Here are a couple of random essays, all pretty short. Sometimes I get on a roll and produce something out of fire and passion. Later, it sometimes seems shrill or just plain weird. I try to keep the shrill stuff out. Or I convert it into a naughty stick figure. They're dated, based loosely on when I wrote them. Very loosely, in some cases. For some, I've included a brief description, but most of the time, it's just too much work. usually, you can figure it out once you look. Many of these have been adopted from various blogs written over the course of my usual weirdness.
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Please comment as you wish -- there's probably lots to say!
- 01-30-2009: Gratitude Theft
- 01-29-2009: The Wolf in Amber's Clothes
- 01-27-2009: Heavy Duty
- 01-26-2009: Fortunes, week 5
- 01-24-2009: Left Turn of the Gods
- 01-22-2009: "Hopium"?
- 01-21-2009: The numbers are so high...
- 01-19-2009: Fortunes, week 4
- 01-14-2009: A Meta-Contrast
- 01-12-2009: Fortunes, week 3
- 01-05-2009: "But I thought you..."
- 01-04-2009: Fortunes, week 2
- 01-04-2009: FILF?
- 12-31-2008: "Enjoy your meal"
- 12-29-2008: Fortunes, week 1
- 12-08-2008: Just don’t drink it!
- 11-25-2008: The Bright Line
- 11-06-2008: Do we miss religion...
- 11-05-2008: Avocado Shakes!
- 11-04-2008: Cut a hole, hang a flap!
- 10-31-2008: Clearing the pipes
- 10-30-2008: "I couldn’t POSSIBLY..."
- 10-24-2008: Momentum
- 10-22-2008: "...but is it PRACTICAL?"
- 10-21-2008: 'Cause there's nothing like respect for the law...
- 10-16-2008: Smartphones
- 10-15-2008: Teach the "Controversy"
- 10-09-2008: Nutcase Quotient
- 10-08-2008: Sphere Conflict
- 09-23-2008: Right and Wrong
- 09-11-2008: Why Space Travel is Important to Religion
- 08-28-2008: Voting...
- 08-19-2008: Some Bumper Stickers
- 08-18-2008: Negative Spaces
- 08-17-2008: Wool Removal
- 08-12-2008: Poor-kour
- 06-30-2008: "But, but... I NEED an enemy!"
- 06-27-2008: Know your limitations
- 06-20-2008: "burned out"? WTF?
- 06-08-2008: A Tuning Phase
- 06-06-2008: Planning That Last Moment
- 04-03-2008: The Lure of Cursing
- 03-30-2008: Social Positions for Facial Blemishes
- 03-28-2008: Judgment Day
- 03-26-2008: Compromise
- 03-25-2008: Human Resources
- 03-24-2008: The Frothy Cup
- 03-17-2008: An Open Letter to Soup Spoons
- 03-07-2008: The Paradox of Miracles
- 03-06-2008: "Yes, and..."
- 03-02-2008: No Trespassing
- 02-29-2008: Forgiveness
- 01-14-2008: "Can I offer a little criticism...?"
- 01-08-2008: Ah, them’s be the days...
- 11-05-2007: self-healing shackles
- 10-23-2007: "can't"
- 10-22-2007: push me pull you
- 10-19-2007: Milkshakes
- 10-17-2007: Reason enough
- 10-15-2007: "Mute Points"
- 09-25-2007: Pawn
- 09-12-2007: Microsoft® Duds®
- 09-04-2007: Transparency
- 08-30-2007: Reservoir Dogs
- 06-25-2007: Improper filtering
- 03-05-2007: A True Friend...
- 03-02-2007: Madness and Pleasure
- 03-01-2007: Always Check Your Sources
- 02-27-2007: "Unless you’re very busy..."
- 02-26-2007: Advice
- 02-26-2007: The shoe, being on the other foot, as it were...
- 02-20-2007: Nemesis
- 02-14-2007: More Bad Coffee
- 02-13-2007: How much wood could a woodchipper chip...
- 02-01-2007: Caffeine in Sector "B"
- 01-30-2007: To each their own
- 01-27-2007: World’s Greatest...
