Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities Cyclone Alfred The projected path has changed. The storm's slowed down.
Movie Review The Wild Robot: Hope in a Post-Apocalyptic Solarpunk Dystopia No matter how shiny your skyscraper, that's still a dystopia.
Just Writer Things Hints and Tips From a Chronic Writer My writer's group frequently calls me 'relentless' when it comes to always writing.
Reasons to Love Reasons to Love: Twice Upon a Time (1983) There are rare pieces of media that you just know that they will never be able to re-make...
Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities Juggling Moments I've had a disruption to my usual sequence of operations, and hammering out a new one is -er- "interesting". As in, "may you live in interesting times" brand of "interesting".
Reasons to Love Reasons to Love: Terry Pratchett (GNU) I've read his books since the first Discworld titles, The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. Yes, I was a 1980's teenager.
Dear Diary... Simple Solutions The bougie fancy whatnot from the fancy-ass bougie bakeware shops was as useful to me as a meringue umbrella.
Actually Autistic IMNSHO: Autism Representation done right I can clearly imagine the neurotypical rage that would happen if... one of the heroes... was introduced while he was stimming as pictured above.
Personal Illogic The Fickle Finger The problem with 'foolproof' is that they go and invent a bigger fool. Hi. That's me.
Advertising Myself Pitchfest Incoming My heart's already going hell for leather at the mere thought of it.
Dear Diary... Anger at the Details Over the passage of several baking days, I began to suspect something was awry.
Or You're a Terrorist! Quit Smoking – OR YOU’RE A TERRORIST! Every single time I talk about someone quitting smoking, or even mention the possibility that smoking might be -youknow- even slightly bad, my inbox or replies absolutely explode with advocates.
Or You're a Terrorist! Vaccinate – OR YOU’RE A TERRORIST! Pictured with this particular entry is an iron lung. They used to use these for patients who were so paralysed that they couldn’t breathe.
Or You're a Terrorist! Pay Your Taxes – OR YOU’RE A TERRORIST! As you might guess, this particular blog post is aimed loosely at the rich and powerful. You know, the very rich and powerful.
Personal Illogic But Does it Though? The chief objection I always hear about disaster prevention, especially large stuff that’s generally the government’s responsibility, is that it “does nothing”.
Personal Illogic Look Out! I’m Going Off! The Australian Government, in its infinite alleged wisdom are setting up a committee to look into Autism and enquire about it, why it’s there, what needs must be done, and all that other balderdash.
Personal Illogic Just Written That Way Recently, the BBC added another incarnation into Doctor Who’s expansion pack past. Shouldn’t be a worry, they did it with John Hurt’s “War Doctor” and nobody was tremendously upset.
Personal Illogic A Little Research Plz? A little less than a week ago, my Beloved and I had a chance to enjoy the Doctor Who episode, Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror. All well and fine.
Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities Action Needed If you’ve been following my daily diary entries on my hub site, or paying attention to my Tumblr feed, you may already know that I’m more than a little miffed with the Department of Status Quo of late.
Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities Working Things Out in Meatspace There have to be thousands of tools to help writers out there. I automatically avoid all the ones that are pay-to-play because I'm firkin broke.
Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities Adventures in Meal Prep I have not been looking after myself that great. I know this. I recognise this. I would much rather be writing something because that’s the fun bit.
Personal Illogic Futures vs Zeerust When Jules Verne wrote his futures, he didn't imagine much further than gears and steam.
Personal Illogic Riddle Me This: What the actual fuck is wrong with Conservatives all over the world? What the actual fuck is wrong with the people who keep insisting on voting for them?
