Chad Eagleton's Blog, page 17

The Story of God

Hulu added the first season of The Story of God hosted by Morgan Freeman. It's worth a watch if you're interested in this type of thing. Each episode has a theme (Creation, Death, Evil, etc.), then examines what different religions believe and how the idea has changed historically.

Boleskin House

On The Hopeful Salvation of Boleskin House...

About That Hacking

In case you've forgotten, about our own hacking efforts of allies.

Frank the Pug's Morning

Frank takes it easy in the morning. He moves from the bed to the couch.

The New McCarthyism Smoke Screen Continues

The New McCarthyism smoke screen continues. The unDemocratic Party wants you to forget all the facts of their own malfeasance and instead focus on some unproven narrative that Russia hacked the DNC, then provided the info to WikiLeaks to swing the election in favor of Trump even in the face of a WikiLeaks operative insisting someone inside the DNC provided them the documents out of disgust. 

Honestly, it's not that I'm surprised the DNC would pull this nonsense, I'm mostly surprised...

I Have Been Writing. Seriously.

Coming Soon:

An American Corporation

Never seen a better explaination:

The Girl and the Rice Pudding

The last couple of days, I've been thinking a lot about Sujata, the girl who gave the Buddha food. I don't know if you know the story but the last thing Siddhartha tried before just going and sitting under the Bodhi tree where he found enlightenment was to live as an ascetic.

Now, the stories talk about how Siddhartha threw himself into everything he tried, so of course he was the most rigorous in his discipline and the most severe in his denial of the body, the mortification of his flesh—thi...

Gun Mantra

I used to write a lot of fiction appeared on the free online zines. Most of those have run their course. And, honestly, the few who are still around aren't doing me any good because no one is going to dig through those for a flash fiction story that appeared two or more years ago.

So, I'm moving a lot of those over to Wattpad. Not only does it give me a chance to teach myself photoshop, but, hopefully, I'll eventually get the attention of new readers.

First up is:

Seeing Hell

Jacob's Ladder had a huge effect on me. Huge effect. But in spite of all the disturbing images, the part that has stuck with me over all these years is the bit Louie tells Jacob near the end:

"Eckhart saw hell too. He said: The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you, he said. They're freeing your soul. So, if you're frightened of dying and... and you're holding on, you'...