• Random

    Gab is open

    Gab is no longer in closed beta.  Anyone can sign up for an account. If you don’t know what Gab is (http://www.gab.ai), it is a social network in the mold of Twitter, with the upvote/downvote feature of Reddit.  Instead of…

  • Book Updates

    A brief update on things

    Okay, so I know I haven’t posted in quite a while.  I’ve been working on Nemesis and I’ve finished what’s essentially a fourth draft, but I am still not entirely happy with it.  Now it’s too long.  It feels like a…

  • Pop Culture Crap

    Yes, hate reading can be fun

    I was moseying around on the Internet and came across this op-ed at the New York Times (yes, ew).  It is entitled “Why You Should Read Books You Hate” and is written by Pamela Paul. (Here is an archive.is link…

  • Politics

    Gosnell, the most prolific serial killer

    Image Source:  The Ampersand   I just finished the Gosnell book by Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer.  I posted a brief review here.  This is especially apt, given that Tomi Lahren, so-called conservative firebrand, is getting a lot of crap…

  • Random

    New theme

    Ah, finally, a theme I like!  This one’s nicer and more readable, although if you view it on an iPad, the sidebar stuff appears at the bottom of the page, which is something I’m not crazy about, but oh well.…

  • Pop Culture Crap

    Beyonce is not a goddess

    And for that matter, neither is Jonna Lee, aka ionnalee.  I don’t really listen to mainstream music, opting for obscure musicians from around the world.  One of my favorites is a Swedish audio/visual project called iamamiwhoami, led by Jonna Lee…