Tis a prompt: This Is Your Life Of course I would read a book about myself. Since such a book would deal with one of my favorite subjects I’d have to check it out. We call that damning all false humility, by the way. I could never write this hypothetical book. As a writer of fiction […]
Read more "THE BOOK OF ME"Okay. So it had to happen sooner or later. Pop culture and the moustache twirling bean counters at the steering wheel just have to overkill everything — that is, they beat you over the head with a stick until it’s popsicle sticks and then flip the popsicle sticks at you until they are splinters. Ten […]
Read more "WALKING BURNOUT"I was brought up with a healthy respect for academia. My parents were educated. My family is mostly educated. Although I am not a scholar by trade I admire many scholars. Most of them, especially teachers, are overworked and underpaid and underappreciated. I am someone who appreciates science, history, archeology and sociology. I’m just a […]
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Monsters, and Madmen, and Robots Who Fight Monsters...Oh My! 