- 01-26-2007: Possession
- 01-26-2007: The "problem" with Love
- 01-25-2007: "Non-binding resolution"
- 01-24-2007: Excellent advice
- 01-24-2007: Cheesy poetry!
- 01-23-2007: After School Specials
- 01-22-2007: Love
- 01-21-2007: Enemies
- 01-19-2007: Ding-a-Ling
- 01-18-2007: Humor
- 01-17-2007: Apologies
- 01-15-2007: Crazy
- 01-12-2007: Lesser known Oscar Wilde quotes, number 2
- 01-10-2007: Impressions
- 01-09-2007: Things I would invent, part 18
- 01-05-2007: A threshold
- 01-03-2007: Coke
- 01-02-2007: Lesser known Oscar Wilde quotes, number 1
- 12-30-2006: Robots
- 12-29-2006: Supercat, my ass!
- 12-29-2006: Band Names
- 12-28-2006: Ask a Scientist
- 12-22-2006: Sometimes only sweaters are reversible
- 12-21-2006: Logical
- 12-20-2006: Mixed Messages
- 12-19-2006: Fractions
- 12-13-2006: Westerners are more promiscuous
- 12-12-2006: Favorite Things
- 12-11-2006: Safety first!
- 12-08-2006: Obey
- 12-06-2006: The REALLY hard questions
- 12-05-2006: Reset Button
- 12-04-2006: Things I would Invent, part 17
- 12-02-2006: Special Delivery
- 12-01-2006: Preparation
- 11-21-2006: Less Than the Sum of its Parts
- 11-20-2006: Marketing
- 11-16-2006: Private Property
- 11-13-2006: Truths of Profunditation
- 11-11-2006: Time
- 11-10-2006: Hunger
- 11-09-2006: Unrated
- 11-08-2006: It's not a keyhole!
- 11-07-2006: *click*
- 11-06-2006: Inside the belly of the beast
- 11-03-2006: Mirrors must be cheap and ugly
- 10-30-2006: A little poetry
- 10-26-2006: How the world will end
- 10-24-2006: Facility
- 10-23-2006: Surprising gift
- 10-19-2006: Where do you want to be, here?
- 10-18-2006: debt = bad, exuberance = good!
- 10-17-2006: In theory, Reality is better than Theory. In reality, however...
- 10-16-2006: Frame of Reference
- 10-12-2006: Nobody trusts an atheist
- 10-11-2006: "Now..."
- 10-09-2006: Two-fer's
- 10-06-2006: Air Aztec!
- 10-05-2006: Stan Ridgway's "Partyball"
- 10-04-2006: In theory, I'd have more wine...
- 10-03-2006: Sometimes things just plain don't work out...
- 10-01-2006: Bugs
- 09-30-2006: Signs
- 09-29-2006: Redistribution of energy
- 09-26-2006: An Open Letter to Quotation Marks
- 09-23-2006: Speaking of "anthropology mode"...
- 09-22-2006: "...what's yours is yours."
- 09-20-2006: Who really has the keys to this cell…?
- 09-18-2006: Ch-ch-ch-ch-change
- 09-17-2006: A Rarified State
- 09-17-2006: Weddings
- 09-15-2006: Things I would invent, part 16
- 09-14-2006: An Open Letter to Restaurants and Other Nacho-Building Entities
- 09-14-2006: "My one True Love!"
- 09-13-2006: Mess with the world!
- 09-13-2006: On Saying "No!"
- 09-12-2006: Cutting yourself with Occam’s Razor
- 09-12-2006: IQ
- 09-11-2006: First Place!
- 09-09-2006: Aliens among us
- 09-08-2006: A little "potty poetry"
- 09-08-2006: Jokes We Can Tell Kids
- 09-07-2006: Journey notes
- 09-06-2006: Right or wrong?
- 09-05-2006: There's always an aphorism
- 09-04-2006: Star Trek reflection, number 5
- 08-31-2006: A Clean Slate
- 08-30-2006: Excellent advice
- 08-30-2006: Character in midair
- 08-28-2006: Sweet slices of confidence
- 08-28-2006: "Must avoid"
- 08-27-2006: A Simple Request
- 08-24-2006: A haiku
- 08-24-2006: Makes you think…
- 08-24-2006: Forget about the skies — watch the ground!
