Description: “John Jones believed himself the most proper and enlightened of gay men. Professional, well read and boyishly handsome despite his age, he also believed himself open-minded, tolerant and devoid of vice. Yet in the end he cannot resist the temptation of the latest tech gadget called, “The House”, a computer generated environment where one […]
The Bonfire (Photo entry)
Bonfires mean different things for different people, but in its most basic form it represents one of the oldest instinctual urges of humankind: warmth, fellowship, a light in the darkness, defiance and comradeship all at the same time. After a pow-wow there is often a bonfire of some sort. This one was on Gunter’s Lake […]
Berlin to Zurich: Memories at an airport
It was way too early in the morning for a flight, but gods know it seemed every cheap flight was in the dark of morning or the foggy danger of night, so here I was 5am in an airport in Berlin bound for Moscow. I had passed through check in and security with a minimum […]
The Music I Don’t Write To
“What music do you listen to, if any, when you write?” When I stopped to think about that question, I realized that much of the time I am not listening to anything when I am writing. Perhaps there’s the minimal background sounds of Twitter updates on Tweetdeck or the white noise machine that is almost […]
The big “R” in the reality of reviews
This is an argumentation style essay which is by nature meant to be confrontational and elicit a strong response from readers. Certain elements which some might find inflammatory have been included, but that was part of the assignment. If you’ve read other of my pieces here, you’ll have discovered these were written for a university […]
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