Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse

I watched Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse recently. It was a cute show. I say cute because it felt like it was aimed at kids. I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy it. It was worth some time vegging on the couch. I don’t feel like my time was wasted. As a whole, the mood that struck …

Writing Advice—Critical Hardness

There’s a part of writing that’s generously difficult—giving and taking criticism. It can be very difficult to give criticism. You have to employ tact. Unless you’re slightly sociopathic, you want to employ tact. You have to employ specifics, and that without going over the top with your criticism. You don’t want to break the writer. …

Pets on Skateboards

  Threw my one-legged dog in the pannier on the back of my bike. We were going out for one of our rides. He loves to go along with me. I know his emotions because they show on his face—and in his tail. I don’t read his mind. I’m not a dog-mind reader. I just …

Infinity War Criticism

Although some of what I’ve written in this could be considered a “spoiler”, let me be up front in saying I don’t think Infinity War is worth watching, so I’m not spoiling what is already. The real question though, is right here: Is Disney preparing to ruin the Marvel Universe? If we look at all …

Respond with a Picture

There are times when a debate rages inside you and you type out a response to one argument, or another. And there are times when a gif will do better than any worded response. Sometimes looking at one picture reminds you of another one. Has that ever happened to you? I saw the two below …