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Orphans of the Memes

The Brain Coffee by King Harv’s Imperial Coffees

The Brain Coffee by King Harv’s Imperial CoffeesThe True Tale of King Harv’s Imperial Coffee’s Horrible Experiments with Rapid Caffeine Intake – Part 1

Chapter 1 – The Brain Probe

I still remember my 5th shot of espresso, waiting impatiently for the caffeine to do its thing. Time ticked by so slowly.  Too slowly!  “Use your mind, Man!”, I said to myself.  There must be a quicker way!  Didn’t those folks in North Texas come up with some ingenious ways of staying awake a few decades ...

Uncouth

One of the criticisms against Trump — and frankly anyone who is effective at speaking out against the current mess — is that he’s “uncouth” and “loud” and “vulgar” and generally a troublemaker.

I’m not saying he’s not a troublemaker, just asking who would have left his stable and safe position to get in this fight for the country if he weren’t. Just a thought. Also he’s a New Yorker.

But every congressman and woman who speaks out against the left gets tagged with the same. As do mere b...

By Whose Right?

In most fantasy it’s relatively easy to know who the ruler should be:

He’s the one who pulls the sword from the stone. He’s the one whom the gods have decreed in prophecy will come. He has the magical birthmark, the ability to do things no other man can do. He is wedded to the land and knows her every need.

It’s a nice thought. I mean, if you could have it be true. It will all work out because it’s magically pre-ordained.

In fantasy it works precisely because we all wish it were li...

The Myriad Brambles of The Workaday World

Sorry I didn’t do a post today. I’d completely forgotten we had a doctor’s appointment. To make matters worse, we’re still locked in battle with the insurance, which seems to think Dan’s diabetes should go untreated because any meds that treat it are not covered. And we don’t have a second mortgage’s worth of money to hand.

That’s life. We’re doing battle. This was the inevitable result of Obama Care’s regulating insurance. Every year it goes up and it covers less.

This too shall pass ...

Bigger Than

If America had a symbol, it would be bigger than.

Matthew Bowman (probably in one of those flashes of insight one has when baby is making one sleep-deprived) said on Facebook, that the rest of the world just sees Americans as extreme. Americans is where big things happen. Good or bad? Yes. but big. Much bigger than in the rest of the world. And it got my mind ticking.

He’s right. And wrong. I mean, it’s how the rest of the world sees us, and there’s a lot of things that feed into the m...

Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike

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Dances With Memes

The Dreams of which Stuff is Made – by Wyrdbard

The Dreams of which Stuff is Made – by Wyrdbard

No, this isn’t about quantum physics.  This is about fantasy, science fiction, horror, and all the rest.  It is also about the human spirit.

Our hostess has more than once said we are a storytelling species.  (And while I have issues with the also oft cited Hogfather quote, the point it makes is good.)  Wisdom is usually dearly bought, and each generation tries to pass along that which is right and true to the next.  Or at least the funct...

Kicks To The Teeth

Years ago, when I already had far more experience of traditional publishing than was good for my mental health, I came across someone talking about how you become an “old pro”.

I no longer remember who it was, but I have a vague idea he was a bestseller, albeit one of those who only made it big purely by accident, after having been midlist for oh… twenty years or so. He was describing his experience, and he said his colleagues who became bestsellers off the get-go didn’t understand the in...