The Voodoo He Do So Well: 2024 Stillers What-Have-You

WCS - September 8, 2024September 8, 2024

Yinz already know I'm going through the "life transition," and whatever. I'll take my D- on this, and be happy not be exiled to Lowratio's outhouse for a fortnight. Between my work computer not having access to funny gifs, and my home computer is suddenly quite ill, on top of everything...

Friday Morning Brain Farts/Carpenter Jorb

WCS - May 17, 2024May 17, 2024

In lieu of actual prose, here's some randomness to waste time while waiting for DJ 3000 to reload munitions from last night's operations the playlist. I semi-successfully managed to get through my first week as a 9-1-1 operator without causing any serious harm. So, that's a plus. Somehow I've managed to

A Fresh Load For The Brain Dump

The Brain Dump

Alex_Demote - April 18, 2024April 17, 2024

It's been a fair few months since I've collected my thoughts from the notes I keep on my phone. Today I decided to pull the best ones together and share them with you as a way of updating the Brain Dump series from last year. I hope some of these

A Football Story For The Galaxy

Alex_Demote - March 7, 2024March 6, 2024

For the last decade I've been wanting to write a novel that takes place in the stars that make up Orion's Belt. It started because I used to look for the constellation at night as a way to enjoy nostalgic memories and wonder if there were people there staring at

A Thursday Afternoon Carpenter Existential Experience!

WCS - February 15, 2024February 15, 2024

Greetings, hola, guten tag, ni how, and yadda yadda. I swear the month of February exists only to mess with people's sense of time, space, and perception. 2024 is already six weeks old, we never really had winter in Yinzburgh, and I can't tell if the days are getting longer (sort

Dear Diary: I Am Still Unemployed

The Brain Dump

Alex_Demote - May 22, 2023May 22, 2023

Refusing the urge to call myself "funemployed" took more energy than you might think. Truthfully I'm oscillating between feeling the most fulfilled I've ever felt in my life, to lying on the floor with no pants on, desperately wishing to fall asleep so I don't have to be conscious for

Brain Dump Boil-Down Entry 2: The Five Rules

Alex_Demote - January 27, 2023January 25, 2023

My dad didn't know how to be a dad. He got married to a high-powered DC businesswoman who out-earned him significantly, and when they decided to have me, she started the process of transitioning to stay-at-home work in her field and my dad gave up his hobbies to pursue senior

Brain Dump Boil-Down Entry 1: These Posts Were Supposed To Be Shorter

Alex_Demote - January 13, 2023January 13, 2023

In this Boil-Down, I illustrate the reason why none of these ideas ever make it out of the concept phase! I've put together a rough outline for the Peyton Manning/Tom Brady movie concept that will serve as a skeleton for the first draft of the script. I've separated it by

The Brain Dump: Out Of My Head & Into The Toilet

The Brain Dump

Alex_Demote - January 6, 2023January 6, 2023

Welcome to The Brain Dump, a series where my archive of brain farts are cataloged and then flushed for the amusement of no one and the benefit of my mind colon. For 5 years I've kept a notepad on my phone, and every time I come up with an idea for