- 08-23-2006: The "good guy"
- 08-22-2006: "...yet golden treasure inside is hid."
- 08-16-2006: All hail the Holy Brand!
- 08-15-2006: Also put here by the Gideons
- 08-15-2006: The Path to Success
- 08-14-2006: Love is...
- 08-14-2006: Shuttle countdown test goes smoothly
- 08-14-2006: A thin line between romance and...
- 08-14-2006: Star Trek reflection, number 4
- 08-12-2006: Relative to…?
- 08-12-2006: Star Trek reflection, number 3
- 08-11-2006: Star Trek reflection, number 2
- 08-11-2006: Star Trek reflection, number 1
- 08-11-2006: Hero Pets
- 08-10-2006: Been around...
- 08-08-2006: Low Hanging Fruit
- 08-07-2006: Tsst!
- 08-06-2006: Paranoia!
- 08-04-2006: Let us speak, my children, of forgiveness
- 08-04-2006: Favors
- 08-03-2006: Freedom Fries
- 08-03-2006: Like a bull in a china shop
- 08-02-2006: A Future of Optimism
- 08-01-2006: Separate and unequal
- 08-01-2006: Romantic transitions
- 07-30-2006: When needing a little space
- 07-30-2006: On being called "Crazy"
- 07-28-2006: 4:20
- 07-25-2006: But WHY?!
- 07-20-2006: Soft focus
- 07-18-2006: Lisa Arliene Box
- 07-12-2006: Social Tip #5
- 07-12-2006: Social Tip #4
- 07-12-2006: A Sense of Direction
- 07-11-2006: Messing with Reality, part 1
- 07-10-2006: Social Tip #3
- 07-10-2006: Social Tip #2
- 07-10-2006: Social Tip #1
- 07-07-2006: Why spelling is important
- 07-07-2006: Fear
- 07-06-2006: Secrecy
- 07-05-2006: "Well, it doesn't look like a propaganda tool..."
- 07-05-2006: Snakes! In a box!
- 07-05-2006: Paranoia 'a widespread problem'
- 06-30-2006: Remaking a movie, part 2
- 06-27-2006: Go ahead — kill your television
- 06-27-2006: Just a small note on the Rapture…
- 06-26-2006: "What are your influences…?"
- 06-25-2006: Anti-feminist?!
- 06-25-2006: Things I Would Invent, #15
- 06-23-2006: Asteroids
- 06-23-2006: The usefulness of Costco
- 06-22-2006: "Permission to fire, sir…?"
- 06-20-2006: Only cosmetic damage
- 06-20-2006: "So said the Lighthouse Keeper…"
- 06-16-2006: Hack my camera!
- 06-15-2006: Things I Would Invent, #14
- 06-15-2006: Things I Would Invent, #13
- 06-14-2006: "We do NOT have a green board, sir!"
- 06-12-2006: And stupidity linked to…
- 06-11-2006: Second run theaters
- 06-11-2006: Let he who is without stones throw the first sin
- 06-09-2006: No Table is Big Enough
- 06-06-2006: It's just a matter of faith
- 06-06-2006: The Boundary of the Outrageous
- 06-05-2006: Emotional Manipulation brought to you by…
- 06-04-2006: Debt
- 06-04-2006: Sci-Fi, the prized limbo dancer of my expectations
- 06-02-2006: Heroes
- 06-01-2006: How Does it Happen, #1
- 05-30-2006: Scared?
- 05-23-2006: 2D to "full-size terror"
- 05-22-2006: The "facts" of the matter
- 05-22-2006: A Stunning Revelation
- 05-21-2006: Guts
- 05-19-2006: Alternate Uses of Coffee
- 05-18-2006: And the Lord saith...
