As I have written before, I intend to break a world record: The longest time playing pinball, in which I would attempt to play for 33 hours. (Current record is 32 hours and 2 minutes.) I am doing this to raise funds for Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, a charity that raises money to fight Duchenne. …

In the last week Trump has been touting jobs numbers and has been going off about statues being toppled over, and has even been ranting about flag burning. All in the middle of a pandemic, which he dismisses as inconsequential, over and over again.. Any silver lining for progressives? One could imagine that liberals could …

Here is an excerpt from my script Smeg Trek! Two confessions: Yes, I wrote fan fiction! Also: This is the only fan fiction I have written. This is my Star Trek:Voyager/Red Dwarf crossover story. You can download this script in PDF format! INT. VOYAGER – BRIDGE Janeway, Chakotay, Tuvok, Paris and Kim are at their …

Gutter Folklore is a collection of stories I wrote waaaay back when, some of my first attempts to write short stories and a somewhat cohesive narrative. It’s also the stories where I initially developed the extra-urban punk-crust extraordinaire Skye, a persistent character in my fiction. This book is currently available on Amazon! Film     Gray streets. …

I’ve written about the writing process before. Writing comes naturally to me. That is, stories come naturally to me, since I’ve led such a colorful and insane life. I also write every day: Blog drafts, working on my newest novel, or just composing posts on Facebook. I’ve been blogging for more than fifteen years, I’ve …

I remember what happened to Derrick Jones. But I didn’t remember his name. I only remembered the incident. I had to Google him. Derrick Jones was a barber in Oakland, California. He was a black man. And he was also unarmed when he was shot to death by two Oakland police officers. The officers who …

I’m sure everyone has someone who has helped guide them through life, either on purpose or inadvertently, someone whose actions help you realize something about yourself, or the world around you, or just had a big impact on your life and outlook. I have a friend like that. But she didn’t just open a door …

On May 8th, 2020 I, along with thousands of other runners across the United States, went out and ran 2.23 miles to honor slain runner Ahmaud Arbery, a man who was killed by two white assailants for one reason and one reason only: Because he was black. May 8th was Ahmaud’s birthday. He would’ve been …

Biology is weird. I found out that people who run a lot, like me, have much lower incidences of skin cancer than people who don’t run, which is kind of odd. Runners are outside all of the time. Our exposure to the elements, and the sun, should keep that rate level or make it rise, …

Occasionally I’ll blog or post about the Shakespeare Authorship Question, a topic I have been somewhat obsessed with for many years. Most of my friends don’t seem to be terribly interested in this topic, but I find the whole subject quite fascinating. The forces behind the Shakespeare myth reveal many intriguing facets of culture and …