Category Archives: writing

Breslin vs. Trump

Posted on May 31, 2024 by JE

As Fate or Chaos would have it, the LoA collection of Jimmy Breslin arrived on my doorstep this week, so that on the evening when Trump’s guilty verdict was announced in Manhattan, I got to read Breslin’s verdict on Trump … Continue reading →

Posted in books, history, politics, review or meta-review, social media, words, writing | Comments Off on Breslin vs. Trump

Happy Days Are Where, Again?

Posted on May 17, 2024 by JE

So I got an Apple Pencil to use with my iPad. Like everything else produced by Apple it’s a Guaranteed Game-Changer™ that is guaranteed to change your life, or at least your GAME. (I’m been a Mac-user since the early … Continue reading →

Posted in Gadgetry, writing | Comments Off on Happy Days Are Where, Again?

Actis Temporibus

Posted on January 1, 2024 by JE

For a few years I’ve had a Latin version of “Auld Lang Syne” on my Latin-for-the-holidays handout, but I’ve never been crazy about it. For one thing, it erases the repetitions in the original. For another, references to drinking have … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, Adventures in the Public Domain, Christmas, language, music, writing | Tagged , | Comments Off on Actis Temporibus

Ear Ye! Ear Ye!

Posted on October 3, 2023 by JE

Typo of the day resulted from a cut-and-paste error. It started its journey as Dear editors and ended up as ear editors. Ear editors: some kind of digital plastic surgeon, I guess? “Have you run this lobe past the ear … Continue reading →

Posted in Typo of the Day, writing | Comments Off on Ear Ye! Ear Ye!

Creepypasta

Posted on September 23, 2023 by JE

Seen on Bluesky: Gustaw Gwozdecki’s “Evening Melancholy”, c.1905. I didn’t know it on sight, but somehow it felt familiar. I wonder if I saw it a long time ago and it re-surfaced from my subconscious when I needed a creepy … Continue reading →

Posted in art, fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, writing | Comments Off on Creepypasta

The End of the Beginning

Posted on September 17, 2023 by JE

By the power vested in me, I declare this rough draft COMPLETE. Now to knock off some of the rough edges. I will need my largest and most abrasive rasp.

Posted in fantasy, Myth & Legend, sword-and-sorcery, writing | Comments Off on The End of the Beginning

Decisions, Decisions

Posted on September 1, 2023 by JE

It’s a three-day weekend (thanks, Organized Labor!) and I was figuring on catching up with some writing projects. But then I saw Criterion had added Duel and Donnie Darko and a bunch of good stuff. So… maybe yes; maybe no.

Posted in review or meta-review, sff, writing | Comments Off on Decisions, Decisions

Writing Music

Posted on July 18, 2023 by JE

Some bluesy piano to cool off a hot July afternoon.

Posted in music, writing | Comments Off on Writing Music

Extruded Word Product

Posted on July 12, 2023 by JE

I guess I understand that replacing writing with “automated insight extraction” makes sense from a managerial point of view. I just can’t see how it makes sense from any other point of view (e.g., someone who might have to read … Continue reading →

Posted in AI is a misnomer, writing | Comments Off on Extruded Word Product

Words to Live By

Posted on July 11, 2023 by JE

“When you’re cooking lentils, don’t add perfume” (ὅταν φακῆν ἕψετε μὴ ‘πιχεῖν μύρον). –Strattis Comicus (whoever he was)

Posted in language, writing | Tagged | Comments Off on Words to Live By