Joker

I don’t remember specifically why I avoided seeing Joker when it first came out, but I know it had a lot to do with the general negative vibe on Twitter. I remember thinking I didn’t need a reason… Read More

Bad Air

I rarely notice a film score. I think that’s the point. It’s supposed to manipulate you without you knowing about it. When you go back and look at something with a John Williams score and focus on the… Read More

Bad Faith

I noticed a similarity between Star Wars and the Harry Potter series today that I found striking. Anakin and Tom Riddle are both powerful candidates who throw off massive red flags in every direction and yet the master… Read More

Agatha

I was one of the few who really enjoyed Wandavision and was looking forward to the follow-on with Agatha Harkness, but it’s been so long in the offing that I approached the trailer with little enthusiasm. A lot… Read More

Structure

I got my horror novel back from the editor. It comes with a lot of good news (there’s nothing wrong with my writing, I have a definite style, my characterizations are solid, dialogue is on target, and storytelling… Read More

Experiment Day 1

I’ve decided to try fermenting vegetables to add more power to my salads. This is the experiment, jalapenos and cucumbers, day one. To be clear, this is an experiment because I have no idea what I’m doing except… Read More

The Rabbit Hole

Anyone who knows me (and how my brain works) would expect that I’ve been a longtime YouTube user but they would be wrong. I have assiduously avoided that site for two reasons, the horrifically awful user experience and… Read More

Car Guy

I lived outside of town in high school so the day I got my driver’s license was the day I found my freedom. No longer forced to associate with the mouth breathers who happened to be geographically colocated… Read More

Baseline

I realized as I was updating my About Me section on this derelict website that I started this to keep track of my serious, hellbent-for-leather attempt to get a foothold in genre publishing. So, let’s start with where… Read More

Walking Backwards

I was having breakfast at our local diner (or is it a cafe? What is the difference? Okay, I’ll look it up later) when I noticed one family at a large table nearby had brought their son, a… Read More