Captian's Log 2024: The Beginning 1 Jan 202426 Dec 2023 Well, outside some unforeseen tragedy, the new year has begun. I failed at last year's resolution, somewhat, but I've also taken on a job that is very active and requires…
Captian's Log Dear Reader: Over the Next Few Days 26 Dec 2023 Dear Reader, I will be away from the blog for a week or so. I've got some pre-written posts ready to be automatically published over my absence. Most of them…
Captian's Log I Saw 14 Dec 2023 I saw, all in a moment, not what was, but in a sense, what ought to be. I should, if I were more sensible—perhaps I should have wept or laughed,…
Captian's Log The Devotee of Death 8 Dec 2023 The devotee of death has learned to stand in silent rageat all the living, breathing souls passing before his cage,and sometimes now, he's learned to smile, yet seething in his…
Captian's Log Sinus Infection 4 Dec 2023 Okay, I'm sick. Sinus infection. Not fun. Missing work, but not being creative. Not reading or doing anything that requires a modicum of mental focus. Feel like a complete degenerate.…
Captian's Log Drive Home 3 Dec 20232 Dec 2023 As I drove home, a slow malaise crept over me so that even the insanely contorted plot of the Wodehouse audiobook I had playing turned from a delight to an…
Captian's Log What I Had Before 25 Nov 2023 The love goes out of everything, and everything is dead. Pleasure is gone, and pain won't sting, won't roust me from my bed. I want to be alive again, if…
Captian's Log Thanksgiving 2023 23 Nov 202318 Nov 2023 Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you all have a lovely holiday. It is somewhat traditional to choose some particular thing to be thankful for, and there are many blessings in my…
Captian's Log Life Update: Short Stories 4 Nov 2023 Well, I've caught something of a cold over the weekend. Feel fairly miserable and disjointed. Can't hold my thoughts together. Trying to write is hard; my reserves of self-control are…
Captian's Log The End of a Dream 30 Oct 2023 I've been thinking about a dream I had on the 16th. The part that really stuck with me was the end where I was looking through a glass as my…
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