Post-Modern(ism) had taken off her suffix and would not put it back on. “Come now, Post-Modernism,” said Didacticism, “This won’t do at all. How are people to know what you are without expressing exactly what you mean within an appropriate system of signification. The whole system will break down, they will assume you are an […]Read Post ›
The news broadcast pittered at just above a whisper. In happier news this morning China has a new ornament for what has been an empty landscape, the first elephant, that’s right the first Elephas Maximus was birthed this morning. China says they hope this will be the first of many but the process is difficult […]Read Post ›
What offends you? We have many choices, so go ahead and take your pick. Is it people? Places? Politics? Feel free to wander beyond the P’s aisle to the O’s or U’s where the ostriches, outlandish, and unnecessary dwell. You’re sure to find something! I know we’ve never left a customer unsatisfied. Choose from any […]Read Post ›
We are each bounded by our own experience. In some ways, we are our experience. I am the cumulative sum of what I have perceived, felt, thought, etc. Obviously, that premise ignores some rather important biological realities, but I hope it helps to illustrate how impossible it is for the average human to put their own […]Read Post ›
If you will permit me a gross generalization: Apocalyptic visions of the future are anything but new to humanity. Many religions are founded on just that: an apocalyptic future in which all is lost and–in some cases–rebuilt. Popular culture, alongside religious culture, has also long held a penchant for the apocalyptic. Visions of the future […]Read Post ›
To my future children: I am a man of sorrows. Not because I did nothing, but because I did not do enough. I am sorry I did not fight more fervently for education. I am sorry I placed misguided value on passing pleasures. I am sorry I did not question more. I am sorry I did […]Read Post ›
Initiating translation of Aquatic Echoes: I have seen humans in their aquatic attire. They are peculiar creatures.I will attempt to describe them. From what I have observed, the human body is divided primarily into five main trunks attached to a central locus of sorts. These trunks are not equal in size, length, strength, or function, […]Read Post ›
Initiating Translation of Water Echoes: Humans are an irony. It is strange to think that intelligent complex life developed on sol-three’s arid terrain rather than the available aquatic environment. Not only does water account for the larger portion of the planet’s surface area–especially when taking into account the available habitat in volume afforded by water’s viscosity–it also […]Read Post ›
Initiating Translation of Water Echoes: First, if you have found, and translated this record please do not assume it is ancient, and do not assume it is of human craft—though I understand why you might assume such. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is best rendered through your vocalized form of communication as Asumande […]Read Post ›
Horace Bulgroin slept with his feet uncovered. He was lying in his bed, nearly asleep, when he felt it–a warm hand on his foot. Horace tensed, but managed to control his breathing to maintain the illusion of sleep. The forced deep breaths seemed to take more oxygen than they brought in with each inflation of his […]Read Post ›
Bradford Windley 