Ideas
Just thinking
It’s the common things you hit
Mark, after two years stranded alone on Mars, never quite got used to Amazon Prime.
He was braver than you knew
Reporters asked Mark what it was like be unsure if he would ever return. He would answer, “Same shit different planet.” Mark flew Delta.
The Blight also colonized the galaxy
I’ve decided I will try to forget that Interstellar never solved the problem with the Blight. Maybe they had a rigorous quarantine.
Things I did not understand before living in the cold, cold north
Scarves Pajamas Evening showers Boots Winter tires Wind chill The weather as a conversation topic Seasonal SADness Salt Slush Wintry mix Despair
Oh, I forgot this was magick!
And after many cases of bad luck followed by feats of remarkable ingenuity, Mark remembered he knew magick and just flew back to Earth.
Things Ruined Forever by Hitler
The Hitler Mustache The Hitler Fanny Pack Goose Stepping The initials S.S. Vegetarianism That salute (makes hailing cabs more difficult… unless you want a particular kind of cabbie, I suppose) The name Adolf The names Bdolf to Zdolf The Swastika Loving Dogs The writings of Nietzsche Comparing people to Genghis Khan in Internet debates Bunkers…
Seven unexpected benefits of weighing over 400 lbs.
Given the recent popularity of listicles (which we were into before they were cool), instead of just making unordered lists, we’re going to start numbering items on our lists. Obviously, this is a ploy. Equally obviously, it affects none of the content. Read on! You will never lose a game of see-saw again. Deadly poisons…
Pseudoscience
I wish there was a story in which all pseudoscience was true. Any interest out there?
Things Other People Know Better Than You
No matter how old you get, you will never know some things about yourself better than a stranger. For example: The sound of your voice Your gait How you look from behind How funny/original you really are What you wrote in their yearbook What other people think/say about you Whether you are loved.
Ironically, he didn't see it coming.