Neil Gaiman Is a Treasure
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Month: March 2009
More Jonathan Carroll Quotes
Just remember this, sister. The world doesn’t need anything from you, but you need to give the world something. That’s why you’re alive. Kill yourself now, and you’re proving the majority right—you’re no different from the billion other skulls under the ground. Give it something, no matter how short- or long-lasting, and you’ve won. Time …
Jackson Lewis and the Republicans are Lying
If you have any doubt that Corporations can’t be trusted, look at how they are fighting against the Employee Free Choice Act: pouring millions and millions of money into a campaign of disinformation and outright lies. The fact is that: the Employee Free Choice Act does not eliminate any method by which workers can elect …
Saturday Morning Random Thoughts on Theatre
If given the choice between seeing good theatre and a failed attempt at great theatre, always pick the latter. Theatre does not “hold a mirror” up to life. Bad theatre lies about what it means to be human, good theatre reveals something true about being human, something we don’t pay attention to in everyday life, …
The Devious Astrolabe, Part 2
Part 1 Our story continues . . . Jorgee was utterly lost. This section of the city seemed deserted, full of hulking industrial buildings interspered with a few sullen one-story pre-fab rent boxes.The dome of the city was a hazy web of light. Enough so he could see clearly, but making everything look black and …
The Devious Astrolabe, Part 1
Dedicated to Joya, the namer of this tale Jorgeegrenthalu d’adr’tt Krendatel-5 (Jorgee to his friends) stood tall and tentacled, a terrifically handsome specimen of his race with large headbumps, peircing black eyes, and a sharp beak. Normally he was quiet and reserved, his movements always formal and highly controlled. Tonight, however, he had lapsed into …
New Writing Game to Keep Me Sane
A writing challenge that will hopefully get me back to writing on a daily basis as well as keep me from getting too bored at work. Feel free to submit story titles for me to work with.
Free Range Trolls
An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion. (Wikipedia Link) As anyone who …
Not Attending Brown University This Fall
On Friday, I was notified that Brown University did not accept my application to the Ph.D. program in Theatre and Performance Studies. By email. At a temp job that is boring and using about .0005 percent of my brain. Needless to say, this weekend has been a difficult one as I’ve gone through various waves …
The Liminal Shop Has Fun T-Shirts Just For You
So I have a shop over at CafePress.com and have designed two t-shirts that I think are darn fun. Of course I’d love you to buy them so I can get a couple buck of extra cash, but more importantly, I’d love to know what you think of them as designs. The first references a …