The site going down for as long as it did feels like part of the last gasp of an awful time of my life coming to a close. Until now, I simply haven’t had the resources to do things like pay a large invoice like the one for my host, even a yearly one. Along… Continue reading Turning The Corner
500 Words on Normal
“This is not normal” has become something of a rallying call for the resistance against the rising regime on a local, national, and international level. It’s not a bad place to begin. It’s true, after all — none of the confusing and detrimental decisions being made by this rising regime we’re dealing with is normal.… Continue reading 500 Words on Normal
Holding Together
Reignition, Part 2
Art courtesy Xoaba [spoiler effect=”blind” show=”Disclaimer” hide=”Close”] The following is a non-profit work of fan-fiction. Magic: the Gathering and its attendant characters, locations, terminology, and events are owned by Wizards of the Coast, Richard Garfield, Mark Rosewater, et al. All rights reserved. Please support the official release. [/spoiler] Previously… Dominarian taverns always felt like home,… Continue reading Reignition, Part 2
Asking The Right Questions
Am I a good man? It’s a question I’m asking myself on a daily basis. Months after so many people made up their minds that the answer was a resounding ‘NO’, I’m still asking it. I lose sleep over it. I wake up with my guts in knots thinking about it. I find myself disengaged… Continue reading Asking The Right Questions
500 Words on Time Management
There was an invasion in our apartment earlier this week. It happened without warning, and before any of us knew it, we were all in varying states of incapacitation. We felt powerless to move much, let alone be productive or get much accomplished. I’m not sure what the bug was, but it killed my brain… Continue reading 500 Words on Time Management
Thine Own Self
In Hamlet, Polonius is a bit of a pompous windbag. Nobody really minds when he dies (spoilers) though the ramifications of that murder kind of tip things into the downhill spiral of death and despair that defines the climax of the tragedy. But before he reaches his stabbity end, he does utter one bit of… Continue reading Thine Own Self
Reignition, Part 1
[spoiler effect=”blind” show=”Disclaimer” hide=”Close”] The following is a non-profit work of fan-fiction. Magic: the Gathering and its attendant characters, locations, terminology, and events are owned by Wizards of the Coast, Richard Garfield, Mark Rosewater, et al. All rights reserved. Please support the official release. [/spoiler] Hundreds of years invested in study and spellcraft, and yet,… Continue reading Reignition, Part 1
500 Words on 2016
Let me say this first: the marking of days, months, and years is no more or less arbitrary than marking distance. The road is the road, and the milestones along it do not change it; it is how we measure the distance we’ve covered in our journey, and what lays ahead for us. How we… Continue reading 500 Words on 2016
A World Without Leia
So much loss has happened since the last time we celebrated a new year. So many luminaries have left us behind. But if we’re personifying the year of 2016, we can envision it holding back at least one more devastating punch to the emotional gut. And this one… this one hurts. It hurts a lot.… Continue reading A World Without Leia
