Incubate: A Review, and a Sermon on Everyday Horrors

5 Feb 2023

When I was in the eighth grade, I wrote a story that scared the crap out of several of my classmates. I’d like to say that it was my command…

The Full Catastrophe

31 Oct 202231 Oct 2022

One of my dad's favorite old movies is Zorba the Greek. One of the best quotes from the movie is this: "I'm a man, so I married. Wife, children, house,…

Hard Rain

13 Oct 202213 Oct 2022

I saw an incredibly interesting article about a new form of scanning that's currently in development to detect cutaneous melanoma lesions earlier. In effect, the scan uses a VI (not…

E.O.D.

7 Oct 20227 Oct 2022

Back in 2016, when I got told to put my affairs in order (and promptly joined a clinical trial), I set up a folder on my phone to handle the…

Feeling Like Dumbo

4 Jul 202125 Aug 2021

A friend on Facebook asked, "Tell me one thing you love about you." The following is what I wrote back (and I still can't believe I posted it in public,…

PRIDE Month

30 May 202130 May 2021

Because PRIDE is in June, I just had to indulge in the "Colors Challenge" out at Vocal Media. I won an "honorable mention" gift from the folks who run the…

Discipline vs. Talent

28 Feb 202128 Feb 2021

One of my writers' group members is a later-in-life writer. He's had a bit of a crisis lately, wondering if all the hard work is worth it. He's been worried…

Right View

22 Mar 202024 Mar 2020

There are a couple ways to view what's going on right now. One starts funny and ends sad. The other starts sad and ends...okay. And not okay as in "meh."…

Short Bright Night of the Soul

31 Dec 201931 Dec 2019

It's another long dark night of the soul. It's three in the morning and I still haven't slept. There's no dramatic reason for this that I'm aware of. I'm not…

Things to be hopeful about

19 Dec 201919 Dec 2019

I've been seeing a lot of things in the news to be hopeful about. None of them have to do with politics. (Well, okay, one of them does, but not…