a blog about rockets, robots, and rayguns.
There may be humor in the irony, but uncategorized is not a good name for a category.
The writer reflects on a frightening book, “Nuclear War: A Scenario” by Annie Jacobsen, emphasizing the catastrophic aftermath of nuclear war, including famine, disease, and massive loss of life, eclipsing traditional horror narratives.
Once again we have failed to do away with the absurdity of Daylight Savings time. There are individual state and local governments who have elected to stop observing this pointless tradition, but the federal Government, at least inits current incarnation, can do nothing but grift, so of course this arbitrary hour shift continues. Cows don’t … Read more
Go ahead, cancel your Netflix account. You’ll feel better.
I’m not in a position to make high impact charitable donations. Read that’s as “I am poor” if you like. This world continuously tries to tell me how poor I am; but I know that I am rich. Materially: compared to a maddening number of people in this world, even my low income position here … Read more
“what’s wrong with you people?” You might recognize that quotation as something famously said by RC Sproul, usually in the context of confronting theological error. But today, I’d like to apply it to political punditry. There’s a series of political-right segments that keep showing up in my YouTube shorts in which an under informed “leftist” … Read more
I feel that I have made a mistake. Actually, three mistakes; three bad choices. I’m not sure what I can, should, or will do about these errors. I am good at convincing myself I *should* do a certain thing, but I also should have known better how I would feel about that decision later. Oh … Read more
Reflecting on my nature of being premeditated, recounting limited spontaneous acts, notably deciding to divorce after hearing a radio advertisement during a long commute.
I’m having a very difficult time with this prompt. My relationship with fiction just hasn’t been such that I want to be any of the characters within the fiction. Sure, I have read about or watched fictional characters who have attributes that I wish I had, but I’ve never said to myself, “I wish I … Read more
I’m going to try, i think I have a fun idea, but I’m a trash writer. Bear with me and if you want to hear more after the first episode, you’ll have to let me know.
I am moving my journal of Sunday Liturgies to their own blog. I know that it is confusing to mix my religious convictions with my love of rockets, robots and rayguns. I have had an ongoing technical issue that I believe is now resolved. I have intentionally left many of the resources at my disposal … Read more