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Two Years

We have to remember. We have to remember how it felt, why it happened, who’s to blame, and what it cost us. Every last bit of it.

receding the industrial revolution, labor was cheap and materials were expensive. That’s why everything from before the 1800’s is covered in lace and filigree or carved out in bas relief – some landlord would trade off a cow, a sheep, a hectare of land and a daughter of virtue true for about half an ounceContinue reading “SSS Archive – 20 January 2010”

On “The Twisties”

In high school, I was a diver – not a good one…but I know what “the twisties” are…

SSS Archive – 4 January 2010

I’m sure some editor somewhere is reading this and thinking “That’s not okay – don’t be telling people to spam me with their stories!” And I reply “Shouldn’t you be going through your slush pile or something?”

A Slow Jumpstart

At the peak of my SSS posting ten-ish years ago, I held to a more-or-less strict three-times-per-week schedule. I had nothing else to do (well, very little else) and that schedule still almost managed to burn me out. That’s how I’m going to start a sort of apologia for a slow start to this blog.

Why Me? Why Now? Why Blog?

After a significant hiatus, I am back to blogging. So as the title asks: why me? Why now? Why blog?