I used to want to see the future. What do you do when it looks like a train going off the rails?
Alopecia – Learning to Shed My Skin (and Hair)
Our personal image is a funny thing. In this self obsessed culture we have today you find countless examples of personal display leading you to conclude we live in a proto-narcissistic society. Hell, we invented a stick to make it easier to take pictures of us in front of our favorite whatever. Those without sight […]
The Question – a short story
This week I’m trying something new. Here’s a short(ish) story I wrote. I think of these types of scenarios all the time, big what-ifs. I then torture my wife with it to see if it’s sufficiently interesting. She’s out of town; maybe I should have waited. Enjoy.
What’s old is new again
In the quest for the identity of my grandfather I’ve been using a service called Genealogy Bank. It’s a service filled with old, scanned newspapers from across the world. An astoundingly useful tool for genealogists, it makes it possible to search for your more infamous relatives. It’s also a fascinating view into the culture and […]