Review: Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars An astonishing and moving look inside a person in pain. The author isn’t shy about what it’s about — …
Artifacts of Time Travel
I have no idea why this keeps unspooling in my mind. The genesis of time travel links back to the resolution of -k in the vector of time. At the …
Unravelling Narratives
I hear folks, in person and on the Web, despairing about the future because history is a thing. Forces seem inevitable. And it’s easy to believe that monstrous events are …
Qanon “Shaman” vs. Odin
Front and center of the people in the Jan 6 coup, there’s this shirtless fella sporting the following. A bison headdress, fox tails, and a number of norse-inspired tattoo who …
Forks in the Road: history.exe v2.3
I’m interesting in the question how we got here. That’s not much of a surprise. Which means I’m looking into the very broad strokes of what got us from there …
Forks in the Road: history.exe v1.2
I’m interesting in the question how we got here. That’s not much of a surprise. Which means I’m looking into the very broad strokes of what got us from there …
Forks in the Road: history.exe v1.1
I’m interesting in the question how we got here. That’s not much of a surprise. So, I’m looking into the very broad strokes of what got us from there to …
Forks in the Road: history.exe v0.1
I spend a lot of time contemplating how we got from here to there. It’s kind of a thing. Part of it’s from my youth: my parents consistently telling me …
Msg to Social Media Folx
Thank you, supporters of pandemic vaccines. And, as a moderator for a forum that attracts eco-nazis (yeah, that’s a thing and it’s annoying), I just wanted to offer a sympathetic …
A Tiny Murder
In recent news, a nuclear scientist in a country that was the cradle of modern civilization died. Did I say died? I mean assassinated. Oops. I wonder what outgoing asshole …