Good media doesn’t just entertain. It invites us to take a long, hard look at ourselves and our world. It shows us things that can change, or need to change. And, sometimes, it points the way to the tools required to make that change, to be that change. Take Rick & Morty. In the midst… Continue reading No Pity
Flash Fiction: We Are One
From territory to territory we have roamed. We prefer the warm, the dark, the places with circulation and room to expand. There are explosive moments, expulsions that carry us forth to new homes, and no matter how few we might be when we move beyond the blinding like back into the darkness, we grow stronger… Continue reading Flash Fiction: We Are One
500 Words on Fear
When people look at all of the crimes being committed in the US, from corrupt and unhinged leadership to murder in the streets by emboldened hate groups, it can be difficult to see the fuel that drives such things. A good portion of it is ignorance, another is projection and feelings of disenfranchisement. But, at… Continue reading 500 Words on Fear
Book Review: Ready Player One
I state the following without hyperbole: the first few chapters of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One is some of the most difficult reading I’ve done in a very long time. Not because of the nature of the events, or even the quality of the writing, in and of itself. It was difficult because it was… Continue reading Book Review: Ready Player One
Being The Change
“Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.” — Harriet Braiker I have to remind myself that I am not perfect. I have to remind myself that I will never attain perfection. I have to remind myself that I can’t work on myself alone. These can be difficult for me to keep in… Continue reading Being The Change
500 Words on Communication
We humans are social creatures. We make connections with one another, and maintaining those connections requires communication. We’ve done it through letters (and honestly, I should write more letters), telegrams, telephones, and now the Internet. But throughout all of the iterations of our communication means, one fact has remained the same: it’s a two-way street.… Continue reading 500 Words on Communication
500 Words on John McCain
This has been quite a week in the United States as far as politics is concerned. Let’s leave aside the three-ring circus shit-show that is the Executive Branch, from its stereotypical 80’s Wall Street douchebag communications director to the systematic self-destruction of the egotistical compromised blowhard supposedly running things. I want to talk about the… Continue reading 500 Words on John McCain
Delta-V: Foundational Barter
Previously: The year is 3301. Six months after Zachary Hudson was swept into office, Jason Frimantle, a young and unregistered Commander, broke with his father to start his own trading business. One of these days, I’m going to need to get myself a docking computer. It wasn’t that Jason had trouble easing the Wayfarer through… Continue reading Delta-V: Foundational Barter
Thinking Trek
There’s an article on Grunge that posits that living on the Enterprise-D, setting for ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’, would absolutely suck. I read through the article a few times, gave it some thought in my off-hours, and I want to refute some of its points. I mean, I list all of the points, but… Continue reading Thinking Trek
500 Words on Blamethrowers
“A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” – Winston Churchill I don’t know for sure if I’ve coined this term myself, or if it’s existed for a while, but I’ve been using “blamethrower” quite a bit lately. As in: “so-and-so made a mistake… Continue reading 500 Words on Blamethrowers
