Monthly Archives: January 2011
The Zoological Revolution
The field of zoology has recently been turned upside down by the discovery of free will in animals. “It turns out that our previous understanding of animal behavior as being a product of genetic and environmental histories was simplistic and reductionist,” said prominent zoologist Stefan Nichtswisser. “A science that studied only the chemistry, anatomy, neurology, … Continue reading
Random Thoughts on Star Wars Story-telling
Protagonists If George Lucas is to be believed, all six Star Wars movies comprise a single story: “The Tragedy of Darth Vader.” Indeed, the addition of three prequel movies substantially devoted to Vader does shift the series’s center of gravity away from Luke. Apparently, those Luke-Vader duels in Empire and Jedi were not primarily about … Continue reading
Writing Made Easy
You are wanting to imitate esteemed writers of the past such as Dean Koontz, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, or Fritz the Cat, but you don’t know where to start? Relax now. Learn from me, your learned elder, how to write the easy way. I am qualified to teach writing because I am the author of many famous … Continue reading
DIY Comedy Kit
Hey Kids! After college, when we were idealistic Young Turks keen to set the world on fire, our artistic movement failed after a typo caused the Paris Review to publish, rather than our manifesto, our manifest, i.e., a list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship. Lacking literary street cred after … Continue reading