First, because he caught the sentiment in a bottle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbnJo88kuP8 Another year has clicked away. This one starts with a few changes for me. But there's one, regarding my writing, I have to announce now. As far as the IRS is concerned, I am a freelance writer. Yep. Self-employment taxes start if you earn $400… Continue reading So I Turned Myself to Face Me
Category: General Thoughts
Have Yourself An Upgraded Christmas
Once again, I reach a time of year where I'm reflective. Luckily, the day job has been doing its level best to keep me busy, making sure all my energy is spent there and not on frivolities like everything else in the world. But, moments of introspection still creep into my head. I need to… Continue reading Have Yourself An Upgraded Christmas
In the Heat of the Sun: Desert Noir
Film noir. Two words which conjure images of unshaven men in fedoras, dangerous women in evening dresses, rain-slicked back alleys in America's cities, and... prospectors in California mining towns? And yet, I'm starting to find the arid lands outside of the great noir settings hold just as many people making bad decisions in a desperate… Continue reading In the Heat of the Sun: Desert Noir
Babooshka & Delirium’s Mistress at Tea
Often, when I write, it's downstairs on the couch. Usually there's a cat attempting to knock my iPad out of its Qwertkey keyboard. Often there's sun spilling through the blinds. But always there's something playing on YouTube. Usually, it's music. Today, it was about music. I threw on a 2014 BBC documentary on Kate Bush… Continue reading Babooshka & Delirium’s Mistress at Tea
We Can Be Heroes
They say you should never meet your heroes. You will realize they have feet of clay, lecherous hands, and spiteful mouths. Let them remain a shadow in the back of your mind. The Platonic idea of your hero will always beat the real thing. In this case, I'm glad I didn't listen. Over ten years… Continue reading We Can Be Heroes
Tellus, my Cirni Macak
Normally, I don't post life or pet related items here. But sometimes the need to write overrides the need to remain on theme. And, in a way, this is about my writing. Meet Tellus: He is a six plus year old black cat. And I named him after one of the characters in my… Continue reading Tellus, my Cirni Macak
Bad Decisions Make Good Stories
I've seen this on a t-shirt in a few different places. It's supposed to be some kind of devil-may-care, "I'm try-sexual - I'll try anything" type of declaration. But I saw it worn by the co-author of Hard Case Crime's brilliant comic, Peepland. And it might as well be the thesis for film noir, and… Continue reading Bad Decisions Make Good Stories
Loyalty is a Flaw
I grew up watching Airwolf like a lot of other kids. Either on NBC, or later on syndication on Channel 20. There were a lot of episodes I gravitated towards. But one in particular still sticks with me: "Severance Pay." The plot focuses on Larry, an operative and analyst with the FIRM (Airwolf's CIA stand-in).… Continue reading Loyalty is a Flaw
This Was Not the Corporate Dystopia I Was Promised
The other title for this post is "We Need The Punk In Cyberpunk Now." Recent events has me thinking on a big influence on my formative years: the literature and the aesthetic of cyberpunk. While many grew up with images of the space age, with (white, western) humanity cementing its manifest destiny among the stars,… Continue reading This Was Not the Corporate Dystopia I Was Promised
I’ve Seen The Future, Brother, It Is Murder
I couldn't help but bring Leonard Cohen into this. He's one of the many artists whose loss gouged great wounds in our hearts. But Leonard's poetry will live on in everyone he's touched, and in every story he's inspired. This month's post is about the future. It's about two different futures, though. One is personal… Continue reading I’ve Seen The Future, Brother, It Is Murder
Biomechanoid Blues 