Have you ever looked this shit up? Millennia ago, they believed it was the time of year where the veil between worlds is most thin, and for that reason, a bunch of weird, archaic, mostly ridiculous rituals were born to take advantage of that idea. I can’t judge anyone if any age for wearing a…
Goodness Gracious
A dog story, start to finish, about a friend I had to say goodbye to yesterday.
The Time Sphere
If you know me at all, real life or not, you’ll understand that I have no choice but to be reminded of death pretty much on a daily basis due to my job. They’re passive thoughts at this point, after over a decade, but as time goes on, they seem to become somewhat more relevant…
Don’t Be Discouraged: A Belated Mother’s Day Story
So yeah, Mother’s Day has come and gone, but I see no better topic for this week’s entry, since my mom is an important pillar in the architecture of who I am. I was born when she was 19 back in 1979, and in 1980, well before the norm it was today, she was a…
NPCs
Hey kids! Do ya like the vid-ja games?? I’m so down with the pac-man and the Fork Night! Just kidding I fuckn hate people like that, who look you eye to eye, like a goat, trying to relate to you as though you were some kid (who would still think that person is an idiot).…
Home is Where the Art is
Many moons ago, I was in my fifth year as a desk monkey for one of the textile mills that had a near-monopoly on local employment. I had been recently promoted to sales analyst, which basically meant I had new responsibilities as well as all my old ones. I liked being a numbers guy, not…
Dream Log 1: Paradise Lost
Briefly, so as to not take from the content, part of what I’d like to do with this site is record dreams. I used to do it by hand in the way back, and I always like looking back at the subconscious theatre’s greatest hits for two reasons. First, is obviously to analyze what the…
Uncle Bob
An Echo of Wisdom When I was younger, my mom and I moved around, living with family members, during which, there was a few-year stint where we lived with my grandparents. My grandfather was a hard-working man who seemed to know how to do everything, including playing the guitar. The upper floor of our farmhouse…
On Gaming Addiction
If you didn’t hear it by now, the WHO recently classified ‘Gaming Addiction’ as a mental health disorder in the early days of this year or the late days of 2017. From there, texts started rolling in forwarding articles, and I brushed them off as absolute nonsense. If you don’t know by now, I have…
A History of (Digital) Violence
Gamer. Even the label makes a self-diagnosed addict like me roll my eyes. I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s and even though I wasn’t a fan of grunge, I identified with the ‘don’t label me’ sentiments. Gaming is one of my favorite things to do, and I started as a wee-ish lad back…
This Earth: A Fantasy World 