hello from Beyond
Dear reader(s) – I continue not to be dead. Where am I, what have I been doing, why am I doing it? I guess I’ll tell you a bit about … Continue reading
Lady Ligeia speaks
Well, hello. I’m not dead. It’s been a while, and I’ll spare you all the gory details, but there are Big Changes around here. I’m not entirely sure, but I … Continue reading
you shouldn’t have been so sentimental
It’s another tough anniversary. On this day four years ago, I left Melbourne. In previous years, the passage of such an anniversary didn’t bother me too much; this year, I … Continue reading
long ago, far away
It’s me again. I’m not dead yet. Like many of you, I imagine, I’ve been in one hell of a slump over the past few months. We all knew things … Continue reading
annus horribilis: 2016 in review
This isn’t one of those fun years to look back on, is it. Oh well. Let’s make that y-incision and get this autopsy underway. What did you do in 2016 … Continue reading
Service guarantees citizenship
I have been too depressed by the campaign to write anything, but now the campaign is over, and we are faced with four years of hellfire. This isn’t to say … Continue reading
“If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?”
Friends and enemies, fronds and anemones – hello. I didn’t really mean to take a hiatus, but I guess it happened anyway. This is going to be a roundup post, … Continue reading
apolitical roundup
“Hey, loser, when are you ever gonna write about movies again?” Right here! Right now! I will give you a hodgepodge of links and observations and such and so on, … Continue reading
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate
As the four years of slaughter drew to a close, the well-known Austrian writer Robert Musil cynically jotted in his diary in 1918: “The war can be reduced to the … Continue reading
maybe the last time I’ll talk about this
It’s settled, it’s final, there’s no chance to change it now: Hillary Clinton is the official Democratic candidate for president, and Donald Trump is the official Republican candidate. I just … Continue reading
more stars than in the heavens 