Neo-patronage

Neo-patronage

Imagine that you're an artist of some sort desiring to make a living through your art. In the case of novelists, this used to mean seeking approval from an agent and then an editor before landing a book deal with one of the big New York publishers. That publishing model…
Rhetoric and Witches

Rhetoric and Witches

With the latest round of race riots providing an orgy of evidence for everything I've said about the Death Cult, it's no stretch to say that Witch hunting is in season. Since I disavow violence, unlike the Witches, the trials and sentencing will be conducted rhetorically. That doesn't mean engaging…
Combat Frame Data: Jigoku

Combat Frame Data: Jigoku

Jigoku    Technical Data Model number: N/A Code name: Jigoku Nickname: Aqua Dragon Classification: transformable biomass extraction combat frame Manufacturer: Unknown Operator: Secta First deployment: Unknown, before CY -2000 Crew: 1 pilot in full-immersion cockpit in core Height: 16 meters Weight: 62 metric tons Armor type: Synthetic diamond armor Powerplant: cold fusion reactor, max output 3176 KW Propulsion: EM drives: 4x 15,500 kg,…
The Right Mistakes

The Right Mistakes

The phenomenon of left-wing roustabouts whipping up a social network hate mob against some blasphemer of the Narrative has become commonplace. The latest two-minutes hate target is Wendy's. Their CEO contributed to the Trump campaign, so the Death Cult has issued a fatwa against his company. Of course the boycott…
Trump v Twitter

Trump v Twitter

If you've been paying attention to American politics over the past four years, a couple of observations are inescapable. The first is that Trump is more showman than politician. He likes throwing grenades and then barging into the room to leverage the chaos. This approach usually involves a lot of…
High Strangeness Hits Home

High Strangeness Hits Home

An unexpected but welcome development arising from my high strangeness posts has been the occasional reader who writes me to share his own tale of the unexplained. Audience participation is a major benefit of blogging, and it's fun to hear from my readers. Recently though, these posts took an unsettling…
Combat Frame XSeed: S Is Now Funding

Combat Frame XSeed: S Is Now Funding

The most highly anticipated crowdfunding campaign of 2020 is here! Now is your chance to get early access to book 1 in a bold new series of the XSeed saga: Combat Frame XSeed: S! An unstoppable scourge lays siege to Earth  Can humanity survive a world-destroying force that has never…
Society Is Not a Social Construct

Society Is Not a Social Construct

Regular readers of this blog know I've devoted a significant number of posts to exposing the faults inherent in Liberalism. That's not merely to say the political shorthand employed by the Generals to mock the Globetrotters. It refers to the broad category of Liberal political philosophy of which Conservatism itself…
early 80s

The High 90s

A raging debate between members of Generation Y and the Millennials revolves around this question: Which decade was superior--the 1980s or the 1990s? As with the prevailing generational models themselves, cultural eras defy easy sorting into neat and tidy boxes. What we tend to think of as 1960s culture, for…
Combat Frame XSeed: S Preview

Combat Frame XSeed: S Preview

My loyal readers have been waiting patiently for news about my next Combat Frame XSeed book, and patience should be rewarded. Without further ado, here is a sample chapter from Book 1 in a brand-new XSeed series--Combat Frame XSeed: S. Cassone Extrasolar Colony, Common Year 98 Second Lieutenant Dex Trapper…