RIP, Steven L. Inness
When I was in 7th and 8th grade, at Wilbur Middle School, the school's computer lab had a couple of...
Archive for Death
Twelve years
Twelve years ago today, my father was killed. I've been off-kilter for the past couple weeks; sometimes fine, sometimes sad...
RIP, Bruce Chadwick
Bruce Chadwick was one of my oldest friends. Sometime yesterday, he took his own life. This is a long post...
Anniversaries update
For weeks, I've been meaning to post here, but I keep shying away, for reasons not entirely clear to me....
Sad week
Tomorrow will be the eleventh anniversary of the day my father was killed. As is often the case this time...
Living in the future: Floppies
In one of the boxes I pulled out of the garage a couple weeks ago, there were 100+ 3.5" floppy...
SH Flashback: “Jimmy’s Roadside Cafe,” by Ramsey Shehadeh
A new entry in my weekly Strange Horizons retrospective: “Jimmy's Roadside Cafe,” by Ramsey Shehadeh A heartbreaking story about life...
Nancy’s photo album
In a box the other day, I found a photo album of Nancy's, which I rescued from Peter and Nancy's...
So far this morning
Today would've been my mother's 72nd birthday. Hard to imagine her at 72. As usual, here's a link to some...
R.I.P., Aunt Kathleen
My aunt Kathleen died yesterday. She's been in my family for twenty-five years. I never spent a lot of time...
That which does not kill us can still hurt
The other day, I saw yet another article that conveyed the very common narrative that difficulties and hardships make us...
Ten years
Today marks the tenth anniversary of my father's death. I'm doing surprisingly okay this morning; if anything, a little less...