Fiction

Truth is a comedian that often wears a cloak of fact to deceive. It likes to bluff in this game of life. The fact is that truth is about belief, bias, perception, and decision. Fact, itself, rarely influences truth. https://twitter.com/cpmcclennan/status/320522770255585280 I've tweeted that more than once, but as you can see, it is seven years since the last time. I used hashtags that were not necessary to the point, but they were (and still are) my truth. We atheists are often very good at covering our truth with a wallpaper of facts, legitimate or not. Funny, in that it is a similar tactic to those that push religious dogma. I've don't this, myself. Below is a gorgeous tune by Don Henley that I've searched for a [Read more...]

Bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism...this is BDSM in a nutshell. Though I don't think it likes being in a nutshell. BDSM would get very grumpy were it in a nutshell. The concept of BDSM is as an umbrella over a wide awry of concepts. GQ, of all publications, gives a very vanilla and beginner A-Z list of some BDSM concepts. Can we be honest here? GQ is not the magazine you want to use for info on BDSM. On my scanning it, the one thing it does get right is the complete need for enthusiastic and knowledgable consent for those that practice any form of BDSM respectfully. Seriously, though, go to Fetlife. In essence, it is the social media site for those practicing BDSM. You'll find every possible [Read more...]

Stats really are just another form of the clock. Another way for we humans to track things in the passage of time. This era of COVID-19, or Coronavirus, has been no exception. Stats, like the economy and unlike time, are generally made up. I've always been one to make up my own stats about things. As an example, 125% of relationships fail with people you have never communicated with nor have met. See, I made that up, and yet, you know I'm right. Although I do exaggerate on occasion. So with this in mind, let us talk about the elephant in the room that most are already talking around. Yes, you know where this is going. Let us discuss the plight of the poor Keystone XL Pipeline. No, I'm kidding. Let's talk about the [Read more...]

Let's start with the easiest one first, shall we? Don't write articles entitled "101 Things Not To Do While in Isolation" and actually intend to write seriously about it. Being I tend to do what I say, I am going to follow that first reason and write something else entirely. Too many people with the blues already over the isolation we've all be inadvertently forced into, so I don't exactly want to add to that by telling them what else they can't do. So I sit here on a Saturday morning, listening to the crackle of the fire in the fireplace and the tapping of my fingers on the keys. I recall just how happy I am that the fire remains in the fireplace as were it anywhere else in my living room, self-isolating would suddenly seem [Read more...]