- 05-17-2006: Things I Would Invent #12
- 05-17-2006: Things I Would Invent #11
- 05-16-2006: Things I Would Invent #10
- 05-16-2006: Things I Would Invent #9
- 05-16-2006: Things I Would Invent #8
- 05-16-2006: Things I Would Invent #7
- 05-16-2006: Things I Would Invent #6
- 05-16-2006: Things I Would Invent #5
- 05-16-2006: Things I Would Invent #4
- 05-16-2006: Things I Would Invent #3
- 05-16-2006: Things I Would Invent #2
- 05-09-2006: The Mysterious "Third Person"
- 05-01-2006: Six weird things about me
- 05-01-2006: "Impressions"
- 05-01-2006: Novelty songs
- 04-27-2006: If I had a time machine, part 2
- 04-27-2006: If I had a time machine, part 1
- 04-21-2006: The Walnut's Revenge
- 04-11-2006: "Choose your battles"
- 04-11-2006: Organ donation
- 04-07-2006: An interesting exercise
- 04-06-2006: "Fighting Ignorance Since 1973"
- 04-06-2006: Hyla regilla pacifica
- 04-05-2006: Real Mysteries
- 04-05-2006: Things I Would Invent, #1
- 04-05-2006: Mocking
- 04-04-2006: Today's fortune
- 04-03-2006: Kindness
- 04-02-2006: How to Communicate
- 04-02-2006: Collateral Damage
- 03-31-2006: Reducto ad Absurdum
- 03-31-2006: Lies
- 03-31-2006: Why I don't work with telephones, part 6
- 03-29-2006: Why I don't work with telephones, part 5
- 03-27-2006: Why I don't work with telephones, part 4
- 03-27-2006: Why I don't work with telephones, part 3
- 03-27-2006: Why I don't work with telephones, part 2
- 03-27-2006: Why I don't work with telephones, part 1
- 03-21-2006: The proof in the pudding
- 03-21-2006: "Wisdom"
- 03-20-2006: Sunshine up your shorts
- 03-18-2006: Rabbit stew
- 03-17-2006: There is no Free Will
- 03-15-2006: Eclipse
- 03-14-2006: The other day upon the stair...
- 03-13-2006: Dune quote or abstruse sex reference?
- 03-09-2006: Form following function?
- 03-09-2006: Something I would like to hear, part 1
- 03-06-2006: Exploring the Great Divide
- 03-03-2006: Beachcombing
- 03-02-2006: The monkey cuts the subwoofer signal in an Omnimax theater...
- 03-01-2006: "I feel the Earth... move... under my feet..."
- 02-28-2006: Spectacular Roundhouse Kicks
- 02-23-2006: Remaking "The Blue Lagoon"
- 02-23-2006: "This pot goes up to this kettle..."
- 02-22-2006: Watch how people do it
- 02-16-2006: Here's your leash!
- 02-15-2006: Who's got the Kryptonian Urethra?
- 02-15-2006: Heat in bulk
- 02-13-2006: "Peace" or "pieces"?
- 02-10-2006: Survival
- 02-10-2006: The Truth
- 02-09-2006: When opportunity doesn't knock
- 02-08-2006: Those Wascally Wadicals
- 02-07-2006: World War Three
- 02-07-2006: "Ain't no skin off my nose"
- 02-01-2006: Surprise the world today
- 01-27-2006: Words of Wisdom
- 01-25-2006: The Modern Metaphor
- 01-24-2006: Saving a tiny bit of ink on each license plate
- 01-20-2006: A brief perspective
- 01-15-2006: Lessons not learned
- 01-11-2006: My recipe for Chile Verde
- 01-10-2006: Fear
- 01-10-2006: The Landscape
- 01-06-2006: Closer...
- 01-05-2006: Where's my Supermeal?
- 01-05-2006: Two poems
- 01-05-2006: Who gets offended at text these days?
- 01-04-2006: Nekkid?
- 01-03-2006: An Open Letter to my Cat
- 12-28-2005: "Upon reflection..."
- 12-18-2005: "The Rules" - Feminism, part 2
- 12-18-2005: "Nine Sex Secrets that Will Keep Him Coming Back for More!" - Feminism, part 1
- 12-16-2005: Haiku time!
- 12-16-2005: An Open Letter to the Inhabitants of the Islands of Powdered Creamer in my Coffee
- 12-15-2005: In all things balance
- 12-14-2005: On Civilized Discourse
- 12-12-2005: Our Greatest Battles
- 12-12-2005: Would it be so wrong...
