Category archives: writing
Every Desert
06 B3 Untitled Every desert has its own character. This desert was a bitter sprint across cauterized rock and blades of sand that whipped in the wind. Its only friend was the sun that sucked the life from it daily… continue reading »
Words per Minute #21: McCarthy on Signals
In his excellent book Aberrations of Mourning: Writing on German Crypts, Rickels points to the advent in the west of recording devices such as phonographs and gramophones before infant mortality rates had been reduced by mass inoculation, even among the… continue reading »
A Study in Sometimes
“I think of slaying Holmes… and winding him up for good and all. He takes my mind from better things.” – Arthur Conan Doyle, 1891 After only four years Arthur Conan Doyle had tired of his fictional creation Sherlock Holmes.… continue reading »
There’s not enough topical poetry about the politics of Niger
Another colonel Thinks it’s his turn to spring clean The big boss – hi coup!
The Ranger counts every Sunset a Victory
It took a while for the quokka to warm up and approach me. “Now kill it,” my sister said from behind the camera. I told her no. I told her she couldn’t make me. She said she could. I watched… continue reading »
Negcast
Since his name starts with a Z, Zhou tunes in at 11.58 every night. It could be worse – he knows people who take time off work to find a quiet room to listen to their names being read out… continue reading »
Woebot 185
“I love you, Miss Susan,” said the little robot plaintively. “That’s sweet,” she replied, bending down to press the button on the side of the robot’s head. With a click and a buzz, the light disappeared from the robot’s eyes,… continue reading »