Part Two of The Terror is now up at Fanfiction.net! And just in time for Halloween, too. Night falls again over Gotham and the Terror continues. One by one, the rogues of Gotham fall, each death more brutal than the last, yet each suited to their crimes. Meanwhile, Batman races to try to uncover the … Continue reading Batman: The Terror pt. 2: The Second Night
Flotsam: Self-Examination, Plot Holes, Halloween-ness, and a Joke
1. I notice that I have a bad habit (and perhaps you do as well) that when I start to pray and try to meditate upon God that I tend to fall into criticism of modernity: thinking of how far the contemporary world is from the majesty of the Divine plan and how many ways … Continue reading Flotsam: Self-Examination, Plot Holes, Halloween-ness, and a Joke
Meta-Knight Responds
Apparently, a code monkey with delusions of grandeur has decided to rebrand his evil corporation from 'Facebook' to 'Meta'. Because that doesn't sound presumptuous in the least, nor at all confusing given how common that word has become in our culture. Not least that I think a certain fan-favorite character - one known for his … Continue reading Meta-Knight Responds
Comment: Devolving Languages
Commenter Nicholas Arkison made an excellent observation on my last post (UPDATE: For clarification, the 'elephants' comment is in regards to Riders of Skaith's citing the fact that African Elephants no longer have giant 'tusker' specimens as an example of forced evolution): Some of us would say language mostly devolves. (Just think how much disgraceful … Continue reading Comment: Devolving Languages
Thought of the Day: Evolving Language
We are often told by a certain segment of the population that languages evolve over time, and thus the arbitrary and false-to-facts changes they are insisting upon are perfectly legitimate. It's indeed true that languages evolve. Animals evolve too, but chopping a cat's tail off with a butcher knife isn't 'evolution', and neither is screaming … Continue reading Thought of the Day: Evolving Language
Batman: The Terror pt. 1: The First Night
Just up at Fanfiction.net: It seemed a night like any other in Gotham City, when word reached Batman of a death: one of the city's rogues found brutally murdered. Then comes word of another. And another. A new terror is stalking Gotham, preying upon the city's supervillains. But who is it? And what do they … Continue reading Batman: The Terror pt. 1: The First Night
Friday Flotsam: Software Problems and Jabberwock
1. Missed last week, obviously. Oh, well. 2. For work-related reasons I ended up reviewing many of Sir John Tenniel’s original illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (yes, I’m serious. No, it’s not as interesting as you’d think). In the process I noticed for the first time (or perhaps I had noticed before and suppressed … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Software Problems and Jabberwock
Adventure Stories for Young Readers or I Have Been Negligent
Alas, in the hurry and burry of moving I missed that another anthology was published with me in it! Please help rectify my mistake and immediately go purchase a copy of Adventure Stories for Young Readers Quoth the Blurb: These tales of family, discovery, and virtue bring the thrills back to reading. Derring-do, hope, and … Continue reading Adventure Stories for Young Readers or I Have Been Negligent
Tolerance and Totalitarianism at the Everyman
Another post up at The Everyman, here explaining why the diversity, inclusion, tolerance ideology is naturally and inevitably totalitarian. We moderns have a bad habit of not defining our terms. We like ideas that sound good and tend not to dig in deeper to try to pin down what they are actually saying. So we … Continue reading Tolerance and Totalitarianism at the Everyman
Kaiju Appreciations; Dagahra
Managed to get another appreciation video up. This one is for Dagahra, the villainous sea dragon of Rebirth of Mothra II, the second film of the Mothra trilogy from the late 1990s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guiwpysUwOk Dagahra’s story is that he was created by an ancient civilization called Nilai Kinai to clean up the pollution they had put … Continue reading Kaiju Appreciations; Dagahra
Serpent's Den 