- 12-06-2005: The Invention of the "Möbius Strip" - An alternate history lesson from the Holy Book of Seamus
- 12-06-2005: Cut a hole, hang a flap.
- 12-03-2005: Interface Clash
- 11-23-2005: Tapestry
- 11-23-2005: Isolation
- 11-18-2005: As if Conspiracy Theory nuts don't already have enough to eat
- 11-17-2006: Spanish Proverb
- 11-16-2006: Nutty!
- 11-08-2005: An Open Letter to Tortilla Chips and Coffee
- 11-08-2005: The triumph of fear and ignorance over the uncertainties of science
- 11-03-2005: An Open Letter to "alot"
- 10-31-2005: Antispyware, my ass!
- 10-26-2005: George Carlin says...
- 10-21-2005: Always review
- 10-20-2005: Legislating Reality
- 09-07-2005: Biscuits and gravy!
- 08-16-2005: The Depths of Dreams
- 08-15-2005: Wheels Within Wheels
- 08-11-2005: "It's a small solar system after all..."
- 08-10-2005: Just a matter of perspective
- 08-02-2005: "Hey, those were my last goddamn requests, man!"
- 07-29-2005: The joy of water
- 07-25-2005: Gratitude
- 07-05-2005: Superfood
- 07-04-2005: Asleep at the switch?
- 06-30-2005: An excellent reason to bring a jar of moths to a theater
- 06-06-2005: Balancing the hassle factor
- 05-17-2005: Nothing beats good dreams
- 05-14-2005: Take that, evil Grass-Monster!
- 04-27-2005: A little perspective
- 04-26-2005: No really, they're all crooks!
- 04-24-2005: Blowing up the clown
- 04-22-2005: "Mass murder evidence revealed at city dump!"
- 04-20-2005: I don't care if you have an imaginary friend...
- 04-19-2005: Are people really this stupid?
- 04-18-2005: What happened to all the Cranks and Nutjobs in the world?
- 04-17-2005: The Dangers of a Poly Family
- 04-16-2005: Oh dear...
- On Being Called "Crazy" I've been called "crazy" before, as have several friends of mine. Good!
- The Answers for Which You've Been Looking may be one of the most useful essays here. I teamed up with another supervillian and we came up with the following Answers. Chances are, at least one of these Answers will help you. Or the person you send this way. That's what Public Service is all about.
- On Being an Empath means, evidently, never having to communicate with anything outside of your own personal mind. We used to call that schizophrenia. We used to apply electricity to their brains until they either stopped doing it, became vegetative, or died.
- "Checking for Browser Type..." means that we have finally created a world that is Ugly.
- An Evolution of Love describes my attempt to recapture a simplicity of love. I knew this at one time, but I'm spending my life unprogramming what I've been taught.
- Having Your Cake and Eating it, Too briefly examines a commonly-used stupidity. Of course, the phrase derives from "having" meaning "to eat", but that would have sounded really stupid way back then. Besides, anyone with half a brain would have pointed out that vomitoriums existed for a reason.
- I am a Cynic reminds me that being a "cynic" is hardly an insult sometimes. Besides, one does not have to be a cynic to the exclusion of anything else!
- My House is about the kind of house I want.
- My University Courses explains the requirements for an Associates Degree in Multiple Partner Disorder. Don't even ask about a BS...
- "Polyamory" and Other Spears explains why I tend to avoid such terms.
- The Simple Guide to Relationships is something that I think pretty much covers the fundamentals of any functioning relationship, be it professional or personal. I'm thrilled when I receive notes from people saying "Oh, you're talking about this kind of relationship and that kind of relationship, because it reminds me that this guide just might be useful in a variety of places. And that's a good feeling. Oh, and if you feel like commenting on it, please do -- each page has a comments section at the foot.
- What You Can Do to Prevent Censorship is a very simple method of promoting freedom of expression.
- Your "Right" to Fly addresses recent warbling about people losing their civil liberties while trying to fly in a plane.
- Zie and Zir are two little bastard constructions that hardly deserve an essay, however short.
