The shotgun was still gripped tightly in Gregor’s hands but it was shaking uncontrollably. He felt like his feet were moving forward without his commanding them to. He slowly crept down the stairs as the noise at the door continued. His weapon was locked and ready as he reached the…

  1. An Unusual Day on the Homestead

The old wooden doors to the stock barn slid open as easily as the first day they had been installed. Gregor was the kind of man that kept his equipment maintenance up. You had to these days, what with all the automation and robotics…

In the pursuit of more polite discourse on the internet, I propose the following guidelines to help you interact with your fellow (wo)man more effectively and create a culture of conversation in the face of a growing habit of ridicule among users on the internet.

Think about what’s motivating your comment

Everybody is reactive to some…

I don’t own this photo or any rights to it. Because this is the internet

My childhood was one where social media networks didn’t exist. I came of age at the turn of the century and have been an early adopter of pretty much all the greatest technological advances of the last 20 years. As kids, our biggest thrill was MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Chat…

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