For the last year or so, I've been struggling with a decision that's been harder for me make than I anticipated. There are, for me, few positives. I don't think I'll gain much from what I'm about to do. I also don't think I'll face too many consequences, but maybe I'll be surprised in that … Continue reading To Stand and to Be Counted
A Return
For a long time, writing had become less than a chore to me. A chore at least has a purpose, an end goal. If I'm taking on the chore of doing dishes, by Christ, there will be some clean dishes at the end of the day. Writing wasn't even that to me. The odds that … Continue reading A Return
Strange As Life
SPOILER WARNING: I'm going to go in-depth on the plot of the game, "Life is Strange" and I will be spoiling a major plot point TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide I don't play a lot of games and I rarely finish the games that I play, but I played the hell out of "Life Is Strange." It … Continue reading Strange As Life
It Is The End, My Friends
Hello, I've reached the end of my blogging for 30 days spectacular. I'm pretty happy about that. I found out that it's really hard to think of thirty interesting blog entries sequentially. But it has kickstarted my interest in writing and has gotten some gears turning again that I thought would be forever rusted up. … Continue reading It Is The End, My Friends
Write It Out
Hello, I'm not a plotter. I don't like planning out my stories at all. It robs me of the thrill of discovery. I sometimes start a story having no idea where it's going to go, but that's what makes writing exciting to me. I can go on the same journey as someone reading the story … Continue reading Write It Out
Writing Update
Hello, I'm nearing the end of my experiment to write in this blog every day and I'm looking forward to that last day. There's only so much I can say, day in and day out and I'm sure there are days when y'all could tell I was checked out, especially on those 11:00pm postings. But … Continue reading Writing Update
News In An Echo Chamber
Hello, I realized recently that I get the majority of my news through social media sites and that's really got to stop. Most of the time, I only hear about events important enough to be blared out in all-caps, bolded typeface sprayed all over the worst possible photograph of Donald Trump. While this is helpful … Continue reading News In An Echo Chamber
Ranked
Hello, One of the things I noticed while I was researching Moonraker's standings with Bond fans is that there a million best of lists for James Bond movies and they're all garbage. All of them. There is no consistency where what movies lay where on the rankings. Oh sure, you'll see From Russia With Love, Casino Royale and The … Continue reading Ranked
Made to Order
Hello, I don't cook that often. My obsessiveness leads me to constantly rework the same thing over and over and over again until I'm finally happy with the finished product and then I will continue to make that thing and nothing else to the end of my days. I have a recipe for chocolate chip … Continue reading Made to Order
Raked Over the Coals: In Defense of Moonraker
Hello, I want to talk about Moonraker. Not the book. The movie. The criminally underrated movie. On most lists ranking Bond movies, lists by the way that are all shockingly wrong, Moonraker is usually toward the bottom, sometimes below such objectively awful entries like Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again. I just watched Moonraker for the … Continue reading Raked Over the Coals: In Defense of Moonraker
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