Introduction: So it is looking as though one way or another we are going to have to learn how to live under a government we believe to be at bottom illegitimate. And that looks to be the case no matter ...
Singing the Story
“And song after song the stop would recount
From his storehouse of stories, singing with wisdom,
Glorying in good words, the great, ancient tales.
One after another he eagerly sang them,
Weaving in wisdom, old words with new ones”
Despite an Obvious Opportunity to Do Better in 2021, We Still Haven’t Fixed the Letters Problem
Letter to the Editor: "This is normally just a formality, but this time it will include ratifying that greasy black cloud hovering over Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Arizona. " I just ...
Hell’s Welcome
“Facing his death-fate, his fen then received him,
Lurking and luckless, from life he relinquished
His hard-hearted soul. Hell came then and took him”
The Bat Guano Chronicles
Introduction: Remember when you were a kid, and your sister was going to have a birthday party, and you wanted to help by blowing up balloons? But you weren’t that good at it yet, and so occasionally you would get one up to the requisite size, but then your fingers would slip, and the balloon …
Okay Then. Happy New Year.
Don’t know what everybody’s so worried about. Seems alright so far.
Some Thorough Trouble-Shooting, Right There

Bloody Trail Home
“Doomed and despairing, he dragged bloody footprints.
The blood boiled in the water, bucking and seething,
Swirls of hot wound-slurry, surging in turmoil,
Oozing out envy and utter disaster”
A Gable Trophy
“The proof of proud victory, presented in gladness,
When the hard warrior’s hand held the grim trophy,
The talon he tore off, with the torn arm and shoulder,
And Grendel’s long grip to the gable was nailed”
Make Hate Speech Great Again
Introduction: Charles Spurgeon once said that when God begins to work, it always looks more like an undoing than a doing. And this is why I have decided to try cheering everybody up with a little cultural ...