I went out to Long Island last weekend with my friend, Tom. We spent a couple nights in a tick-riddled home in the middle of Southold, where a bulldog next door kept rushing at us with friendly intent. The weather was sunny during the day, and mostly clear at night. We traveled to the local observatory, and I got to see Jupiter through a telescope for the first time. The purpose of our trip was a creative retreat, a respite from the business of lives that otherwise do not pause without intervention. Continue reading “Mid Year Jolt”
Warming up in D.C.
onMy wife and I spent last week at the nation’s capital in Washington DC. Like most vacations, we didn’t rest as much as we walked around tourist sites and ate lots more food than we needed. My favorite site there will always be the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Fun fact: growing up, I wanted to be an astronomer. Continue reading “Warming up in D.C.”
Creative Retreat
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For the second week in June, my friend Tom and I will be on a two-day hideout somewhere on Long Island. We’ll be in an AirBnB far away from anything I’m familiar with. There’s an observatory nearby, and if skies are clear those nights, we’ll be able to look through their telescope and into the heavens. Continue reading “Creative Retreat”
The Bog
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It’s been a while! Not so long a while that it seems I’ve given up blogging entirely, but long enough to suggest I’ve got a few things going on, or maybe too few things going on. Let’s see… Continue reading “The Bog”
Weeaboo Weekend
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I went back home to NYC for the weekend. While there, I officially declared my visit the Japanese Weekend: I only ate ramen, pork katsu and curry, and Japanese barbecue, and cream puff pastries from Beard Papa. I bought more books at Kinokuniya than I should have. I watched anime until I fell asleep. All in all, I enjoyed myself more than I had in a long time. Continue reading “Weeaboo Weekend”
FELONIOUS, ROBO-CAT GUARDIAN!
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While I cool off from the novella I’m working on, I’ve started work on another project that’s been floating in the ether. My friend Tom and I have talked about making a mini comic-zine for some time. Because I’m utterly absurd, my contribution will be FELONIOUS, ROBO-CAT GUARDIAN!, about a robot created to end the tyranny of Shrodinger, the kaiju cat. Continue reading “FELONIOUS, ROBO-CAT GUARDIAN!”
literary deathmatch
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In the world of PSYCHO-PASS, paper media has virtually vanished. Makishima Shogo, the central villain of the series, tells his partner that reading a physical book provides his senses with a soft reboot. Books are tactile. Books have an odor. Used books have a history like people do, where the wear and tear of life eventually shows on the surface. The oil and sweat from our fingertips warms and warps pages, and the spine creases where our favorite page is (or just the page we always fall asleep reading). Continue reading “literary deathmatch”
what’s your color?
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As I drew near to ending the first draft of my science fiction noir, I recently found renewed interest in a franchise I hadn’t watched in a long time: PSYCHO-PASS. Continue reading “what’s your color?”
Nine Goals for 2019
onWe’re well into 2019, so this post is probably a bit late. But here are nine creative and personal goals I’d like to accomplish this year: Continue reading “Nine Goals for 2019”
