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Rebranding

So, at one point, I changed the name of this blog to "The Gadfly." It seemed appropriate, in part because I was a philosopher, and it was a semi-fun reference to Socrates. The bigger part of it, however, is that I was trying to invent myself as a sort of reformer, decrying the wrongs I saw around me. I just looked at the world and thought "maybe...

Magic, In Tiers

I have long thought about magic. What it is, what it isn't, how it may or must not work. Some months ago, perhaps even a year in my past, I came up with this system of ranking magic. I haven't come up with a final name for it yet, but for now, it's "The Tiers of Magic." The principle is that there are three basic levels of magic, and all...

With Eyes Closed, I Saw

This, I saw yesterday while lying in bed, fully awake but with my eyes closed. It was like a silent film on 8mm. There was flickering, panning, other images. My wife and I were there. Some of our current kids were there, in one shot or another. But the focus was a little girl with darker hair. I think it was our unborn daughter... Nothing...

Bard Song

Wrote this once listening to the song "Bard Song" performed by Van Canto. Three men I see, and one I don't, are riding in a small boat. The boat has a sail, but it is pulled up and tied off on the mast.One of the men is hanging off the main mast in a posture reminiscent of the movie Singin' in the Rain.At least the man on the mast is doing just...

Found Written on a Scrap of Paper

My head, shaven. The background is a starry cosmos, the focus softens and fades to black roughly at my neck. Disembodied hands grab at my forehead and pry it open—it was a lid for a giant eye the size of my head. A bright light, or group of lights, causes me to squint/close this new eye again....