Unfinished Business

Yesterday, I published a post for the first time in about two years. I say “published” instead of “wrote” because I’ve started posts in that time but never actually published them. I was wallowing in “what would be the point”. Now, I’ve come to recognize the point is to do Read more…

What is time?

Phew, it’s been a spell hasn’t it? Over a year since my last post of any kind, and almost two since I did anything other than a republish from d20 Radio. So what happened? Well, d20 Radio ran into some back end tech trouble that resulted in many visitors being Read more…

Haymarket Massacre

It was Labor Day here in America yesterday. At least technically. America doesn’t know how to Labor Day though. When the idea for a labor day came about in the late 19th century, to commemorate the efforts of the labor movements pushing for better working conditions, including but not limited Read more…

Summer’s Here

Well, not technically. But school’s out and for most of us, especially here in America, that’s the signal for the start of summer.  At least it is for me. I imagine for people who finished school 20 years ago, don’t have kids and don’t work in any job that has Read more…

Doing Nothing

A few weeks ago I wrote about the way out society has a hyper-focus on gauging value on how much money you earn from an activity. I feel I rambled a bit at the end, circling near a point but not quite getting there. One of the ideas I wanted Read more…

Money, Money, Money

I read a blog post recently that talked about the notion of monetizing hobbies. The author described a situation where a woman she met, who made herself a very nice dress, had been constantly pressured to sell her work.  She goes on to discuss the idea of “find something you Read more…

Nose to the Grind Stone

Well, the holidays are over. Time to get back to work. I have a novel to finish writing and then edit into a coherent story.  But first I have to remember what the hell I was doing two weeks ago. I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with the first day Read more…