Author Archives: Keith

Portrait of the Author at 35

Posted on Friday, May 18, 2012 by Keith

Today is my 111th 35th birthday. It’s not one of the big ones, but not exactly  small one either. I guess I’m officially middle-aged now (whatever that means) even though most of the time I still feel like I’m 19, … Continue reading →

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Lucy Has This Whole Saturday Thing Figured Out

Posted on Saturday, May 12, 2012 by Keith
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Want to Save the World? Raise Taxes

Posted on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 by Keith

Stephen King wants to pay more taxes: If you want to pay more, pay more, they said. Tired of hearing about it, they said. Tough shit for you guys, because I’m not tired of talking about it. I’ve known rich … Continue reading →

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Happy Punch A Capitalist in The Face Day!

Posted on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 by Keith

Today is May Day, and while I offer a laurel and hardy handshake to all my Anarchist, Socialist and Pagan friends today,* this year I’d like to also say something to all you Capitalist swine out there who nearly broke … Continue reading →

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Amazon and the Price Fixing Wars

Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 by Keith

Last week, the Department of Justice brought a civil suit against Apple and the Big Six publishing houses,[1] charging them with price fixing. This has a lot of people in the publishing industry intrigued, to say the least, and even … Continue reading →

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The Very First Friday the 13th

Posted on Friday, April 13, 2012 by Keith

The Knights Templar were an unusual order in that they were not merely knights but monks as well. Founded by Hugh de Paynes in 1118 as a charitable order, the Knights took up residence in the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, … Continue reading →

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The Last Word

Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 by Keith

Tom Scocca puts MS Word in it’s place: What makes Word unbearable is the output. Like the fax machine, Word was designed to put things on paper. It was a tool of the desktop-publishing revolution, allowing ordinary computer users to … Continue reading →

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Write Before you Write

Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 by Keith

A large portion of the work of writing a story, in any medium, is usually done before you even write the first sentence. I’ve learned the hard way that just having a good idea for a story doesn’t mean it … Continue reading →

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Taking off the Gloves

Posted on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 by Keith

About fucking time: President Obama’s fruitless three-year search for compromise with the Republicans ended in a thunderclap of a speech on Tuesday, as he denounced the party and its presidential candidates for cruelty and extremism. He accused his opponents of imposing on … Continue reading →

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Raise the Apollo 11!

Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2012 by Keith

The Apollo 11 booster has been found: On July 16, 1969, the world watched as the Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida, with three crewmen on board. Four days later, Neil Armstrong became … Continue reading →

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