This is my birthday, or near enough. I am taking this time to reflect, as one does on the day when one looks back upon the years gone by. Nineteen years ago I read a trio of books that collectively changed my life. Those books were the Tao Te Ching, Way of the Wizard, andContinueContinue reading “Happy Birthday to Me”
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Friday Magick
Okay. So I am writing this later… and drunker… than I meant to be writing. But so what. I’ll Manage. So, I started the week by talking about Warren Ellis’ Injection and my own desire to create an injection. I moved on to talk about quests and the primacy of the process over the goal.ContinueContinue reading “Friday Magick”
Coping Mechanisms
A Monster Energy drink sits beside me as I type this post. My Playstation 4 is playing a youtube video of a BBC panel show in the background. Coping mechanisms. Coping mechanisms all: drugs and distractions, sex and drugs and rock and roll, whatever gets us through the day. Caffeine and anti anxiety medication areContinueContinue reading “Coping Mechanisms”
Quests and Process
Humans are goal setting machines. We set make 5 year plans. We set New years Resolutions. We play video games filled with quest markers and goals and to do lists. But what about bigger goals? We had some semblance of these goals when we were children. We wanted to be ballerinas and archaeologists, we wantedContinueContinue reading “Quests and Process”
Thinking about Injection
In light of the recent news involving Warren Ellis, I have been thinking about his work. I can’t, in good faith, recommend that people buy his work given the recent allegations. But I also find myself still grudgingly recommending that people read his work. Borrow his books, buy them second hand if you prefer. IContinueContinue reading “Thinking about Injection”
