The A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal

The A to Z Challenge is coming up quickly, and it's already time for the A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal.

There are always those weird words that you can't quite believe exist.  Words with weird definitions, or words that describe odd, highly specific situations.  Maybe if we used them everyday, we'd be accustomed to their existence, but for whatever reason, they've fallen by the wayside.

For this year's challenge, I will choose a word each day that isn't well known.  I will give you a definition for that word, and then I will give you a funny, geeky reason or two as to why it is good to know what that word means.  I want to do this because A) being the nerd who likes to know weird vocabulary words is cool (I won't let anyone tell me differently), and B) this will give me the chance to try to be funny.  I don't know if I'll pull off the humor portion of things, but I will try.  And you can expect my love for science and science fiction to come into play from time to time.

Are you participating in A to Z?  What's your theme?

The Great & Powerful A to Z Theme Reveal

April is right around the corner, and that means it's almost time for A to Z to begin!  For those of you who have not signed up and may be interested in doing so, you can do that HERE.

Today, a few of my fellow A to Z bloggers are revealing their theme for this April's challenge. You can sign up HERE if you'd like to join in on the fun of the great reveal.  A theme isn't required for A to Z participation, of course, but having a theme can be helpful.  It makes it easier to plan your posts, and if a reader is interested in the theme you've selected, they'll keep coming back to your blog.

I'm a science fiction geek, so I knew I wanted to do a science fiction theme this year.  I decided that for each letter of the alphabet, I wanted to briefly outline a theme or concept frequently seen in science fiction, and to use that topic to formulate a few questions.  For example, for A I chose as my topic "Asimov and Artificial Intelligence."  The laws of robotics formulated by Asimov are famous for good reason, but creating an artificial intelligence comes along with plenty of issues that those laws alone cannot address.

I want to keep my posts fairly short, so while I won't be able to go into great depth within the body of each post, I hope the questions I raise might inspire some fruitful discussion in the comments.  I also hope readers will pose their own questions to inspire discussion.  The more people interact, the better it will be, so I hope you'll all join me on this blogging journey!