How we REALLY were made! :)
Saturn, my favorite mythological curmudgeon, lost his throne and gave way to as nasty a pack of rapists, pederasts, thugs and thieves as Capt. Jack… Read More »How we REALLY were made! 🙂
Intestinal Fortitude: a dirty story
Back by popular demand … My crappiest Christmas ever — a comedy. Caveat emptor: This is not something to read before dinner, unless you’re as… Read More »Intestinal Fortitude: a dirty story
Playing with fire
No idea what prompted this poem, but it might have been an iPhone app that makes your phone look and act like a Zippo. Enjoy…… Read More »Playing with fire
Freedom, friends, and owning responsibility
I found this in the archives, and thought it worth resurrecting. It’s from my more active days, about 5 years ago. It addresses the meme… Read More »Freedom, friends, and owning responsibility
The Raven quoth … Something untranslatable
The ravens almost never come this far out on the water, but this morning two, then three of them, didn’t want to leave my ‘hood.… Read More »The Raven quoth … Something untranslatable
Releasing the gods within
Modern mythology (á la comic-book heroes & Harry Potter) make extraordinary powers something odd, often imposed on those who never asked for it or are… Read More »Releasing the gods within
Define stability
I live on a boat. Not a houseboat, a sailboat. It’s 29 feet long, 9’4″ at the widest point (outside measurement), and has overhead clearance… Read More »Define stability
Polarity, Extremism, and the Real Alternative
We have gotten so used to thinking in binary terms — either/or, for/against, all/nothing — that it’s becoming more and more common to have to… Read More »Polarity, Extremism, and the Real Alternative
On being human, or bearing the unbearable
Mythology helps me put my mind outside my ideas of what’s impossible, and thereby live constructively despite CRPS. More on that later, probably, but here’s… Read More »On being human, or bearing the unbearable
Pain Manifesto
This came out of cold chronic CRPS type 1, a debilitating condition of intractable chronic pain, nervous system disruption, and multi-system dysregulation — destroying the… Read More »Pain Manifesto