Albert Speer, Hitler’s architect, escaped hanging to serve a sentence in Spandau. Speer was convicted of crimes against humanity, specifically using slave labor to boost war production. He was released in 1966, and he died in 1981. Saw an interview with him filmed after his release. When asked if Hitler was insane, he sidestepped the…
Category: Modern problems
Unfriending the Darkness, Part II: The Adolescent Mob
Online friends wondering how to bridge the gap in a divided America: You can’t, and you shouldn’t even try. Why you can’t: First, we all know that cynical GOP politicians willing to watch the world burn in order to keep positions of power have placed themselves beyond human aid. That’s over. Forget them. Let’s talk…
Unfriending the Darkness
Lots of bruised egos and hurt feelings this election cycle. Online friendships have been strained and broken, new alliances forged between unlikely social media partners, and more than one profile suspended altogether due to the rancorous and disheartening discourse of this pivotal campaign season. Our distrust of the corporate oligarchy’s political machinery and our distrust of our fellow citizens has never…
The Role of the Troll
I rest easy in the long, lonesome place between completing a novel and making the sale, all thanks to a forum troll. It’s not fun, mind you. Agents queried thus far have passed. Contests and direct submissions aren’t panning out either. It’s disappointing, but it’s just business, and these people are polite and professional. I…
Manifesto
Awaken you dreamersAsleep at your desksParrots and lemurs populate yourUnconscious grotesquesPlease let ’em all outDo it todayDon’t let the loveless ones sell youA world wrapped in grey — Andy Partridge Baron Munchhausen’s post horn was more beautiful than our canned music, the Seven-League Boots more beautiful than an automobile, Oberon’s kingdom lovelier than a subway tunnel,…