2023 - 06/2023 Meeting

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TOM WELLER

ONLINE

Author Website:  http://www.tweller.com/

Science Made Stupid / Culture Made Stupid Online:  https://www.chrispennello.com/tweller/

Science Made Stupid Wikipedia Entry:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Made_Stupid

BOOKS

Science Made Stupid

Culture Made Stupid

Minims:  A Knowledge of Sanskrit Is of Little Use to a Man Trapped in a Sewer

Meeting Date:  June 10, 2023.

Meeting Site: Zoom Video Conference

Attendance:  29.

Meeting Program:   Talk, Q & A with Science Humor Writer & Artist.

Notes:

Five people attended our post-meeting Virtual Diner Run.  Topics discussed included the NYC Harry Potter Exhibition, STAR TREK STRANGE NEW WORLDS, the live-action THE LITTLE MERMAID movie, and the new Mustang automobile purchased by one ot the group.

Newsletter Account:

The following account is reprinted with permission  THE STARSHIP EXPRESS  Copyright 2023 Philip J De Parto:

Meeting Notes:

Wife is an archaeologist.  Taught himself Basic and did website for her department.  That led to other work for schools and government.  He did a humorous pamphlet about geology for her department.  This went viral to archaeology departments at other colleges.

He met his wife at a party.  He was fascinated by her terrarium of psychedelic, poisonous, and carnivorous plants.

He and a friend formed a publishing company, but they didn't know what they were doing.  They had planned to publish someone's book, but that fell through.  So he wrote Minims to use up the paper they had bought.

He was a freelance graphic designer and knew how to do art and layouts for his books.

He has just finished doing the illustrations for a science book about archaeology.

Science Made Stupid won the Hugo for Best Non-Fiction Book.  The following year they changed the category to Best Work - Other.

Wrote one science fiction and one fantsy screenplay on spec but got nowhere.  He did get to eat in the commissary and walk through some movie sets.

Fan of Mad Magazine in his misspent youth.

Still gets mail and emails about his long out of print works.  One person told him it took him 38 years to get one of his science jokes.

Got to know Country Joe & the Fish.  He did posters, album covers, and psychedelic art for them.  He still manages their website.