Category: Streak
- 4/19/2022: Arrow of Light
This was inspired by my daughter’s Arrow of Light ceremony she participated in tonight. It’s a ceremony performed in Scouts BSA to celebrate scouts’ completion of their Weblos rank. Candle to candle Flame to flame Light upon light Mind upon mind One touch, a trigger, a spark Setting ablaze souls…
- 4/18/2022: Meh
I missed posting yesterday, and I won’t make excuses for it. I could have fit it in. Today, I don’t feel much like writing an essay or fiction or even a poem. I just feel kinda… meh. I’m starting to feel pulled in the direction of working on more technical…
- 4/16/2022: Diary of a Burnout, Part VII
After ranting for 6 posts about my old jobs, I finally write some things that might be useful for me, and possibly others. You can find links to the other posts here: one, two, three, four, five, and six. Sweet Jesus! I finally get around to something more interesting than…
- 4/15/2022: Ray of Light
Today, I want to highlight a special little guy in need of a good home soon. Ray is the sweetest little (big) guy I’ve come across in a long, long time. Trigger warning: there’s cuteness but also a picture of a dog’s stitches after an amputation. We foster puppies a…
- 4/14/2022: Diary of a Burnout, Part VI
In our last adventure, I got a job at Domino’s, took on more responsibility, started to get burnt out, and took a job to work at a startup with a friend. In this post, I’ll discuss that experience. You can read the previous parts here: I (link), II (link), III…
- 4/12/2022: Diary of a Burnout, Part V
To recap, I worked a lot of different jobs in a short amount of time (8 jobs in 8 years) in my early career. I start maturing and settling down a bit now. You can catch up here if you haven’t read the earlier posts: I (link), II (link), III…
- 4/11/2022: Diary of a Burnout, Part IV
Okay, so in parts I (link), II (link), and III (link), I complained about the beginning of my career. In this post, I’ll delve into the middle part of my career and maybe not spend so much time on each specific job. There are so many that it’ll just fly…
- 4/10/2022: Diary of a Burnout, Part III
This is part 3 of a series on what has led to what I feel is career burnout. You can read parts I & II here and here. In the last installment, I talked about how I felt like I got a shot at my dream job, and then it…
- 4/9/2022: More Than Death, Part II
A few days ago, I began writing what was a surprising enough story to me. I don’t read or watch a lot of horror, but I loved the old Universal monster movies when I was a kid as well as Godzilla and King Kong. Today I continue the story of…
- 4/8/2022: Those Three Words Are Not Enough
I decided to write a poem today. I hope you like it. My body attenuatesOn a frequency all its ownMy mind wraps around itselfMy heart beats for nothing but herNorth is wherever I seeGolden hair and diamond eyesLove is but a paltry friendSyncopathic and false comparedTo the rabid emotionSitting but…
- 4/7/2022: More Than Death, Part I
Weeping sores oozed dark red ichor onto the creature’s shattered frame. Human no more, the ghoul quivered and spasmed with the pain that racked its entirety: body, mind, and soul. The only part remaining vaguely human, its heart, pumped the ichor through its broken body. Bone and flesh and tendon knitted themselves of their own accord. Unnatural speed yielded unnatural pain, and the ghoul yowled like a cat struck by a hot poker. Tears filled the dark pools that remained for its eyes.…
- 4/6/2022: Diary of a Burnout, Part II
Yesterday, I began a discussion about what feels like career burnout to me. Below I continue about the experiences that have led me to my current state. Trigger warning: I talk about code. And allude to sexual harassment. No, I wasn’t harassed or do any harassing. Just the read the thing.…
- 4/5/2022: Diary of a Burnout, Part I
I started off writing the beginning of what would be a sci-fi short, but I couldn’t bring myself to finish it. Why? Because it was kind of shitty and meandering, and I’m in a mood. Fuck you, it’s my website and I can publish what I want when I want! Anyway, back to my mood.…
- 4/4/2022: Fighting Through the Fog
This story I think epitomizes the way I felt this morning. Somebody’s got a case of the Mondays… The land lay enveloped in a thick, grimy fog. Argvid smelled naught but the rank peat that made up the swampland he and his band traversed. He knew they were out there,…
- 4/3/2022: Thought Experiments & Gratitude
In which I ramble about what my life would have been like hundreds of years ago and realize it’s probably way better now. If I were alive 150 years ago, what would I be doing? Members of my mother’s ancestors emigrated to Canada from Germany and then crossed into Michigan…
- 4/2/2022: Call The Banners
I’m trying something new. Every day I’ll write for 10 minutes. I won’t limit what I write to any particular thing. It could be fiction, poetry, an essay, whatever. The goal is to write and then publish and share it. I need to get over my fear of publishing and…
- 4/1/2022: Bullshit
I’m trying something new. Every day I’ll write for 10 minutes. I won’t limit what I write to any particular thing. It could be fiction, poetry, an essay, whatever. The goal is to write and then publish and share it. I need to get over my fear of publishing and…
- 3/31/2022: A Mist in the Valley
I’m trying something new. Every day I’ll write for 10 minutes. I won’t limit what I write to any particular thing. It could be fiction, poetry, an essay, whatever. The goal is to write and then publish and share it. I need to get over my fear of publishing and…
- 3/29/2022: Fear & Resistance
I’m trying something new. Every day I’ll write for 10 minutes. I won’t limit what I write to any particular thing. It could be fiction, poetry, an essay, whatever. The goal is to write and then publish and share it. I need to get over my fear of publishing and…
- 3/28/2022: A Limerick
I’m trying something new. Every day I’ll write for 10 minutes. I won’t limit what I write to any particular thing. It could be fiction, poetry, an essay, whatever. The goal is to write and then publish and share it. I need to get over my fear of publishing and…
- 3/27/2022: An Auspicious Meeting Part I
I’m trying something new. Every day I’ll write for 10 minutes. I won’t limit what I write to any particular thing. It could be fiction, poetry, an essay, whatever. The goal is to write and then publish and share it. I need to get over my fear of publishing and…
- 3/26/2022: Cheerio
I’m trying something new. Every day I’ll write for 10 minutes. I won’t limit what I write to any particular thing. It could be fiction, poetry, an essay, whatever. The goal is to write and then publish and share it. I need to get over my fear of publishing and…
- 3/25/2022: On Death and Dismemberment
I’m trying something new. Every day I’ll write for 10 minutes. I won’t limit what I write to any particular thing. It could be fiction, poetry, an essay, whatever. The goal is to write and then publish and share it. I need to get over my fear of publishing and…
- 3/24/2022: A Trickle of Water
I’m trying something new. Every day I’ll write for 10 minutes. I won’t limit what I write to any particular thing. It could be fiction, poetry, an essay, whatever. The goal is to write and then publish and share it. I need to get over my fear of publishing and…
- 3/23/2022: Norton Hears a Whodunnit
I’m trying something new. Every day I’ll write for 10 minutes. I won’t limit what I write to any particular thing. It could be fiction, poetry, an essay, whatever. The goal is to write and then publish and share it. I need to get over my fear of publishing and…
- 3/22/2022: Andrea & Archie
I’m trying something new. Every day I’ll write for 10 minutes. I won’t limit what I write to any particular thing. It could be fiction, poetry, an essay, whatever. The goal is to write and then publish and share it. I need to get over my fear of publishing and…
- 3/21/2022: Archie & Andrea
I’m trying something new. Every day I’ll write for 10 minutes. I won’t limit what I write to any particular thing. It could be fiction, poetry, an essay, whatever. The goal is to write and then publish and share it. I need to get over my fear of publishing and…