FICTION: The year is 2120, and America is once again descending into conflict… It was what seemed from afar to be a pleasant summer afternoon in Washington, DC, but tension was mounting. Out on the historic lawns and in the surrounding streets, hundreds of thousands of people were accumulating. They organized themselves so that on one side of the Reflecting Pool were one set of … Continue reading The Protesters’ War
Fun in the Icelandic Capital It’s a few days after July 4th, but I haven’t been partying at home on American independence day. No, rather I’m looking out over a small city of brightly-colored homes from the tallest building, a church-tower. I gaze out into the Atlantic, thinking of all that is beyond what I see. Later, I am walking out in the greenish moss … Continue reading A Reykjavik Experience
Which should you play? You may have heard of tabletop RPGs, board gaming’s brother to video games. The two have some similarities, very general ones, but they do share, I’ve found, somewhat of a common player-base, but I digress. I’ve found that while video games’ worlds can be quite expansive, nothing can match the inevitable expansiveness of that of a tabletop … Continue reading Tabletop RPGs vs Video Games
I just received a typewriter for Christmas. Now, I know what you’re probably thinking. You’re probably trying to think of a reason for having a typewriter now. You probably are not succeeding in thinking of a reason. And I’m not quite sure of a reason either. After all, It’s not the 1930s-60s. There are now such things as microprocessors and microchips and the computer industry … Continue reading A Typewriter: Why Now?
As Dal Harbeck awoke, he thought of all the possibilities of today, free from the constraints of yesterday, acting as peephole into tomorrow. Amazing as it may seem, this was not the route that this day would take, no, it would take a far different direction indeed. Continue reading Fiction: Spacefall
A very bad personal constructed language Continue reading A Conlang Adventure
Deep into deep space, a little space-ship was surrounded by darkness and little pricks of light. It moved along at an unimaginably fast speed, cutting through time and space in an unreal-seeming procession. At the helm of this vessel was a young man, called Ren, full of energy, naive as anyone, dozing in his seat. He watched out tiredly as stars moved slowly … Continue reading Fiction: Galaxies, Issue #1
For all its beautiful, high-tech architecture, the UAE is still very strict in law Ah, the United Arab Emirates, home to tall skyscrapers, huge malls, and other man-made wonders aplenty. As much as we can ooh and aah about these things, there is another side to the Emirates, one of obstruction to liberty. For example, in Dubai, it is … Continue reading Dubai is not Free
You should vote Libertarian if you want liberty, if you want to get the government out of your life. You should vote Libertarian if you think people are best left alone. Never mind the old two-party shenanigans, because there is an alternative. Libertarians believe in a world where all are free, unlike the Republicans or Democrats, who want to force the government into our lives, and … Continue reading Why you should vote Libertarian, I think
As absurd as it may sound to some, I firmly believe that most, if not all, drugs should be legalized for recreational purposes. I believe this for a few distinct reasons, namely economic and those relating to liberty. First of all, why shouldn’t a grown, thinking person be able to ingest what they see fit? Why is it that the government should restrict good, thinking … Continue reading Legalize ‘Em!
The Nevermind 