Tag Archives: humans

A new Swedish hero emerges

Posted on June 7, 2019 by

Day 61. 64 pages, 30,172 words. From the country that gave us Greta Thunberg, Elin Ersson and a seemingly endless parade of progressivism and intelligence and basic decency (not to mention a lot of shrill contard broflakery about how immigrants … Continue reading →

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The Cult of the Spirit

Posted on June 5, 2019 by

Day 59. 64 pages, 30,172 words. Most sentient cultures self-governed, if they needed to be governed at all, by some form of organisation run and regulated by intelligent members of the species. That just made sense. At a certain point … Continue reading →

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Interlude / bonus post / something: Black Hole Fun

Posted on April 11, 2019 by

Day 5. 50 pages, 23,040 words. I couldn’t in good conscience go on with my silly prattling without mentioning a little thing some clever, clever humans did just the other day. As you’ve probably heard by now, the Event Horizon Team … Continue reading →

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Interlude: Form One Lane

Posted on October 15, 2018 by

Day 83. 72 pages, 29,572 words. Ran out of steam a bit and had this interlude bubbling under, so here you go. I’ve been commuting lately, and it inspired me to create this Twitter thread. I threw it down in graphical form … Continue reading →

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Hatboy’s log, additional: Hawking

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

I was saddened to learn this morning of Professor Stephen Hawking‘s death. He was 76 years old. I don’t understand even a fraction of the things he knew and spoke of, but his was a simply incredible mind. Humanity was … Continue reading →

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On humans

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

Day 66. 130 pages, 64,703 words. Well, after the excellent resurgence of the Rogue One comments discussion, I feel like I’ve already written a solid blog post for today. It’s been a while, so I figured I would write out … Continue reading →

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The (Alternate) Origin of Species

Posted on March 28, 2017 by

Day 2. 16 pages, 7,715 words. I was amused to see this article going the rounds the other day. The general gist is, humans didn’t evolve on Earth and we basically don’t belong here. At least it’s handled in a … Continue reading →

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Wump and the Art of the Dad Joke

Posted on April 18, 2016 by

Day 3. 27 pages, 9,103 words. I still get a laugh out of this every time. I’m not sure how I felt about Dad Jokes back when I was a kid. They probably annoyed me, because dads are annoying almost … Continue reading →

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The First Feast, Part 21

Posted on December 20, 2015 by

“How many death threats – how many actual attacks – will be enough to make you see the danger here?” Malerious Hara Scodd demanded with well-intentioned caution. “I think we both have different understandings of the situation,” Char said as … Continue reading →

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The First Feast, Part 20

Posted on December 19, 2015 by

The other two aki’Drednanth in the Earth contact convoy, Gydanna and Silver Bane, seemed perfectly happy with the change ‘Truck’ had undergone and whatever else was happening down there. They agreed to take part in the preliminary meeting with a … Continue reading →

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