Inhuman Swill : March 2007

SC #41: The Accidental Terrorist, Chapter Thirty-two

In which Bill, after only a brief taste of freedom, is told to sit down, shut up, take the money, get on the plane, and pretend the past week never happened.  read

Tidy Up

Here are a couple of Ikea commercials you probably won't see on American television.  read

The Best Morning of My Professional Career So Far

I woke up this morning to find an inbox flooded with congratulations on being nominated for the Hugo Award! Okay, so the majority of them were copies of one email from Greg Van Eekhout that inexplicably keeps getting redelivered, but...  read
Mix Disc Found in Rental Car Stereo

Mix Disc Found in Rental Car Stereo

I've acquired a whole lot of mix CDs over the years, from friends, acquaintances, and correspondents, and I've added commercial CDs to my collection after finding them in the stereos of cars I've rented. (This, for instance, is why I...  read

First Snow

In this pensive new thriller, Guy Pearce discovers to his dismay that sometimes a fortune teller’s predictions are no snow job.  read

PublicaShunns

One element of my new site redesign I want to point is my bibliography page. Cross-indexed, cross-referenced, and fully interactive! I continue to wonder why I didn't switch from hand-crafted HTML pages to Movable Type years ago. By the way,...  read

SC #40: The Accidental Terrorist, Chapter Thirty-one

In which Bill faces sentencing at the hands of a philosophical judge, while Joseph faces martyrdom at the hands of an angry mob. Plus, special cameo appearance by the guy who blows up planes!  read

Winter Haiku

Snowflakes ride updrafts in Brownian reels outside my twelfth-floor window.  read

SC #39: The Accidental Terrorist, Chapter Thirty

In which Bill faces a bail magistrate, finds himself compelled repeatedly to pantomime his strip search, and contemplates the deep philosophical question of whether or not God protects missionaries. Special "existential dread" episode!  read

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