I mostly post unfinished stories on here, but this is a fun little drabble that I wrote as a bet of sorts with my students–they gave me a prompt and I wrote a story on it while they were working on their own short stories. None of them actually seemed very interested, but I enjoyed … More Story: The Last English Teacher
The Escape Artists podcast “Cast of Wonders” recently published my short story “Lost in Translation.” It’s probably the longest story I’ve managed to get published yet–which isn’t saying a lot; it’s about 4000 words or so. Give it a listen if you have a spare half-hour, or else you can read through the text, which … More Story/Podcast: “Lost in Translation”
This post is not meant to be shared. I do not intend to post it on Facebook, or Twitter, or any other social media (apart from this blog). I’m just making it to have something down, on record, of how I thought about Trump. I sort of wish I’d made one of these before. I’ve … More For Records Purposes
Part of an ongoing project to make a children’s picture book based on the Medieval Rules of Courtly Love
You know what’s criminal? I’m in the heart of Texas, and I can only get ONE country music station on the radio. ONE! Back home in Michigan, I could usually raise three on the car radio, but here, down in the south, down in the middle of where you’d expect country to be king… just … More Hardships and Joys of Life
Not that I wish to imply you have been sleeping on the job, you’ve just been sitting in front of a computer until your brains bleed out your ears. All the effort in the world is going to waste there, wake up and smell the melted silicon. So what do I have to say about … More Rise and Shine, Mr. Video Gamer
…is scientifically probably the tapeworm. Economically, it’s more likely a poverty-stricken relation. From a social perspective, it can be an ex with rejection issues, and from a gastronomical perspective it can be those Mexican beans you had the misfortune to eat three weeks ago. If you’re a reform-minded politician, the most persistent parasite is probably … More The Most Persistent Parasite…
Classical, that is. Not like liberal ‘men are gods’ humanist. Actually he comes across as more of an opportunist, because most of the time he’s not philosophical enough to be the other. Which is good, because I doubt any yeoman took philosophy seriously back then, but one wonders why he suddenly becomes so thoughtful toward … More Robin Hood the Humanist
I’d like to point out that these two are not necessarily related. There are doubtless a great many sane talking puppets in the world, living successful and happy lives as doctors, lawyers, and computer engineers. I have the utmost respect for those puppets. Also, I should point out that a great many of insane puppets … More Insanity and Talking Puppets
It seems a little cheap, maybe, to write a review of something like the Hobbit, even if it IS an awesome book, and even if it IS the most recent thing I read, and even if it DID recently enter production to make a movie (after many complications from unions and bankrupt movie firms). So … More Tolkien’s Tales.
