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Writer | Prof | Occasional Podcaster | Obsessed with Creation and Creativity
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Carney being Prime Minister when the dollar is slowly backsliding as reserve currency is one of those Chekov's guns if he wins the election later this month

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Kurt Vonnegut man

submitted 5 days ago • 251 comments

There's some irony there in how executives on the games industry were thinking that AI would make games cheaper, but then Trump used AI to calculate the tariffs that will make games more expensive.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

imagine sisyphus trotting cutely and proving love

submitted 12 days ago • 8 comments

Five authors I've read 5+ books from: Søren Kierkegaard Sigmund Freud Paul Tillich Stephen King Brandon Sanderson I'm not a voracious reader, so the total number of authors I've read 5+ books from is probably very small.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

We're doing it, folks.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Currently writing on Evagrius, Anselm, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross and... David Lynch.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Have been keeping my head down just trying to crank out this dissertation over the last week or so. It's been slow going for a long time, but it's going to be done by end of April. Tomorrow I'm doing a writing retreat in my living room. I want to have the structure finalized by the end of the day.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

This would have killed on Twitter

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Topics for the current project...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

My dog loves the 24/7 Pawn Stars channel on Samsung TV Plus.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes 3 strong beers, a plate of wings and appetizers, live music, and a beautiful conversation really helps your nervous system reset.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Writers aren't usually this self-aware. At 27, Steinbeck wrote in a letter to a friend: "I think I shall write some very good books indeed. The next one won't be good nor the next one, but about the fifth, I think will be above the average."

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Decades of progressive vibes without progressive policies have left the Democrats incredibly vulnerable to attacks from the right. Right wing propaganda viciously targets the Democrats’ vibes but nobody can point to policies that actually help people as a defense.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

as far as i'm concerned the entire purpose of the american experiment is to provide chuck schumer with a job that's not too challenging, yet rewarding and fun. and i hate to put it to you like this, but every criticism you post, and every phone call you make to his office, gets in the way of that

submitted 32 days ago • 101 comments

I need the world to pause until I get this writing done.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

People have commented before on how the prequels making Yoda a super fast ninja Jedi takes away from the idea of a small surprising creature possessing great wisdom and power despite his physical limitations and my solution would be if Yoda just had an uzi and was shooting everyone

submitted 37 days ago • 101 comments

Why would they need too? Their bones are their money

submitted 43 days ago • 4 comments

Literally just got a new phone (Google pixel 8a) a couple months ago and now it's saying I don't have a SIM card (I do). You can't win.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

If it's necessary for a dignified life, socialize it. Get the damn profit motive OUTTA there!

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments