i’ve always wanted to be a pool boy
legitimately
and one day
i went to a pool supply store
to buy pool chemicals for my lab in grad school
and i saw this poster
Towards the end of the 23rd century, most people are distracted by peculiar philosophies. Scientific research falls by the wayside, becoming the domain of resourceful hobbyists. When contact with alien intelligence is first established, only a handful of enthusiasts notice or care.
after Stranger Things
He arrived without a face so I said Take mine I’m not using it anyway. Together we used…
You didn’t go to that concert that you wanted to check out. Instead, you went to a party where your friend said you would get “100%” laid, “guaranteed.”
Still trying to figure out what to wear for Halloween? Have incredible powers to manipulate the very fabric of the cosmos? Consider one of these time-saving costume ideas…
In 2009, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and all around ridiculously brilliant…
The aliens came for our butts.
Nobody knew that at first, of course. At first everybody just thought, Woah, aliens.
Rollins Spring
I had a favorite story when I was a child. Whenever I asked her to, my grandmother would tell this story always the same way and always using the same gestures. It was about something that happened to her when she was a little girl. When she told the story, it sounded like this:
No, no demons. All manifestations of Entities have their own kind of intangible energy. With experience, you can distinguish between the good, bad, and neutral types of such energies. The bad ones have a kind of jagged edge to them, whereas the good ones have a calming edge, and the neutral ones have no edge.
I have heard the Bean-Sidhe three times in my life. I don’t necessarily want to hear from her again any time soon; She could afford to give her vocal chords a rest. Take a vacation. Maybe get a tan.
As I grew up and became fascinated in birds I fell under the spell of forebears who communicated, through their writing, news of great Irish discoveries. Three giants hailed from Cape Clear Bird Observatory in County Cork: Clive Hutchinson, Ken Preston and JTR (Tim) Sharrock. Their finest hour came when they…
Welcome back!
Today is the August Solstice Celebration here at the Mill. Thank you for the RSVP, though you need not have, but I’m happy…
A novel in pieces.
I was on my way south, towards the tropical beaches and colourful birds. It wasn’t going…
