Captian's Log Rambling About Vampires 11 Oct 202610 Oct 2026 There is, in essence, one thing that makes a vampire story, a vampire, but what is a vampire? A few years back, I was disappointed with Carpe Jugulum by Terry…
Captian's Log First Thoughts | One Genocide or Another 26 Sep 2026 One of the things I find interesting about this is that it's rational; to a certain extent, even biblical. As Christians, or at least, the ruins of a Christian civilization,…
Captian's Log Life Update: Older + A Prayer 30 Apr 2026 Well, I haven't talked about exercising in a bit. I think not since October. I hit a wall last year. I got sick but had no insurance. It took months…
Captian's Log Reality 11 Apr 2026 I'd hoped, but I see now it ain't so. No, it ain't, not the way I thought at first. I'd hoped, but I see. So walk with me awhile, if…
Captian's Log Thanksgiving 2025 27 Nov 202525 Nov 2025 Happy Thanksgiving. Today I am immensely grateful for my job. I have been out of work a long time, and a lot of us have been. It's probably only going…
Captian's Log Dear Sid, 22 Jul 2025 So, three Biblical ideas occur to me while reading your essay: Whether asked to become birds or bread, God seems to keep stones as stones. I don't think it's as…
Captian's Log A Rock of Happiness Submerged in Tears 20 Jul 202519 Jul 2025 How happy I am today. It is no fiery thing, no explosion, but a solid block, a faithful thing, I find inside my heart. It leaves room for tears and…
Captian's Log On Two Kinds of Death 2 Jul 2025 The staccato scratch of the silent sweeper's bouncing broom—I was watching the man as he worked, pushing the eclectic debris into a pile—was like music. A soft sound, one of…
Captian's Log Prayer at the End of Yesterday 29 Jun 202528 Jun 2025 The day is drawing to a close, and I know not what will come of the things I've set in motion. Nothing, most likely, and yet, it could be everything.…
Captian's Log A Second Chance to Love 20 Jun 2025 A second chance, a fearful thing, to fail a second time. To pluck out a mǎlodious twang,to flunk another rhyme. And yet I strum and hum and sing, accepting what…
