Hello Again, So I have a weird relationship with porters and stouts. A lot of the time, I'll try, say, one of the many variations of Guinness and it's...empty. There's some flavor at the front and some bitterness at the back and there's just nothing holding up in the middle. But! With Imperial Stouts, there … Continue reading Beer Review: Wormtown Brewery’s Sweet Tats
Month: March 2019
An Update
Hello Again, Whenever I do one of these insane writing challenges, I feel the need to beat myself up about not meeting the self imposed rules that are, often, brutally unfair. That being said, I am going to say that as a result of this challenge (one blog entry, one five hundred word story per … Continue reading An Update
Be Superman
Hello Again, One of the most important lessons that we can learn from superhero comics is the idea that we should be like Superman. Superman is the purest distillation of what a superhero is: someone with abilities decides to use those abilities to help others. Its not just about fighting crime, because Superman does a … Continue reading Be Superman
Scary Fear
Hello Again, I think about horror a lot. I think about horror movies, horror short fiction, horror novels, about the things that terrify us day-to-day. Horror is a vital thing, an important thing and a thing worth studying. I've had a project in the back of my mind, something I've been thinking about working but … Continue reading Scary Fear
An Education in Cruelty
Hello Again, I am pretty angry about Betsy DeVos and her decision to cut federal funding to the Special Olympics. I believe that the responsibility of the government is to take care of its citizens. That is its sole function. It takes care of the citizens. We may disagree on the best way to do … Continue reading An Education in Cruelty
Writing On Writing About Writing for a Writer
Hello Again, I've been going back and forth on what I want this blog to be and that's just given me plenty of great excuses to not write anything. And, if there's anything I excel at, it's creating excuses. In an attempt to make sure that I write something, anything, in this space, I'm freeing … Continue reading Writing On Writing About Writing for a Writer