My previous attempts to have a network infrastructure that was reliable, worked and that I could call truly in-house had been ultimately foiled, and I had surrendered to the idea that I could not have Nice ThingsTM. Then, I had the temerity of asking AI about this years-long frustration of mine. It suggested I attempt … Continue reading Internet Geekery IV or, Unix takes the crown
of you may not know this, but I am a bit of a computer geek. I like building. upgrading, and maintaining computers, try new operating systems, push hardware when it can be pushed, and explore new operating systems when it makes sense. When Linux was new, I tried it. I tried SuSELinux, Red Hat 8, … Continue reading I take a stance
It all started with an impact on my right shoulder. This particular right shoulder, who has been my loyal companion for all of my existence, got whacked when I fell off the top of a slide when I was a little thing about yay high and in the blissful time of the single-digit years, with … Continue reading MRIs, or, Dying in a Tunnel
The past weeks have been pregnant with renovation for me. I always had a bittersweet taste about some of my fiction; it was a bit too explicit to really breathe, and too mechanically erotic. So, I set out to comprehensively rewrite them, starting with the short stories before moving to the Eriagor novellas that Kitten … Continue reading Developments in writing
Years ago, there was a movie called "Wag the Dog," featuring Al Pacino as a corrupt American president who mounted a whole, fictitious military operation as a ploy to deflect attention from a scandal that threatened his presidency. Looking at the character and the actual US President, the parallels come to mind unbidden. Entertainer, accused … Continue reading Wag the Dog
I've been battling for a long time with how to write this post in a manner that is polite and respectful, because the topic is controversial. After much time spent deliberating, pondering, considering and analyzing the best way on how to do this, I chose to confront the issue directly, so please forgive me if … Continue reading On Gender
Today I want to reflect on the nature of trolls. No, I do not refer myself to those mythical characters present in fantasy novels - large, brutish creatures that dwell in caves and shun daylight. I refer myself to online trolls. These beings revel in the depths of social media. They exist because of a … Continue reading Trolls
For years I have been a supporter and an idea contributor to a project called OpenCollar in Second Life. The project strives to offer a high-quality, open source, scripted D/s collar. I respect that project very much, and support all the effort they have done to create a good product. I will continue to support … Continue reading Introducing D/s Collar: An Experiment in Scripting
Let words say what they say;let them lay on the page as your soul pored them.that was the state of your soul:broken, hurt, limping amongthe rubble of your heart.But ruins are not a place to dwell. They are lessons, anda tragedy made of crumbled hopes and vanished dreams. letthe ruins lie: Yours is the good … Continue reading For a Broken-hearted Poet
There have been other times where America has chosen a performer to lead the country. That performer knew he did not know the first thing about governing a country, so he surrounded himself with a team of competent advisors that steered his administration for the next 8 years, an administration that greatly changed the world. … Continue reading The New World Order Starts Now
