Because I am a straight talking kind of a Chickie, I like to say things as I see them, which is quite apt considering the subject I am about to rant about. Actually I wrote the following as a response to a friend’s blog post about racism, a never ending well-spring of refreshingly good venting…
So, Ben Stein, well-known pseudo-economist, Dick(head) Nixon speechwriter, and all-around bullshit artist, has claimed that Obama is “the most racist president there has ever been.” Now, we’ll ignore for a moment that shit-for-brains is actually mad that Obama hasn’t sucked off Israel as readily as some of his predecessors and just examine the facts. No,…
Mondays Suck I mean, Mondays suck this much.
I’ve been blogging a great deal, in my mind, sometimes sharing them with my wife, but almost never putting them on any of my 5 or 6 blogs. The reason is simple. Very few people read my blogs and almost none of the people who click “like” actually stop by. I could analyze why but…
I stumbled across an interesting article, “The Alienation of Extraordinary Experiences,”by Tom Jacobs in Pacific Standard. In short, it cites three studies that find while people get an initial rush from extraordinary experiences, these experiences in turn cause them to be separated socially from their peers, and in the long run, instead of feeling special,…
While I’m busy cleaning up loose ends and failed endeavors, I’ve decided to withdraw all of my books from publication, effective immediately. I’m tired of swimming upstream against a tide of indifference. I’ve gotten a few rejects from agents, but that’s not the reason. I honestly don’t give a damn what an agent thinks.…
The media has long been fascinated with female nudity. Now, I could craft you a fairly convincing set of arguments to explain why, in terms of the beauty and grace of the female form and the like, but it would be disingenuous. The truth is simpler. (Mostly men) use nude females in art, advertising, and…
When I wrote my Sci-Fi female lead, I wanted her to be sexy. Silly me, I defined sexy using the following criteria: Smart, at least in terms of problem solving and the ability to think during stress Strong, physically, mentally, and emotionally Feminine, because strength and femininity aren’t mutually exclusive Clothed, in things other than…
I’m currently reading REDACTED by REDACTED (wink, wink, nudge, nudge). Okay, it’s REDACTED‘s 9th book, written under a pen name as a new novelist. However, she has convinced me it’s a debut novel, given I’m on page 74 and still don’t care for any of her characters except the lead’s sidekick. Someone or something…
Warning: This is not a post to read if you don’t want to know about Man’s inhumanity to man. I wrote the first draft this post back in 2007, in response to some bloggers’ voiced perceptions that there is a face of inhumanity, that particular groups of people have been humanity’s victims or demons. Let…
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