murphy's Law: just a little too lackluster for us sci-fi and...

Episode 004: Week/Weak, Same Dif My Big Fat SFF Word Study Give me a word, any word, and I'll show you how it came from sci-fi or fantasy, or how SF/F makes that word better than the original! I bet you're under the impression that weak and week are different words. The Oxford English Dictionary has traced the word weak to an Old English word meaning 'of little worth.’ Week also harks back to an Old English word -- that probably meant ‘sequence' or 'series.' Week and Weak can be essentially...

Episode 003: Cappuccino — The 'Logical' Choice! My Big Fat SFF Word Study "Cappuccino" (whose purveyors I've kept in business for many, many moons, but especially this last one) is thought by many to be of Italian origin, allegedly named after the Capuchin friars whose robes were the same color (very sus if you ask me)...and borrowed into the English language sometime in the 1800s. However, this is improbable, since we know that cappuccino is made with espresso as its base, and espresso was...

Episode 002: "Tardy" is Actually a Sci-Fi Word My Big Fat SFF Word Study "Tardy" (as in, "How tardy is this so-called 'monthly' newsletter?") is thought by many to be of Latin or Anglo-French origin, (especially if they just Googled its etymology)...but only true sci-fi fans know that: Tardy comes from the root word TARD, from TARDIS (Dr. Who), plus the word ending -dy. TARD, meaning “time and relative dimension.” the word ending -dy, meaning “the state or condition of.” So, “tardy” means “a...

The Blessed Bulletin – Episode 001 by Jennifer Porter | Dec 23, 2023 | News | 0 comments Hello Reader! Grab your beverage of choice for reading news chronicles and prepare to be awed by my uncharacteristic brevity! 😂 (The weatherman says you have a 10-30% chance of being blessed if you believe that I am capable of brevity today — depending on your definitions of both “brevity” and “blessed.”) I know, I know… It’s been a while since you devoured The Frozen. So you may have the following...

Hi Reader! It's almost LAUNCH TIME for The Frozen! "It shall be" a fun afternoon event celebrating the book and the crucial team who made it possible--with snacks, fun, freebies, a book signing, a first look at the new cinematic book trailer... I couldn't resist...it's what I think of every time I say "et cetera!" Some of my subscribers have requested a flyer with the details to share. It's linked below. Feel free to share it--the more the merrier! I look forward to seeing you next Saturday,...