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Flash fiction: Damaged in The Irresistible Urge to Write
Trigger: The world beneath the surface. Some winter nights, the pain becomes too much to handle, the cold of the June rains seeping in through the glass of the window and burrowing deep into my ...
Convolution in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
Just because it doesn't matter to you doesn't mean that it doesn't matter to me. Recognising that is the key to realising that people don't have to be the same to understand and get along; reco...
From Facebook today in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
The worst people are not the depraved and the amoral. The worst people are those who are good because they have been told not to be bad, and threatened with perdition thereby. Because these pe...
Due to a number of intersecting coincidences, I've had the opportunity to take more high speed shots lately. The results are... pleasing. I was down at the pool, subbing for the water sports tea...
Oh yeah, I've still got it in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
I just can't remember where I kept it.
Had me totally fooled in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
An acquaintance, KK, has had a lot of problems with his church scheduling activities during the rare free time he has on weekends (he's in the army at the moment), and he missed a major photoshoo...
Back to the question: How can you create a strong female character? And bluntly, the answer is you can't. Because all the attributes that people accept easily and instinctively, as "strength" a...
Brains in the swordarm in The Irresistible Urge to Write
So far this week, I've seen the same question asked in two different places by two different people: How do you write a strong female character? which is, clearly, the wrong question to ask, be...
I am in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
It is impossible to be given an identity. Those who tell you otherwise are giving you nothing; merely chains and restraint dressed as armour. If you say I am a... anything, that is not an identi...
Seen on Pharyngula in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
APP: I don’t agree with treating political ideology, preferences, opinions, and ideas as identity. ... These things shouldn’t become ingrained as part of our identity, because that encourages p...
I don't believe in the afterlife. Or rather I do; I've seen people taken by Reapers and I've seen the immortality they offer, and it holds no appeal to me. Given all that, oblivion must surely b...
From Facebook last year in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
The nearest monster is closer than you think, and he hides behind the eyes that stare back at you from the mirror. That is why we have to work to be kind; that is why we have to work to be dece...
Parental bliss in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
Def: Those moments -- the rare and precious moments-- when the uncomplicated love of your child is almost enough to offset the annoyance you feel at her misbehaviour two minutes prior.
Home in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
Some things you don't realise you'll miss until they're gone. And some things you don't even realise you've missed until they're in your arms again, as if they'd never left, and all those momen...
One hates being told what to do more than he fears not being told what to do. The other disagrees.
From nanowrimo forums: TH: However, my Dysinuss don't have the . . . distinct pleasure of possible paradise or eternal damnation. .... That means Dysinuss parents can't waddle a finger and say y...
Silent e in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
In order to be able to show your faces in public, it is first necessary to not throw faeces in public. Metaphorically or literally, it's all good.
In my previous entry, I was left a note Lotharus : Brilliant shots! So what is your "astronomy lens"? Actually I have two lenses I bought for astronomy. The first one, however, is a ...
From work: Dark Impulses in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
Highlight of the week: Equating the US to the Empire for not using metric units, turning my back and having the entire class chant the Imperial March at my back.
Everything is awesome, boom da ya da in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
I don't care if everyone instantly thinks of the Lego movie when they hear this, because this is by way of being one of the truisms I live by and have lived by for years. There is a reason why a...
Bumble in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
It must suck to be a bee. Imagine spending your existence as a glorified sex aid to flowers.
From Nanowrimo forums: Robot Rock in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
GCW: I have a question. I have a scene that involves a battle looking like Optimus Prime versus a dragon and: Me: Did someone say OPTIMUS PRIME VERSUS A DRAGON? http://youtu.be/nyFKkXnOaVI GCW...
Animate in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
The body is an instrument of your will. The body is an imperfect instrument of your will. Practice and training make this less true, but it never becomes a lie. But as long as your oppositi...
Full summons in The irresistible urge to rant, riff and ramble
A large part of becoming ready for something-- anything -- is the willingness to go ahead when you're sure that you're not ready. That's why the second time is easier than the first--because yo...
Reach for the skies: Fooling around with 150mm in The irresistible Urge To Play with Light
I had the privilege of bringing my students to the Singapore air show where the Black Knights were performing. The results... well. I want to state that these first couple of pictures are becaus...
