

The Force Awakens
In 2005 I walked straight from the theater after the credits rolled on Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith and into the bookstore across the...


Aripiprazole
IC Aripiprazole. Take one tablet by mouth every day. May cause drowsiness. Use caution when operating a vehicle, vessel or machine. May...


Shine Bright Like Dana Scully
Thanks to the internet, I now have a picture, created by an anonymous artistic visionary, of Dana Scully sparkling and not caring. I've...


Love From A One-Woman Pagan Validation Squad
Mental illness is difficult. Physical illness is difficult. This has been a year of struggling and, also, of watching other people...


A Conversation With Kayla
I recently remade my Skype account. As fate would have it, Kayla was waiting for me there, just as, I'm sure, many Kaylas have been...


12/13/14
Last year's date, in U.S. order, was the late consecutive date we'll have for a long, long time. Unless I live to see January 2, 2103,...


Schnee Von Gestern
"Das ist Schnee von gestern" is a way of saying "that's yesterdays news" or "that's old news." The idiom gives me the image, though, of...


Highway To Hell
JAKA -- Jack And Kathryn's Automobile -- is a bulky, black car, fresh-smelling and, when I began writing this post in August, stocked...


An Essay I Wrote For HIST 222: Barbarian Kingdoms of Early Medieval Europe.
“It makes a difference, of course, where you look from: what is your vantage point. I am going to shift it from a teleologically...


Espresso Vodka
Content warning: this article talks about sexual harassment and sexual violence. Espresso vodka tastes like chocolate, if you were...