Why I’ll Be Watching Paint Dry Instead of the Inauguration
Tomorrow our descent into the Hellmouth begins. (Forecasts call for a cold day at the Hellmouth. Figures.) Donald Trump will go to the Rotunda his mob defiled to...well, defile it…
Things I Can Do Without (Belated) for 7-25-2019
Hi, reading several. It's been a less busy week now that both the ISF shows I'm in have opened. Find out how to go see them here if you're living…
Things I Can Do Without For 7/19/2019
It's been a busy week in things that I think suck, from Trump's racist rallies to this summer's persistent annoying cloudiness, it's time for Things I Can Do Without...* 1.…
Scaramucci Says Trump Is Turning Into a Racist
Turning into? Is he calling us from the year 1953? — Read on politicalwire.com/2019/07/16/scaramucci-says-trump-is-turning-into-a-racist/
Things I Could’ve Done Without 7/11/2019
Now that I'm back to blogging regularly again, I thought I'd start some regular features. I'm busy, so they'll be weekly. I'll have astronomy pictures on Tuesday--as many fresh ones…
How I Got Kicked Off Twitter
"I got fired last year in Las Vegas from the Frontier Hotel for saying 'shit', in a town where the big game is called 'crap'." --George Carlin, FM & AM…
Notes on “The Day Molly Got Into the Room”
Of the three published stories about the making of Dope Dealers From Outer Space, this was the one written earliest. It's sets the conflict between the right-wing movie director Howard Zeleznick--or,…
Sticky Images: Notes on “Two Ways To Say Goodbye To Milford”
How my new short story, "Two Ways To Say Goodbye To Milford" was written.
With All Due Respect, Fuck Civility
Occasionally, I make a dreadful life mistake and I read a pundit. I know, disgusting habit. I'm trying to quit, but sometimes I just can't help myself. (Maybe pundits are…
Mugs and Suckers
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awY1MRlMKMc?ecver=2] Last year, much to my surprise, Donald Trump, in all his appalling ignorance, taught me what may be the most important lesson I could've learned in 2016. You…