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Wednesday Wanderings
If you’ve been watching this blog space (which is a bit like watching grass grow, only less organic and more purple), you may have noticed that it’s been quieter of late, fewer posts. That’s because I haven’t as much time to write. In fact,…
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Read What You Disagree With
A number of years ago, I ran across an article that confirmed a few unformed ideas that had been floating around in my mind. “Why You Should Read Books You Hate” by Pamela Paul solidified a concept that I’d loosely held for some time. I should not simply read books, articles, essays, poetry, etc.…
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2019 Brings Dark Rhymes
A belated happy 2019! Can you believe we’re already halfway through January? Yikes… So, what’s been happening? Well, my cat Neo acquired a limp this month, received fighting next door’s cat. Luckily, he has made a full recovery without me having to sell a kidney to pay the vet. Just in case of further…
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Hopepunk? Do we really need a label like that?
While I was traveling recently I happened to read the Vox think piece about “Hopepunk.” The (genre-ish) label was coined by Alexandra Rowland, so I followed up later reading on Twitter some of her thoughts on it, her elaborations and exp…
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Wednesday Wanderings
Lemming-like, I approach the topic of my year in review. Initially, I thought that it would be a depressing topic, at least where my writing is concerned. Then, I realized I had forgotten the biggest news of my year: the publication o…




