Things are moving fast now, and The Realm is a lot closer to collapsing than its inhabitants realize. Let’s unpack. We Need Him I’ve been trying to figure out why Sills wanted to bring Fineflin along. He exists as a stand-in for the Elves we were originally going to meet in the Board of Governors,…
Month: May 2017
“The Middle” – A Haiku
Regressives one way. Oppressors are opposite. The Center is choked. Much of my life has been a struggle with not fitting in. I’ve written before of how I never quite understood social cues as a child, and even though I’ve learned how to “read” a room I’m still uncomfortable in social situations. I feel my…
Fiction Tuesday – Rolling Out
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes It took the better part of an hour to convince Fineflin he’d found matching camouflage patterns for his fatigues. The group was then herded to a waiting line of military vehicles, where they were greeted by a frowning gnome. The gnome…
Weekend Stress, A Haiku
A stressful weekend. Much anguish, aggravation. Had no time to write. It’s amazing how two days of high stress, and no time to reflect, can be expressed in seventeen syllables.
A Free Response To An Executive Order
So on Thursday President Trump signed an Executive Order effectively dismantling the “Johnson Amendment.” Below are my thoughts on this act of toothless political theatre 1. First, if this means I’m going to get another mildly-threatening warning letter from a local atheist group I’ll be mildly annoyed. I don’t violate the Johnson Amendment every Sunday,…
Unpacking A Grumpy Companion
Sometimes you just need to write something for the computer geeks in your life. That time came with the writing of “A Grumpy Companion.” Let’s unpack. Oscar Miner Poor Oscar. In many ways he’s an “everygeek.” — a poor computer tech who doesn’t understand why users just can’t understand how intuitive computers really are. Once…
