Sometimes yes, sometimes no. There isn’t really any way to know. More importantly: who cares?
Fiction - Humor - Uncategorized
The Copycat (part 1 of 2)
It was Friday evening and their weekend should have already begun, but instead the team at Praxis Adaptive were rapt around a single conference phone. Praxis, as it was often […]
From Quora
My 5 Writing Tips
I could make dozens of these, perhaps when I publish a book I will come back to it. But my first is, ‘be brief,’ so this is all for now. […]
Video Games
Watch Dogs: Legion – Review
I recently completed this game on PC, having played the previous two on console. An edited-down version of this was cross-posted to Steam. I’m a huge fan of this franchise. The […]
Commentary - Personal
The Hell Just Happened
Invocation There will be events in your life that are so monumental they become impossible to write about. It becomes part of the cultural background,the lighting. “What’s water,” said the […]
Uncategorized
Why I like New Jersey.
Once I met an English woman in Istanbul. I asked her, “How do you like Turkey?” “It has its daily frustrations,” she replied.
Culture - From Quora
Should a white person write about fictional black characters?
Mexican women should write male robots, Anglo men should write characters that are Caribbean women, Asian transsexuals should attempt the process of writing about the life of Kenyan children; an untouchable from India can write about the life experience of a Maori cable installation technician.
Commentary - Culture
Farewell, Aunt Jemima
ZEITGEIST UPDATE: I published this on the 3rd. On the 9th, this happened. Time to buy lotto tickets. As a matter of general principle I try to avoid opening anything […]
Humor
A Brief list of Coronavirus Symptoms, as Researched and Presented by the American Astrological Association
You have a slight cough. Mostly dry, but possibly also wet. You have a stuffy nose, and accordingly, difficulty discerning smells. You can be hard to get to know, sometimes […]
Reviews - Video Games
Top 10 Survival Tips for State of Decay 2 for XBox One
A friend recently brought to my attention that my Gamer Card indicates that when you stitch together all the hours I’ve spent playing State of Decay 2 on XBox One, […]
Personal
What I would have said to him.
For Brian First, I would have said thank you. I was 35 and recently divorced–the line-drawing kind–which meant I had lost half of the New York friends that I had […]