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Death Is A Lonely Business: The Bradbury Novel that Told Me I Could Maybe Write, and No One Else Seems to Have Read or at Least Mentioned Recently

In the past few days the stories of Bradbury’s influence have been coming fast and thick from writers, readers, innovators, and politicians. He is part of the great group subconscious of the world, that is not in doubt. And people … Continue reading

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Things That Aren’t Really That Important in the Grand Scheme of Things

I’ve spent the last week trying to compose a new blog post with minimal luck. I tried to write about love but I found I didn’t have much to say there. I started writing about gender rolls but realized it … Continue reading

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Thoughts of an Expat on Anzac Morning

Today is Anzac Day. I am an American. My mother’s family arrived in the 1680’s. I am a descendent of men who signed the Declaration of Independence and hammered out the details of our Constitution and Bill of Rights. My … Continue reading

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Why the US Needs a Cricket Team. Seriously.

I know to most of my fellow Americans the game of cricket is the punch line of a joke. It’s played by people dressed in white, the rules are incomprehensible, takes five days, there are tea breaks, and at the … Continue reading

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On Rediscovering My People

Like most people I misspent my teens and early 20s. However, instead of sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll, it was Renaissance Faires, SciFi Conventions, Dungeons and Dragon and weekly Magic the Gathering game nights. There might have been a … Continue reading

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On Cakes and Courting

A few days ago I hand one of those strange middle of the night revelations. I realized that I had never baked a cake from scratch. I’ve done plenty of cakes off the back of a Betty Crocker box but … Continue reading

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The Science Fiction Cherry

Let’s get this out of the way right now. I am a nerd. I was raised by a trekkie. I was a trekkie and lurker simultaneously. By fifth grade my two favorite shows were The Prisoner and Red Dwarf. I … Continue reading

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Let’s Start This Thing!

Hello Everybody, This is that awkward first post where I’m not sure what to say. It’s like that moment at the party where the host wanders off and you’re suddenly left standing next to that pretty girl/boy, and realize you … Continue reading

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