I wanted to make this a poem, but the words and meter escaped me. So, prose it is. They sit alone, their surroundings intimate. One warm, one cool, they feel each other out. Lips find muzzle, fingers twitch. But be careful: not too fast. Go to savor it. Gently, fingers: mind the 0.125. Their hearts … Continue reading 0.125

As you guys know, I've been struggling with what I perceive to be an awful lot of blind animosity in the US right now. It's disheartening since I don't really know what to do about it. I certainly don't have the solutions to the country's complex problems—I haven't even experienced a tenth of the country, … Continue reading E Pluribus Veritas

The fire didn't help my mood today, so I guess it's time to get everything off my chest. This year has been really hard, and I don't just mean COVID-19, the utter lack of social life, the months and months of isolation, or the complete clusterfuck that is the government's response to it. This year … Continue reading Status Update 2020-08-15

I don't write many entries like this, but having just watched Hamilton, it seems now is as good a time as any to get this off my chest. To you who hate the right, to you who hate the left; to you who hate the Boomers, to you who hate the Millennials; to you who … Continue reading A Word from a Frustrated Moderate

Okay, random comment, but also bits of status update (sheesh, I think I've posted more in the last two days than all of last year combined...maybe I like even years). Watched a musician / comedian called Victor Borge for a while; he's dead, but YouTube has captured some very funny moments of his. Then again, … Continue reading Gosh, I Miss My Keyboard

Holy crap, I've written a lot this weekend; I'm pretty sure I wrote 16K today alone! It's nice to have a real day off occasionally. But anyway, yeah, there's a nice, big chunk in the Getting to Know You series. I don't have anything else planned for the time being, so we'll see when the next … Continue reading Minor Status Update

Hello, all. I've just finished reading Don Quixote, and I have to say, damn, that was a long book. I started reading it after watching some of The Expanse (I've since finished watching it), and in the time it has taken me to finish the book, I've also started and finished The Witcher. All of these have been entertaining … Continue reading Status Update

There once was a man. He sat alone in the dark. Terribly lonely. Out of the darkness There appeared emerald eyes, Eyes that watched the man. The man gave a sigh, Wishing for good company. The eyes moved forward. Suddenly gasping, The man turned toward the eyes, But there was nothing. Overcoming fear, The man … Continue reading The Púca

It has occurred to me that although the proceeds from Amazon sales have been very, very slow, they are steady, and the best thing is that I don't really have to do anything other than occasionally offer one of the stories for free. It also occurred to me that things might pick up if I had … Continue reading A New Experiment: Jack’s Blacks