Category Archives: Navel Gazing

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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More Human Than Human

Posted on Friday, May 13, 2011 by Keith

Note: This is a bit from the novel in progress that I cut. It’s a little too much of an info dump and I found a better way to convey the same information in half the words, while doing some … Continue reading →

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The Lives of Perfect Creatures

Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 by Keith

After I finished writing my first novel, I decided to go in a different direction. Writing a Gothic fairy tale was fun and challenging but for my second book I decided to do something a little more personal and slightly … Continue reading →

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The Revolution Will Be A Dinner Party

Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 by Keith

I had never heard of the Slow Food Movement until I read this Bruce Sterling piece (link via Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing) but I love the idea: The Cornish Pilchard. The Chilean Blue Egg Hen. The Cypriot Tsamarella and … Continue reading →

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A Portrait Of the Atheist As A Young Man

Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 by Keith

PZ Myers at Pharyngula linked to an article by Ricky Gervais about his Deconversion Story. It’s a fantastic read and highly recommended but it reminded me that for all the Atheism talk on the blog, I’ve never gotten around to … Continue reading →

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Kucinich, Meanwhile, Is a Big Fan of Elfquest

Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 by Keith

Is it really any surprise that Ron Paul’s favorite superhero is Batman? Every politician thinks of themselves as a crusading billionaire, out to save the world by any means necessary. But it’s especially telling that Paul, no big fan of … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On… To Kill

Posted on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 by Keith

While cataloging some issues of The New Teen Titans from the late eighties, I noticed that the back cover advert for a few issues was for Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. I chuckled, remembering when that came … Continue reading →

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Why I Am Not a Christian (Or Anything Else)

Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 by Keith

Frank the Financially Savvy Atheist is soliciting tales of how we Atheists and agnostics lost our faith, so I thought I’d share mine with the class. *** My parents, born and raised Catholic, became Lutherans when they were old enough … Continue reading →

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