Solving Problems
My entire life I have had a problem solving method that still, to this day, serves me well in everything I do. Work, writing or non, life, it’s just a good problem solving technique. For me. I can’t...
The Easiest Thing
I’m going to tell you, right here and now, the easiest thing about writing. It also applies to all other forms of creativity, and a lot of other things to boot, but I am going to speak of it in terms of...
Winnipeg, oh how I love thee.
Quick administrative note: One I don’t even believe I have to make but here we are. I wrote most of this, and planned all of it, months before the current shitstorm of US/Canada crap started up. It’s...
When is morning?
Been pondering what is Morning vs night for a bit and I’ve found the answer. The simple, definitive answer. Let’s go through it. You might be wanting to say “From 20:01AM to 11:59AM is morning,...
Some Days I Am Zeno’s Paradox
There are days where I am in Room A and realize I need something from Room B. Simple. Get up and grab Thing. Except I get distracted by remembering something else I need to do so I put Thing down, closer to Room A,...
Nostalgia, TV, and Entry Points
There’s something new happening with fandoms as far as TV goes. As Gen X (hi) and Millennials continue to age up there’s a large cohort who want to continue what they had when they were kids. Now that,...
Star Trek: The Federation and Starfleet
I’ve been watching Star Trek as long as I can remember. As a child, of course, the big science fiction fun of it all caught me, and then as I grew older the depth of it caught my eye instead. And as I went I...
Religion and Tom Waits
I don’t talk about religion, or spirituality, often in public. I’ve done it once before here getting into family history and all but that’s it. In that post, as an aside really, I wrote this:...
Rayguns and the Hypocrisy of Humanity
Rayguns (Ray Guns/Blasters/Phasers/etc) have a long tradition in Science Fiction prose, radio, movies and TV. They go back as far as 1898 and Wells’ War of the Worlds (that was a heat ray specifically, but it...
The Myth of Social Media
Social Media. Hell of a thing, isn’t it? Not really, no. But also yes very much so. The thing of it is though, Social Media isn’t what it claims to be, at all. Now, as a way of introduction I’m...
Thundercats
Been thinking about the Thundercats. Well, all right, last night while in bed, drifting off to sleep, I had a few thoughts about the Thundercats. That happens more often than I care to admit. I’ll be there, trying...
Chaos Shopping
In light of something that went across the good folks at Sporked today I had a think about that lesser known dangerous food shopping condition: Chaos Shopping. Chaos Shopping is not shopping hungry. Shopping hungry...
Writing: Building from short stories to novels
The other day I was talking with a friend about some writing stuff and I mentioned I used to write short stories, long before I wrote novels. And I did it for a reason. Writing shorts is what taught me how to write...
Ish
I wasn’t planning on posting this, must less right now when I have a bunch of stuff to get done right now and I’m all busy and argh and — anyway: Religion. Faith. All that jazz. Not something I...
One piece of clothing
I only have one piece of clothing I actually deeply and truly care about. I mean, I have lots of stuff I like that I wear, but it’s not the same. No this is something utterly different for me. In 1996 (maybe...